CHALLENGE: Ascend OR Descend

All weekly challenges until October 22nd are part of Pixelween 2023, a contest with prizes. This is the fourth week, and final week for the competition. Next week is the bonus round.

You will be pixelling a scene on a choice of the theme; Threat from Outer Space OR From Hell. The theme you do not choose to do for week 4 will be the option you have for the Bonus Challenge next week. Bonus week is not part of the competiton, but part of your series nonetheless.

Threat from Outer Space: Earth is no longer safe for us, but would we be safer somewhere else? It seems we might not, when we turn our gaze upwards. Is that the Vogons coming to make space for a new intergalactic highway? Are we being faced with the Old Ones returned to Earth from their journey across space? Or are we being beseiged by aliens in need of a rare resource only found on our planet? If we could put up a good fight there might be some hope for us yet.
*This entry needs to continue upwards from, and connect with, your previous entry from week 3 (Terror from the Skies).

From Hell: Where did this horror originally come from? Show us the depths of evil, the tomb of hell, or the lair of the primordial beast, from where we unleashed these atrocities. Will it be the bottom of  Khazad-dûm, the Bed of Chaos or the underground lab where the Black Mesa Incident happened? From where did you summon this Evil, and can it be returned from whence it came?
*This entry needs to continue from, and connect downwards with, your first entry from week 1 (Sounds from the Basement).
 

As this is the final round and the challenges from weeks 1 - 4 are submitted as a competition entry together, it would be very helpful to the moderators if you added them together as an image and entered in a comment on the forum in the Pixelween Announcement thread. You have until October 25th to do this, and to add parts from any missed weeks.

Technical requirements for this week:

Canvas Size - exactly 140 (horizontal) x 80 (vertical) pixels.
Colors - Max 32, use this palette:

Transparency - No.
Animation - No.

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CHALLENGE RULES

• Participants have until this upcoming Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) to submit their entry (strict). Don't forget to check the 'Submit to weekly challenge' checkbox.
• Only new pixels allowed.
• Open to all members.
• Posting WIPs in this thread or in new threads in the WIP section is highly encouraged, but ONLY SUBMIT YOUR FINAL ART.

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CHALLENGE JUDGING

• Every Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) the previous week's entries are judged.
• Every week a new voting poll will be posted for previous week's entries.
• Winner announced the following week.

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CHALLENGE PRIZES/GOODIES

• Top three finishers will receive an award displayed in your PJ gallery profile for all to see and envy.
• Top finisher gets to suggest a future week's challenge. If you're a winner and you wish to submit your idea, send a message to Gecimen.
• 'Participation' ribbons will be given for all who enter.
• No matter what happens you get challenged :)

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CHALLENGE VOTING

Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge!

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CHALLENGE AWARDS

The Ascend OR Descend pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:



Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge!