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Retro pixel art

Retro pixel art draws everything in visible square pixels, like a 16-bit video game.

Retro pixel art: a 16-bit sprite in a side-scrolling game world15
Look 16-bit pixel spritesBest for Game trailers, retro introsFamily Retro animation

Made with Seedance 2.5 · tested Oct 2026 · 8 s · 480p · 16:9 · text-to-video

The prompt

Retro 16-bit pixel art in the style of a side-scrolling video game: low-resolution sprites with hard square pixel edges, a limited colour palette, dithered shading and parallax layers of a pixel city skyline behind. Animation moves in a few clear sprite frames per action. On a rooftop garden above a city in late-afternoon sun, a small pixel-art girl sprite in a red jacket waters potted tomato plants with a pixel watering can. Medium-wide shot at her eye level, three-quarter view, the camera holding still. 0–2s: she tips the watering can over a potted plant and a few blue pixel droplets splash onto the leaves. 2–4s: a white pixel paper airplane glides in from screen left and lands on the rim of the pot beside her. 4–6s: she sets the can down, picks up the paper airplane and turns it over in her hands. 6–8s: she looks up and out over the city rooftops and smiles as the wind ruffles the leaves and her hair. Throughout: the whole image stays low-resolution pixel art with hard square pixels, a limited palette and dithered shading, animated in simple sprite frames, one continuous take.

Reusable style block

Retro 16-bit pixel art in the style of a side-scrolling video game: low-resolution sprites with hard square pixel edges, a limited colour palette, dithered shading and parallax layers of a pixel city skyline behind. Animation moves in a few clear sprite frames per action.

Paste this at the start of any scene to restyle it. Restate the props in the same material, and repeat the style in your Throughout line.

Tip

Ask for a few clear sprite frames per action. Smooth motion breaks the illusion faster than any colour choice.

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