Pixel Art Wind Sway Animation for Trees and Grass
Free wind sway animation for pixel art trees, bushes and grass. Seamless loops that keep your palette, plus a leaves-blowing storm. GIF and sprite sheet.
Drop a tree, bush, grass or flower sprite (PNG with transparency)
Leaves blow away
How to use the Pixel Wind Sway
- Drop a tree, bush, grass or flower sprite with a transparent background, standing on its bottom edge.
- Pick the wind direction: back and forth, right or left.
- Set the wind strength, gustiness, trunk stiffness, leaf flutter and frames, and press New variation for other gusts.
- Tick "Leaves blow away" for a storm clip as well.
- Download a GIF, a GIF 4×, or the sprite sheet (and the storm's).
Using it in your game
Play the sway sheet on loop; frames are all one size and the base row never moves, so the sprite stays planted. The canvas can be wider (equally on both sides) and taller (on top only) than your sprite so the bent canopy fits: keep the bottom-centre as the anchor. Offset the start frame per instance so a forest does not sway in lockstep. Play the storm sheet once and then switch back to the loop.
Frequently asked questions
What sprites does it work on?
Anything that grows from the ground: trees, bushes, grass tufts, flowers, reeds and crops, on a transparent background. The bottom row of the sprite is the base: it never moves, and pixels sway more the higher and further out they are.
Does it keep my pixel art clean?
Yes. Every frame is made by moving whole pixels, never blending them, so each frame uses only your sprite's own colours and the canopy bends without holes or blur.
Does the animation loop?
The sway loops seamlessly: the frame after the last one would be the first, so play the sheet on repeat. The optional leaves-blow-away storm is a separate clip that plays once and ends with the plant upright and a little balder.
Can I control the wind?
Set the strength, how gusty it is, the direction (back and forth, or leaning left or right), how stiff the trunk is, the leaf flutter and the number of frames. New variation gives the same wind with different gusts.
Is anything uploaded?
No. Everything runs in your browser, with no account and no limit. From Claude Code or Cursor, the free wind_sway tool on the Voidless MCP server makes the same animation.
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