Piskel is a free online editor for animated sprites & pixel art
Design characters, animations, and tiles — right in your browser.
Try an example or start from scratch.
Create Sprite
https://www.piskelapp.com
 Graphics created by Penzilla Design

For kids, teachers and parents: Piskel For Kids

Piskel for Kids is a child-friendly version of the Piskel editor, designed to be safe and distraction-free. Learn more

Piskel for Kids

Live preview

Check a preview of your animation in real time as you draw. Adjust the frame delay on the fly.

Export to GIF, PNG...

Several export modes supported. Animated GIFs for sharing, spritesheet PNG/ZIP for bigger projects etc…

Open Source

All the code is open-source and available on GitHub.
http://github.com/piskelapp/piskel

Offline versions

Free desktop & offline applications for Windows, OSX and Linux. Checkout the download page.