16 by 16
center crop
free

Your face, in 256 pixels.

wplace sells a 16 by 16 profile picture for 20,000 droplets. Drop a photo here and see what it becomes at that size before you spend them, with the free palette or the full one.

Preview a photo Use it here instead

20,000 droplets for the slot on wplace
Photo stays in this tab
350 Stardust to set it here

Imagechoose an image, or drop one herePNG, JPEG, WebP or GIF. It stays in this tab.

PaletteOwn paid colors? Mark them on the palette page and a "my colors" option appears here.

Dithering trades flat areas for texture so gradients and photos survive a small palette. Turn it off for logos, flags and anything with hard edges.

Your pixels appear here, at 16 × 16.

What survives at 16 by 16

A face that fills the frame: two eyes, a mouth, hair against background. Glasses, hats and strong color blocks read well. Fine detail, text and anything smaller than a sixteenth of the frame vanish. Turn dithering off for a flat, icon-like result and on for a photo-like one.

Before you buy the slot

The preview uses only the free palette by default. If the picture needs a paid color to look right, that is another 2,000 droplets on top of the 20,000.

The same picture here

What does a profile picture cost?

Place Pixels

350 Stardust to change it, from the 2,000 a new account starts with. Any colors.

wplace

20,000 droplets for the slot, in the colors your account owns.

Common questions

How big is a wplace profile picture?

16 by 16 pixels, 256 squares in the wplace palette. The slot costs 20,000 droplets to unlock, and you draw or upload the picture in the game.

Will my photo work at 16 by 16?

Faces survive if they fill the frame; a full-body photo turns into a smudge. The preview here crops to the center square first and shows exactly what 256 pixels can hold, so you know before you spend.

Which colors can a wplace avatar use?

The colors your account has: the 31 free ones plus any you have bought. Pick the free palette here to see the version every account can paint.

Can I use the same picture on Place Pixels?

Yes. One button sets it as your Place Pixels avatar, at the 350 Stardust the profile charges for a change; a new account starts with 2,000.

More wplace tools

pixel art converterAny image to the wplace palette, with a free-only option and dithering.
color paletteAll 63 colors with hex codes, free and paid, and the nearest color to any hex.
charge calculatorWhen your charges are full, how long a piece takes, and a notification at full.
level calculatorPixels to the next level, droplets earned on the way, and the charge cap by level.
coordinatesA place or a lat and lng as tile X, tile Y, pixel X, pixel Y, and back.
text to pixel artType a word, get it as pixel lettering in the wplace colors.
flagsEvery country flag as pixel art at three sizes, in the free colors.
overlays comparedBlue Marble, Overlay Pro, Template Manager and Mr. Wplace, side by side.
dropletsWhat they pay out, what they buy, and what each thing costs.
levelsThe level curve, what a level gives you, and how long each one takes.
botsWhat a bot costs you on wplace, and where painting a whole piece at once is allowed.

Also: Place Pixels vs wplace, sites like wplace, wplace down?, the wplace rules, banned from wplace, Big Buckets.

Paint under your own face

One shared map of the real world, cut into 10-meter squares. Find the street you live on, pick a color, and paint it.

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