Emote guides & tutorials
Everything you need to know about emote sizes, badges, animation and getting your art approved on Twitch and Kick.
No filler, no vague templates. Each post focuses on exact sizes, platform limits, upload steps, and the mistakes that usually cause rejections.
How to Create a Full Twitch Emote Pack: Step-by-Step Guide
How to plan, design and export a complete Twitch emote pack — from choosing an art style to batch-exporting every emote at all required sizes.
How to Remove Background from Emotes — No Photoshop Needed
The complete guide to removing backgrounds from emote artwork — manual methods, AI-powered tools, and how to get clean transparent edges every time.
What Makes a Good Streaming Emote? Design Tips for Twitch & Kick
Expert design tips for creating emotes that are readable at 28 px, expressive, and work well in dark and light chat. Covers shapes, contrast, colour and common mistakes.
Twitch Bits Badge: Requirements, Design Tips & Upload Guide
Everything you need to know about Twitch bits badges — what they are, who gets them, exact size specs, design best practices, and how to upload them.
Best Free Tools for Twitch Streamers in 2026 (Emotes, Overlays & More)
A curated list of the best free tools for streamers in 2026 — covering emote creation, overlays, alerts, audio, scheduling and stream management.
BTTV Emote Upload Guide: Everything You Need in 2026
How to upload custom emotes to BetterTTV — exact file requirements, the approval process, shared vs personal emotes, and tips for getting approved first time.
Twitch Sub Badge: Complete Design & Upload Guide (2026)
Everything you need to know about Twitch sub badges — exact sizes, design tips, how to upload them, and how to make all three tiers look great at 18 px.
Discord Sticker Size & Format: The Complete Guide (2026)
Exact Discord sticker requirements for static and animated stickers — dimensions, file size limits, APNG vs GIF, and how to upload them to your server.
How to Make Animated Twitch Emotes (No Software)
Turn a GIF or short video into a looping, Twitch-ready animated emote at 28, 56 and 112 px — without After Effects, right in your browser.
7TV Emote Guide: Sizes, Requirements & Approval Tips (2026)
Complete guide to 7TV emotes — upload specifications, the approval process, personal vs channel emote sets, and how to get your first emote accepted.
How to Become a Twitch Affiliate and Unlock Emotes (2026 Guide)
Step-by-step guide to reaching Twitch Affiliate status, what emote and badge perks you unlock, and how to make the most of them from day one.
Twitch vs Kick Emotes: Sizes, Limits & Reuse Guide
A side-by-side comparison of Twitch and Kick emote specifications, and how to export one piece of art for both platforms in seconds.
Twitch Emote Sizes in 2026: The Complete Guide
Exact Twitch emote dimensions, file size limits and format rules for emotes, sub badges and bits badges — plus how to export every size in one click.