Start with the original 8×8 Classic or switch to 16×16 Detail. Twelve colours, a little imagination and a lot of tiny squares. Make something, save it and pass it on.
03 / Make something0 / 64 painted
On a phone, zoom in for larger squares. Move view ON to swipe around; switch it OFF to paint.
Tiny preview
All the detail, none of the pixels.
03 / Your image is ready
On iPhone: choose Save Image in the Share sheet or touch and hold the preview to save it. On desktop, use Download PNG.
Ready when you are. Keyboard users: move with the arrow keys and paint with Space or Enter.
The Tiny Pixel Zoo
28 creatures · two canvas sizes
Choose a little creature, open it in the builder and make it your own. Every design uses the studio's twelve-colour palette — choose 8×8 Classic or 16×16 Detail. No downloads or logins needed.
Made something of your own? In the builder, select Copy design link and share it with your friends or the #DataFam using #coffeetableviz. This is a curated starter gallery — designs aren't automatically uploaded or published here.
I first built this experiment in Tableau in January 2023, using parameters and dashboard actions to turn a data visualisation into a drawing tool. The original 8×8 lives on as Classic, alongside a more detailed 16×16 canvas — all running in your browser without Tableau.
Each canvas size keeps its own drawing in your browser. Save a sharp 1,024 × 1,024 PNG, or share a link that opens your exact artwork — 64 squares in Classic, 256 in Detail.