Sweet tea? Ice cream? A nice, cold beer? Show us how you "beat the heat" this week by pixelling your favorite frosty treat!

Be sure to use Ice Blue #99FFFF.

Canvas Size - Exactly 64 x 64
Colours - Max 16, including Ice Blue #99FFFF
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.

The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.

Edit: an earlier version of this post listed #9999FF, which is NOT "Ice Blue", but is also a lovely color.  Entries using either #99FFFF and/or #9999FF will be accepted!

It's time to vote for the latest pixel art challenge: At War.

VOTE NOW!

The Master of Gadgets 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! Check out the Master of Gadgets forum thread for more information.

Listen up soldier! Your mission sounds simple, but can be tricky. You have exactly one week to join one of the following factions and pixel a sprite that would fit in their ranks.

Kaklasian Jungle Fighters (Lightly armed troops without much protective gear that specialise in melee combat)
Sons of Peril (Mostly ranged troops that use heavy machinery to get the job done)
Nightchiefs (Stealth-focused units that like to strike at night)
Omega Legion (Balanced troops that come in masses and are cheap to replace)

You can approach these anyway you like. Your units don't have to be human! Monsters, machines or even animal, anything goes.

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Canvas Size - Exactly. 32 x 32
Colours - Max. 12
Transparency - Required.
Animation - Optional.

The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.

It's time to vote for the latest pixel art challenge: Master of Gadgets.

VOTE NOW!

The Like a Bird in the Sky 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! Check out the Like a Bird in the Sky forum thread for more information.

This week, we want you to draw a gadget using the retro palette below. It can be your own creation or something existing.

Optional Bonus Challenge: 4th of July is the birthday of cartoonist Rube Goldberg, famous for his designs of complicated gadgets doing everyday things in indirect or redundant ways. The optional challenge is to draw a Rube Goldberg style mechanism.

Canvas Size - Max. 188 x 197 vertical or horizontal
Colours - Max. 9 only colors from this palette.

Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.

The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.

It's time to vote for the latest pixel art challenge: Like a Bird in the Sky.

VOTE NOW!