All weekly challenges until October 25 are part of Pixelween, a contest with prizes. Read the announcement for more information.
You will be drawing a scene of the start of your very own horror story, using one of the following prompts:
You are free to interpret these themes in any way you like. Stereotypical horror/halloween tropes and characters are allowed but not required. Please clarify in the description of your entry which prompt you've used.
Next week there will be 4 new prompts for part 2 of your story, so don't worry about planning ahead too much.
Technical requirements for this week:
Canvas Size - exactly 130 (horizontal) x 80 (vertical) pixels.
Colors - Max 16
Transparency - No.
Animation - No.
We're exicited to hear who will be joining, let us know in the comments with an "I'm in"!
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
Pixelween has awoken from its slumber, and it promises rewards for those who endure its horrors!
This year, you will be crafting the storyboard of your own horror film over the course of four consecutive weekly challenges. Each challenge will be one more part of your film, and all the scenes together shall be your Pixelween entry. Call forth your darkest nightmares!
Rules
To be eligible for the Pixelween prizes, you must submit to at least 2 of the 4 weeklies. As long as at least two of your submissions are on time, you may submit more up until October 25, the final deadline. Having a full storyboard is not required to win, but the fates favor a finished film.
The winning storyboards will be chosen from all eligible entries by a jury of select PixelJoint members, perhaps with the help of some dark attendants who for now remain in the shadows...
The weeklies also function as normal weeklies, with the usual prizes. Your success in the weeklies does not influence your chances in Pixelween judging.
Every week there will be specifications about theme and color use, and for every scene the canvas size will be 130x80.
Prizes:
There are also 3 Aseprite, 3 Pyxel Edit, and 3 Pro Motion keys, which will be divided among the top 9 entrants. The highest placing winners get to choose first, and if a winner does not need a software license it will be moved on to the 10th place, and so on.
Challenge winner Quiara wants you to create a Punch Out sprite.
One of the most iconic games of the 8-bit era was Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! The character animations in that game were fairly impressive for its day... but what would its cast look like in 2020?
Create a sprite of a fighter facing forward, following the restrictions below. As a bonus challenge you can try and match the style of the original fighters.
For some inspiration, here are a bunch of original character animations.
The sprites need to use the NES palette:
Canvas Size - Min: 30x80, max: 64x130 (when using minimum sizes, the sprite needs to touch all walls of the canvas)
Colors - Max 7, 6 from the palette + transparency.
Transparency - Yes, required.
Animation - Optional.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
Something stirs in the bowels of Pixel Joint. Something long thought dead.
In the darkness, the faint glow of pixels glimmers.
On September 28th, these unknown pixels shall break free, spilling their horrors out into the world. Bind them, and you may be rewarded.
The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for August 2020.
Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists, and all the members who took time to rate!
Draw a scene which involves water. For example: a calm lake, a gardener watering their plants or a mockup of an underwater level, anything goes as long as there is some water visible.
The twist: there are no "blue" values allowed. You can use any colors between [0,0,0] and [255,255,0], but make sure that each color has 0 for the blue component! If using hex codes, colors will be #XXXX00. (This also means no gray, white, or magenta, as all include some value in the blue channel).
Canvas Size - Max 128x96 (any orientation)
Colors - Max 16, all having 0 for the blue component.
Transparency - No.
Animation - No.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
