Changes to PixelSquid Pricing

PixelSquid has come a long way in the almost 3 years since we launched. When we started we were focused purely on the power of our PSD files, but we quickly realized that the big breakthrough with what we offered came from the Spinners. Choosing from over 200 angles for each 3D object and then grabbing a pixel-perfect PNG or …

Tutorial: Party Animals by James Popsys

There are two things we at PixelSquid love more than anything: the level of creativity and expertise that PixelSquid users put into their compositions, and seeing all the fun ways PixelSquid objects are incorporated into scenes. And James Popsys‘ work is no exception. We’re so fortunate to have James back with another charming tutorial to show how fast and easy …

PNG santa claus

Join Our Holiday Contest!

Get creative with our new Holiday collection and you could win a free year of PixelSquid! Show us your best Holiday-themed design using at least ONE object from our website or iOS app. To enter, share your image on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram and tag us using #HolidaySquid. Hurry! The contest ends January 2nd. View Collection

How PixelSquid Has Improved Mosaic’s Workflow

Mosaic is an experiential marketing agency with activations at retail spaces, music festivals, pop up shops and even on the streets. Mosaic uses PixelSquid 3D content to help bring their environmental renderings to life. With multiple offices in the US and Canada, Mosaic’s integrated sales and marketing agency builds programs that engage consumers across four divisions: retail, experiential, shopper and …

Designer Spotlight: Daniela Owergoor

My name is Daniela Owergoor, I’ve been working in Brazil as a digital artist since 2005 and a freelance book cover designer since 2010. I found PixelSquid last year through Deviantart after another artist posted an artwork with credits to site. I went to check it out and I was amazed – love at first sight!  I joined immediately. PixelSquid has really …

“Latte Departure” by James Popsys

We spotted this fun user creation in our social feeds, and we wanted to share. PixelSquid user James Popsys put together this great image using a stock photo and one of our objects. Watch his video on YouTube to see how PixelSquid helped him quickly pull this image together.

Learning New Skills as a Designer

Learning With PixelSquid Since our launch we’ve loved seeing how helpful PixelSquid has been as a design tool for artists at every experience level. The ability to quickly add 3d objects to designs has helped increase productivity and improve the workflow of many designers using PixelSquid. We understand how important it is to always be learning new tools and skills, which is why …

Taxi Driver

About a week ago we were talking about the upcoming Oscars, and we thought of the idea of recreating classic movie posters using PixelSquid objects. This is the first one we did – a contemporary spin on Scorsese’s ‘Taxi Driver’. In this comp, we used 2 different objects from PixelSquid: Classic NYC Yellow Checker Cab:  https://www.pixelsquid.com/stock-image/vintage-nyc-checker-taxi-1140658462561146354?image=H03 Aerial Splash:  https://www.pixelsquid.com/stock-image/isolated-aerial-splash-1064748359211816183?image=G16 We think …

Happy Friday The 13th!

The 2nd in our series of reimagined movie posters using PixelSquid objects – Friday the 13th Part 2. The upcoming Oscars is what inspired us to try the movie poster series, and yes, we know this one wasn’t exactly Oscar-caliber. Still, it’s one that many of us remember fondly (or with terror). We created this poster in Photoshop using 3 …