Code helps me draw pixel art.

I have recently become obsessed with pixel art style, which has a retro feel to it. Since I used to play Pokémon in pixel art style when I was a child, it brings back a lot of nostalgia.
I even changed my computer wallpaper to a pixel art style. It feels great 😝

I wanted to create my own pixel art, but I feel like I don't have that artistic talent... So I was thinking, can I convert a normal image into pixel art? 🤔

Idea⭐#

Use canvas to shrink the image, causing it to lose some pixel information.
Then draw the shrunken image.
Enlarge the shrunken image to reveal its pixels.

Basically, it's about enlarging a small image, which gives a blurry effect.

Code💻#

Disabling the browser's smooth processing actually means disabling anti-aliasing.
Using regular expressions to limit the input box to only accept numbers from 0 to 100, which represents the percentage of image scaling (100 means no scaling, which doesn't achieve the pixelation effect).

const pixel =  (canvas, image, scale)=> {
    scale *= 0.01;
    
    canvas.width = image.width;
    canvas.height = image.height;

    // Shrink the image
    let scaledW = canvas.width * scale;
    let scaledH = canvas.height * scale;

    let ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
  
    // Disable the browser's smooth processing
    ctx.imageSmoothingEnabled = false;
    ctx.mozImageSmoothingEnabled = false;
    ctx.webkitImageSmoothingEnabled = false;
    ctx.msImageSmoothingEnabled = false;

    // Draw the shrunken image
    ctx.drawImage(image, 0, 0, scaledW, scaledH);
    // Restore the shrunken image to its original size
    ctx.drawImage(canvas, 0, 0, scaledW, scaledH, 0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
  };


btn.addEventListener('click', function(){
  const Regex = new RegExp(/^100$|^(\d|[1-9]\d)(\.\d+)*$/)
  let scale = input.value;
  if(scale==''){
    scale = 40;
  }
  if(!Regex.test(scale)){
    window.alert('Invalid input')
    return;
  }
  console.log(scale);
  pixel(canvas,img,scale);
}, false);

Magren