Head Generator
Make a sharp PNG of a Minecraft player’s head, from a username or a skin file, at sizes from 32 to 512 pixels.
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PNG, 64 × 64 or 64 × 32 pixels. The image is made in your browser and nothing is uploaded.
No skin loaded
Load a player or open a skin file to create the head image.
Head
How the head is made
A skin’s face is an 8 × 8 pixel area. The generator takes that area, places the hat layer from the outer part of the skin on top, and scales it up by a whole number so every skin pixel becomes a perfect square.
- Hat layer: transparent pixels in the hat show the face underneath, just like in game. Turn it off to get the bare face.
- No blurring: images are scaled with nearest-neighbour sampling, so edges stay sharp at every size.
- Transparency: face pixels are always solid, as the game draws them, so the PNG has no see-through gaps.
Common questions
Which part of the skin is used?
The 8 × 8 pixel front of the head, with the front of the hat layer drawn on top when the hat is turned on.
Can I use the image as a head in game?
No. This makes a PNG image, for example for a website, forum or Discord. Player heads in game are items linked to a player profile, not images.
Why is the image so sharp at large sizes?
Each skin pixel is scaled up to a whole number of image pixels with no smoothing, so the edges stay crisp.