Cobalt is a painting program for creating textural and expressive pixel art, built on Bedrock and running on Windows, Linux, and Nintendo DS. It’s small, fast, easy to use, and has all of the features you need to create bold and evocative images.
A quick, intuitive user interface
Customisable brush shapes and patterns
Random brush scattering for messy textures
Draw straight lines or freehand curves
Randomise colours, brush shapes, and patterns
Draft rough compositions using the sketch layer
Create interesting textures by combining brush settings
Texture-fill large areas with rectangle- or flood-fill
Export your images as GIF files
Images created with Cobalt can contain up to eight user-selectable colours, with a maximum image size of around 400x320 pixels (determined by area).
A live demo can be trialed below, or you can visit the demo page to use it fullscreen. Downloadable demos for Windows, Linux, Nintendo DS, and Bedrock can be downloaded for free from the itch.io store page.
The full version can be bought from the itch.io store page for $5 USD. This will give you a copy of Cobalt on Windows, Linux, Nintendo DS, and Bedrock.
See the user manual page for a comprehensive guide on using Cobalt.
A printable quick-start zine is also available, and can be downloaded in colour and greyscale.
If you have any questions about Cobalt, you can send an email to [email protected] for advice or assistance.