# Importing Pixel art
**URL:** https://forum.makecode.com/t/importing-pixel-art/11155
**Category:** Arcade
**Created:** [November 30, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/importing-pixel-art/11155 "2021-11-30T17:49:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 10
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### Author:  [@luetjenm](https://forum.makecode.com/u/luetjenm)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2021, 5:49pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/importing-pixel-art/11155/1 "2021-11-30T17:49:46Z")
Is there any way to import pixel art my students have created outside of Arcade MakeCode?
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### Author:  [@Kiwiphoenix364](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Kiwiphoenix364)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/importing-pixel-art/11155/2 "2021-11-30T19:45:28Z")
You can use [this](https://kristianpedersen.github.io/Convert-Image-to-MakeCode-Arcade-Sprite/), switch it to javascript, paste the code, then switch back to blocks.
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### Author:  [@UnsignedArduino](https://forum.makecode.com/u/UnsignedArduino)
#### Post date: [November 30, 2021, 8:50pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/importing-pixel-art/11155/3 "2021-11-30T20:50:22Z")
There are two tools that I know of that do this:
[https://kristianpedersen.github.io/Convert-Image-to-MakeCode-Arcade-Sprite/](https://kristianpedersen.github.io/Convert-Image-to-MakeCode-Arcade-Sprite/)
and:
[https://riknoll.github.io/pxt-arcade-asset-tool/](https://riknoll.github.io/pxt-arcade-asset-tool/)
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[self promotion](https://github.com/UnsignedArduino/Awesome-Arcade-Extensions#tools) hehe.
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### Author:  [@Dreadmask197](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Dreadmask197)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 3:40pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/importing-pixel-art/11155/4 "2021-12-01T15:40:55Z")
You can also do them in the pixel art maker thing. If you just click crtl+v, in the pixel art, it’ll paste.
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### Author:  [@Purp13](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Purp13)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/importing-pixel-art/11155/5 "2021-12-01T17:00:39Z")
hey is there a way to make animations with this
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### Author:  [@Dreadmask197](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Dreadmask197)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 7:39pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/importing-pixel-art/11155/6 "2021-12-01T19:39:24Z")
You might need to like repeat the process a few times with different images and then it should be good. They gotta be different images and then stick it in an animation block or java code and then it could probably work. (Hypothesis)
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### Author:  [@luetjenm](https://forum.makecode.com/u/luetjenm)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/importing-pixel-art/11155/7 "2021-12-01T19:54:50Z")
Thank you for this! I will be sharing it with my students tomorrow and let you know how it goes.
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### Author:  [@Purp13](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Purp13)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 9:39pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/importing-pixel-art/11155/8 "2021-12-01T21:39:17Z")
is there a way to make it so the space around the image i imported isn’t all black that really messes with the art
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### Author:  [@Purp13](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Purp13)
#### Post date: [December 1, 2021, 10:34pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/importing-pixel-art/11155/9 "2021-12-01T22:34:52Z")
so i found something but everytime i use it it just brakes the game
> **[GitHub - jwunderl/pxt-scaling](https://github.com/jwunderl/pxt-scaling)**
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> Contribute to jwunderl/pxt-scaling development by creating an account on GitHub.
can someone show me how to use this
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### Author:  [@Purp13](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Purp13)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2021, 4:56am UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/importing-pixel-art/11155/10 "2021-12-05T04:56:58Z")
is there a way to import mp3 files to the editor