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Discord
Discord profile picture, 300x300
Discord renders your avatar at 40 pixels next to a message. Design for 40 and scale up; do not design for 300 and hope.
For Discord · 300×300
Shown at the real ratio with the Arcade Grid Anime design. Hover to animate. Previews are watermarked.
- Target size
- 300 × 300 pixels
- Still render
- 900 × 900 PNG
- Animated render
- 600 × 600, GIF 20fps, 3.2s
- Transparency
- Opaque
- Set in
- User Settings, Profiles, Avatar
- Platform
- Discord
What discord profile picture is for
An avatar is the most-rendered graphic on Discord. It appears beside every message you send, in every member list, in every reaction tooltip. It is also rendered at 40 pixels in the message list, which is smaller than most people realise when they are looking at a 300x300 file on their desktop.
The 300x300 in a pack is laid out for the circular crop: the mark is centred, the margin is even on all four sides, and there is no lettering that would need more than about a quarter of the frame to read. The still renders at 900x900, three times the target, so the downscale to 300 and then to 40 stays crisp rather than aliasing on the edges of the mark.
Animated avatars need Nitro. Without it Discord will accept the still PNG only. The animated version is a GIF at 20fps over 3.2 seconds, the highest frame rate of any Discord asset in a pack, because at 300x300 a frame costs almost nothing and a smooth loop at avatar size is noticeably nicer than a choppy one.
A practical note on colour: Discord's dark theme sits around a mid-dark grey, and an avatar whose dominant colour is close to it will visually disappear into the message list. The palette presets in the customiser were chosen to stay clear of that range, but if you set a custom colour it is worth checking the avatar against a dark background before you order.
File size budget
- GIF 20fps, 3.2s, built under 9.5MB
- Animated avatar requires Nitro
- Always cropped to a circle
- Rendered at 900x900 and delivered at 300x300 for a clean downscale
Mistakes that cost people a re-upload
- Putting detail in the corners, which the circular crop removes
- Designing at 300x300 without checking what it looks like at 40
- Choosing a dark grey accent that merges with Discord's dark theme
- Expecting a GIF avatar to work without Nitro
Discord profile picture questions
What size is a Discord profile picture?
300x300 is a safe upload size. Discord crops to a circle and renders at about 40 pixels beside a message, so simplicity matters far more than resolution.
How do I get an animated Discord avatar?
Nitro. With it, Discord accepts a GIF avatar. Without it, only the still is accepted, which is why every pack ships both from the same frame.
Why is the mark centred rather than filling the frame?
Because the circular crop takes the corners. A centred mark with an even margin keeps everything you designed and loses only background.
Designs that suit 300x300
Rendered at about 40 pixels beside a message, which leaves room for one mark and nothing else.
Arcade Grid Anime
from $12Arcade Grid rendered as anime artwork, with live motion, drifting particles and a chromed wordmark. Every format in the catalogue, still and animated.
20 formats, 46 filesArcade Grid Grunge
from $12Arcade Grid rendered as grunge artwork, with live motion, drifting particles and a chromed wordmark. Every format in the catalogue, still and animated.
20 formats, 46 filesArcade Grid Painted
from $12Arcade Grid rendered as painted artwork, with live motion, drifting particles and a chromed wordmark. Every format in the catalogue, still and animated.
20 formats, 46 filesArcade Grid Photoreal
from $12Arcade Grid rendered as photoreal artwork, with live motion, drifting particles and a chromed wordmark. Every format in the catalogue, still and animated.
20 formats, 46 filesMoney Vault Anime
from $12Money Vault rendered as anime artwork, with live motion, drifting particles and a chromed wordmark. Every format in the catalogue, still and animated.
20 formats, 46 filesMoney Vault Grunge
from $12Money Vault rendered as grunge artwork, with live motion, drifting particles and a chromed wordmark. Every format in the catalogue, still and animated.
20 formats, 46 files
