Block Texture Studio

Paint 16×16 block and item textures, start from the real ones in your own Minecraft files, and save a game-ready PNG.

x – · y – Example texture loaded. Paint over it, or pull a real one from the game below.

Shift

Animation

Ticks per frame Smooth between frames

One frame is a still texture. With two or more the game plays them in order, like water or lava. Java Edition reads the frames as a tall strip plus a small .png.mcmeta file with the speed, and the downloads and the pack include both. Press , and . to step through frames.

Preview

1× actual

4×

3×3 tiled, check the seams

Color

Shades

Recent

Block colors

Save as PNG

File name

.png

Size

This texture and every texture in your pack list as a folder of PNGs, at 16×16 and 128×128, plus a sprite sheet.

Pull from the game

Open a folder of textures (the textures folder, or just its block or item folder), your Minecraft version file (a .jar), or any resource pack (.zip). The block and item textures appear here, and a click loads one into the grid. Everything is read inside this page and stays on your device.

You can also drop a file anywhere on the page, or paste an image.

Where is the game file?

Windows: %appdata%\.minecraft\versions\<version>\<version>.jar
macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/minecraft/versions/<version>/<version>.jar
Linux: ~/.minecraft/versions/<version>/<version>.jar

Textures larger than 16×16 are scaled down, and tall animation strips load their first frame. Grass, leaves and water look gray in the files because the game tints them by biome.

Texture pack

Add finished textures to the list, say which block or item each one replaces, then download a pack you can drop into Minecraft. Each texture replaces the game's own file with the same name.

Type

Replaces

Pack name

Minecraft version

Description

Use the first texture in the list as the pack icon

Put the .zip in your Minecraft resource packs folder (Options, then Resource Packs, then Open Pack Folder) and switch it on from the same screen. The version number tells the game which release the pack is for. Opening your game .jar above fills it in for you.

Drag on the player to paint · drag beside it to turn it · right-drag pans · scroll zooms · Alt-click picks a color

Show

Point at the player or the skin file. A starter skin is loaded. Paint over it, or open your own skin below.

Color

Recent

Skin

File name

.png

Arms

You can also drop a skin PNG onto the page or paste one. Any 64×64 skin works, and older 64×32 skins are converted.

Save

Use it in Minecraft

Java: In the Minecraft Launcher, open Skins, add a new skin, pick Classic or Slim to match the Arms setting here, and choose the PNG.
Bedrock: Open the Dressing Room, go to Classic Skins, choose Import under Owned, and pick the PNG. Choose the same arm width.

Holes on the inner layer show up black in Java Edition, so keep the inner layer fully painted.

User · perspective

– Click a side of the box to grow a new segment. Drag while you click to set its length.

Animation In the game Length Loop Smooth

0.00 s

Time

Drag the timeline to pick a moment, select a segment, then turn it with the rings on the model. The pose is saved at that moment as a diamond. Drag diamonds to retime them.

Segments

Segments attached to another one are indented and move with it. The eye hides a segment while you work (H). Hidden segments still save.

Paint

Brush size

Mirror left and right

Pose

The selected segment at this moment, compared to how you built it. Changing a number saves a key.

Quick moves for this segment

Properties

Name

Pixels, 16 is one block. Drag a colored letter sideways to change its number. The pivot is the point the segment turns around.

Attached to

Turns to look at players in the game

Base look

Pattern

Face on the front

Mob

Name in the game

Health

Moves

Save

For Minecraft Bedrock Edition. Open the file to import it, turn on both packs in a world's settings, then find the spawn egg in the creative inventory. A folder of PNGs: the painted texture, each segment's texture, front, side and top views, 8-direction sprites, and frames of every animation.

Java Edition cannot add new mobs without mods, so the add-on is for Bedrock Edition: Windows, phones, tablets and consoles.

What you can make here

Block Texture Studio is a free paint program for the small pixel art of the game. It runs in this page: nothing to install, no account, and the files you open stay on your device.

Block and item textures

Paint on the 16 x 16 grid and watch the previews, including a 3 x 3 tile test that shows how the texture repeats across a wall. To start from the real textures, open your own game file (the version's .jar) or a resource pack: the studio lists every block and item texture in it, and a click loads one. Keep pictures beside the grid as color sources and pick colors straight from them. Texture it gives every area of one color random shades of it, the way the game's own textures are drawn. Add frames to animate a texture: the studio saves the strip of frames with the .png.mcmeta file that tells the game how to play it.

Make a resource pack for Java Edition

Add each texture to the pack and choose the block or item it replaces.
Pick your Minecraft version, name the pack and download the .zip.
In the game, open Options, then Resource Packs, then Open Pack Folder, and put the .zip in that folder.
Back on the Resource Packs screen, move the pack to the Selected side and click Done.

Player skins

The Skins tab paints a 64 x 64 skin on a 3D player or on the flat file: both layers, Classic or Slim arms, and mirror painting for the two sides. It opens skins you already have and converts old 64 x 32 ones. To start from a real person, make a skin from photos with Scan2Skin 3D and open the PNG here for the finishing touches. Then put it on in Java Edition or Bedrock Edition.

3D mobs

The 3D Entities tab builds a creature out of boxes, segment by segment. Paint it with colors and your textures, animate it on a timeline, and save it as an add-on for Bedrock Edition (.mcaddon), a model for Blockbench, or a folder of pictures. These exports are new: if one does not load, tell us at z.farm.technologies@gmail.com.

Your work stays with you

Files you open are read inside this page and are never uploaded. Your current work is kept in this browser's storage for this site, so it is still here next time, until you clear the site's data. See all tools and the skin guides.