Beginner tutorials

Learn PiVo Craft by building one small project from scratch. Work through these three lessons in order, or open a supplied checkpoint to start a later lesson.

Each lesson takes roughly 5–10 minutes and includes four screenshots from the actual app. Screenshots use the dark theme at 1440×900; click an image to open it at full size. Your window may differ, but the control labels are the same.

Lesson	You will learn	Finished project
1. Draw your first pixel face	A yellow face with dark eyes and a smile, on a transparent 16×16 canvas.	Download checkpoint
2. Make the face blink	Two independent frames with an 800 ms open-eye pose and a 200 ms closed-eye pose.	Download checkpoint
3. Save and export your artwork	An editable .pvc backup, an open-eye PNG, and a blinking GIF.	Download checkpoint

Before you start

Follow Installation & running, open the app, and use a desktop mouse and keyboard. The tutorials describe visible menus and controls; Ctrl/Cmd means Control on Windows/Linux or Command on macOS. Save existing work before beginning a new project.

The checkpoint files are editable native projects. Download them, then use the app's Open command to choose the local file. Browser downloads may use the document's default name; rename them locally if you want the lesson's checkpoint names.

For a feature overview, see the User guide. For import/export details, see File formats.