R package {pixelart}

R Package to resize and crop images, and make Pixel Art models from your own pictures.
[Blog post introducing the package]

# Installation from CRAN
install.packages("pixelart")

# Installation from GitHub
remotes::install_github("privefl/pixelart")

# Run Shiny app for pixel art models
pixelart::run_pixelart()

# Run Shiny app for resizing an image
pixelart::run_resize()

Webshot of Shiny App for Pixel Art:

Webshot of Shiny App for cropping images:

Example

I present you Kong. A. Picture of Kong. B. Kong as a pixel art model, created with R package pixelart. C. & D. Two pixel art drawings of Kong, based on A & B.

News

• October 24, 2024: release on CRAN

• August 1, 2018: add Shiny app for resizing images.

• March 10, 2018: run kmeans in the Lab space (instead of the RGB space)

• Nov 18, 2017: added some options for croping, rotating and saturating the image

To improve

I think there is room for improving the pixel art models (e.g. better separation of colors). Maybe with package imager. Ideas are welcome.