Square Face Generator

What Is the Square Face Generator?

The Square Face Generator is a free, browser-based tool for creating cute square face icons in seconds. Pick a skin tone, layer hairstyles, eyes, mouths and accessories — every change updates the 256×256 preview instantly. Export the finished square face icon as a transparent PNG with one click.

This modern Square Face Generator is inspired by the classic Flash-era tool by Japanese artist h071019 (originally hosted on Icongenerators.net and preserved on Flash Museum after Adobe ended Flash support). We rebuilt the experience as a native HTML5 canvas app so the same playful, blocky aesthetic now runs smoothly on every modern browser and phone.

Unlike AI avatar generators, the Square Face Generator gives you complete, predictable control. There is no prompt to write, no waiting for inference, no credits to spend. Pick parts, recolor freely, and the result you see is exactly what downloads to your device. Whether you need a Discord profile picture, a forum signature, or a square face icon for your next project, this generator gets you there in under a minute.

Why the Square Face Generator Went Viral on TikTok in 2026

In early 2026, the Square Face Generator became one of the most-searched creative tools on Google — but the search volume tells a strange story.

The trigger was a TikTok meme. Filipino creators posted short tutorials saying “search square face generator on Google, click the blue word museum, and make yourself a cute square face icon for free.” The phrase “click the blue museum link” became shorthand for finding the original Flash Museum hosted version of the tool — a nostalgic preservation of the 2013 original by h071019.

What makes the Square Face Generator perfect for short-form video is that the result is finished in seconds, looks instantly recognizable and exports as a clean 256×256 PNG — exactly the right size for a TikTok profile picture. Users then share their creation as an avatar across TikTok, Instagram, Discord and Twitter, each impression sending more curious viewers back to the search bar.

This page is the modern, mobile-friendly home for that meme — none of the broken Flash compatibility, all of the original charm, plus the option to generate hundreds more variants than the 2013 version ever supported.

200+ Parts Across 12 Categories

Every Square Face Generator face is built by stacking parts from 12 categories. The launch library ships with 88 hand-picked vector parts and grows weekly — every part is licensed for personal and commercial use.

Every part is hand-classified and z-ordered so layers stack the same way a real face does — skin behind the cheeks, eyes above the head shape, glasses over the eyes, hair on top. The Square Face Generator never produces invalid combinations: required slots (mouth, eyes, eyebrows) always have something selected, while optional slots can be left empty.

How to Use the Square Face Generator (3 Steps)

Making a square face icon takes about 30 seconds.

1. Pick a skin tone. Open the Skin tab and click any of the six included shades or paste a custom hex code. The Square Face Generator fills the entire 256×256 canvas in your chosen color as the base layer.
2. Layer parts category by category. Walk through the remaining eleven tabs (Eyes, Mouth, Eyebrows, Hair, Glasses, and so on). Click any thumbnail to apply it, click the same thumbnail again to remove it. For recolorable categories like hair and clothes a color panel appears so you can tint each layer independently. Bangs and side hair automatically share the same color so the hair always looks coherent.
3. Download your 256×256 PNG. Hit the green SAVE button. Your finished square face icon downloads instantly as a 256×256 PNG with a transparent background. Want to share the recipe? Use the Copy to clipboard button or grab a Permalink that encodes the entire composition in the URL — paste it in Discord and a friend can open the same starting point and remix from there.

Square Face Icons for Discord, Twitter, TikTok & More

The Square Face Generator exports at the universal 256×256 size that fits every major platform without cropping. Here is the recommended use per platform:

Because every Square Face Generator export has a transparent background, the same icon works equally well on dark mode, light mode or themed profile backgrounds. The square aspect ratio is also unusually flexible — platforms that crop to a circle (Instagram, Slack) still display a recognizable face because the key features (eyes, mouth) live in the center of the canvas.

For Discord servers, the 256×256 native size is ideal for both server icons and member avatars without further processing. For brand identity work, the 2× export option pumps the canvas up to 512×512 with nearest-neighbor scaling, keeping the clean blocky look readable at larger sizes.

Square Face Generator vs Picrew vs AI Avatar Generators

The Square Face Generator's appeal versus Picrew is structural. Picrew is a platform where individual creators publish their own character makers — some are gorgeous, others are abandoned, and each has its own permission model. Our Square Face Generator is a single, opinionated tool with a coherent visual style, stable performance and clear commercial-use rights.

Versus AI avatar generators, the Square Face Generator gives up creative surprise in exchange for instant, free, repeatable results. If you need a profile icon now and want it to look exactly like the preview, this is the faster path.

The Story Behind the Classic Square Face Generator

The original Square Face Generator was a Flash app released on February 28, 2013 by Japanese artist h071019, hosted on Icongenerators.net. With a rating of 4.3/5 from 2,754 votes and over 395 community comments preserved on Flash Museum, it became one of the most beloved character makers of the late Flash era.

When Adobe officially ended Flash Player support on December 31, 2020, the original Square Face Generator stopped working in modern browsers. The wider Flash preservation movement — led by Flash Museum, BlueMaxima's Flashpoint and the Web Design Museum — kept the file accessible through emulation, but the experience never felt quite right outside of its native runtime.

This modern Square Face Generator is our tribute. We rebuilt the tool natively in HTML5 Canvas with a fresh part library (inspired by but distinct from h071019's originals), keeping the playful blocky 256×256 aesthetic and the zero-friction “click, click, save” flow that made the 2013 version a classic — while adding mobile support, undo/redo and instant downloads no plugin can deliver.