Paint your skin right on the 3D model or on the flat 2D map, with Steve and Alex, the outer layer, mirroring and a game-ready PNG download.
A Minecraft Java and Bedrock skin is a 64x64 pixel PNG that the game folds around six boxes: head, body, two arms and two legs. Each box has six faces (top, bottom, front, back and two sides) and each face takes a fixed rectangle of the image. The front of the head, for example, is the pixels from x 8 to 15 and y 8 to 15. This editor knows that whole map: when you paint on the 3D model, the right texture pixel changes; when you paint on the flat map, the model updates at once. Both models exist: Steve, with 4 pixel arms, and Alex, with 3 pixel arms. Switching the model changes the shape of the character and also the layout of the arm rectangles, because on Alex the faces are narrower and the image shrinks with them. Every part has two layers: the base, and the outer layer that sits slightly larger on top (hat, jacket, sleeves and pants) and may be transparent. You choose which layer to paint on and switch each layer on or off per part to see what is underneath. Mirror paints the symmetric pixel on the other side of the body, handy for arms, legs and the face. The tools are pencil, eraser, eyedropper, paint bucket (fills a region of the same color inside one face), lighten and darken, plus undo and redo with Ctrl+Z and Ctrl+Shift+Z. You can import your own PNG, including the old 64x32 format, which is converted to 64x64 by copying and mirroring the arm and leg the way the game does, or fetch a Java player's skin by username and edit from there. The editor ships no Mojang texture: the starting point is a gray template generated here. The downloaded PNG has an opaque base layer and the unused areas cleared, which is what the launcher expects. Honest limits: the editor only works with 64x64 and 64x32, not high resolution skins, and it does not upload the skin for you; that happens in the launcher or in the game.
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Pick the model (Steve or Alex), choose a color and paint on the 3D model or the 2D map. Start with the big areas using the bucket, then do the face, clothes and details with the pencil and use mirror so both sides match. Paint hair and accessories on the outer layer. When you are done, download the PNG and upload it in the launcher.
One finger paints on the model. Two fingers rotate and zoom. With a mouse, click and drag to paint; right button or Shift rotates.
The base layer is always opaque in the game, so the eraser restores the template gray.
| Part | Base | Outer |
|---|---|---|
| Head | ||
| Body | ||
| Right arm | ||
| Left arm | ||
| Right leg | ||
| Left leg |
64x64 PNG ready for the launcher. The skin is also kept as a draft in this browser.