It's been a while since the last April Fools Gallery challenge - 6 years, in fact. Maybe it's time we had another one...

The idea is to study the PJ gallery of another pixel artist. Look at the techniques they use, the colours they pick, the subject matters they gravitate towards, etc... Then once you feel like you have a grasp of that person's style, create an image that will fool us into thinking that it's theirs.

Important: make sure that you are not plagiarising someone else's work! Even though the goal is to 'fool' us, your submission must still be entirely your own work.

Also, don't forget to mention the name of your chosen pixel artist in your description.

Previous April Fools Gallery challenges can be found here: [1] [2] [3] [4]

Canvas Size - Unrestricted.
Colours - Unrestricted.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.

The latest collection of PJer finds, creations and other stuff.

March 26 is Purple Day, a day for epilepsy awareness. So, this week, create an image that uses the colour purple shown below (#381851).

Canvas Size - Max 200 x 200.
Colours - Max 3. Must include the purple colour shown above.
Transparency - No.
Animation - No.

Animated Loop's latest weekly challenge (ending 23 March) is all about pixel art.

If you would like to participate, visit their Twitter page.

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Big update for Barricade! Added a good deal of content since our last build.

The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for February 2016. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.

 

Knight by Wolfenoctis

Mockup from the past. vol2 by Fool

... by Deceiver

A birch by Gas 13

RPG misc by vedsten

Gremmings by robnoyce

Curse of the Caves mockups by Arachne

Icebreaker Viking mini by Helm

Easy we follow by atpalicis

Happy Silly Sausage by Helm

Create an animated sprite that shows a character casting a spell. Any spell will do, including launching fireballs, shape-shifting, teleportation, etc...

Canvas Size - 64 x 64.
Colours - Max 14.
Transparency - Required.
Animation - Required.

Create a mockup of an overworld map for a hypothetical game.

 A good example of an overworld map, from Chrono Trigger:

Canvas Size - Max 256 x 256.
Colours - Max 20.
Transparency - No.
Animation - No.