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QUEST #02 ● PUBLISHED APP MOBILE CREATIVE STUDIO

PIXEL ART MAKER: RETRO STUDIO

A powerful mobile pixel art editor and frame-by-frame animation studio. Draw multi-layer sprites, animate with timeline & onion skinning, convert photos into pixel art, and export game-ready GIFs & sprite sheets with dual aesthetic themes.

FEED: PIXEL ART MAKER // OFFICIAL BANNER & ARTWORK
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📱 MOBILE APPLICATION INTERFACE

01 // SPRITE CANVAS & PHOTO IMPORT
Creative Studio - Blank Canvas and Photo to Pixel Art
02 // FRAME ANIMATION & TIMELINE
Smooth Retro Frame Animation and Onion Skinning
03 // DUAL THEMES (ARCADE / MODERN)
Dual Themes - Retro 8-Bit Arcade and Clean Modern

📜 QUEST BRIEF & DEV ROLE

Mission: Build a smooth, frictionless mobile pixel art creation tool for game developers, artists, and retro fans. Remove desktop software complexity while preserving professional multi-layer painting and timeline animation capabilities.

Engineering Role: Creator & Lead Mobile Developer (A Dev Dude / Nay Myo Mhan). Engineered the high-performance raster drawing engine, multi-frame timeline with real-time onion skinning, color quantization algorithms for photo conversion, palette management, and Google AdMob monetization.

[ EQUIPPED TECH STACK ]
📱 Android SDK 🎨 Canvas Engine đŸŽžī¸ Frame Animation đŸ–ŧī¸ Color Quantization 💾 GIF & Sprite Sheets đŸ“ĸ Google AdMob 🔒 Local Storage

⚡ CORE MODULES

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    16-Layer Canvas Studio: Up to 16 independent layers with opacity blending, customizable canvas sizes (16x16, 24x24, 32x32, 48x48, 64x64+), and curated retro palettes.
  • đŸŽžī¸
    Frame-by-Frame Animation: Dedicated multi-frame timeline with onion skinning, frame duplication, and real-time playback control for smooth game sprites.
  • đŸ–ŧī¸
    Photo to Pixel Art: High-speed color quantization algorithm that transforms camera photos and gallery pictures into stylized pixel art sprites.
  • đŸ•šī¸
    Dual Aesthetic Themes: Switch instantly between a nostalgic 8-bit retro arcade aesthetic (stepped borders, corner studs) and a clean modern minimal design.
  • 💾
    HD GIF & Sprite Sheets: Seamlessly export work as animated GIFs, sprite sheets for Unity and Godot, high-res PNGs, and project files.
  • 🔒
    100% Private Local Storage: Zero cloud tracking; all artwork, project drafts, and custom palettes stay strictly on the user's device.