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Hide (at least) one of these three egg-shaped clusters inside an image:

Your piece may be of any subject matter you choose. Just keep in mind that your chosen egg shape(s) must be one single flat colour (it doesn't have to be grey).

Optional Bonus Challenge: Make your image entirely unrelated to Easter.

Canvas size - Max 125 x 125.
Colours - Max 25.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - No.



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

Posted by skamocore @ 4/25/2011 00:03  |    16
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The Sunset Sans Saturation 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 Sunset Sans Saturation forum thread for more information.
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Posted by skamocore @ 4/25/2011   |    0
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C64 gets revamped!

Featuring a new graphics card, but you can still emulate (aside from windows) the old C OS on it!
Comes with a keyboard that won´t get stuck, a DVD drive and top of the line processors.

Check it all out here: Commodore 64 ,Commodore phoenix

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Posted by Hapiel_old @ 4/3/2011 12:33  |    9
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Watch the Indie Open House crowd at the IGN offices compete for love, affection, and glory in the first installment of The Next Game Boss!

Don't forget to vote for your favorite!

Posted by Adarias @ 3/29/2011 09:01  |    2
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March featured angels, demons and other critters, as well as fantastic landscapes. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.

 

#1 Pixel ArtPlanet Rising by Perihelion
#2 Pixel ArtAh / Chu by cure
#3 Pixel ArtS.C.R.E.A.M. Redux by TheoVision
#4 Pixel Artan angel by Vital
#5 Pixel ArtJade Guardian by Kaiseto
#6 Pixel ArtGwaed Diafol (Blood Devil) by robnoyce
#7 Pixel ArtInquisitiveness is Deadly by Cyangmou
#8 Pixel ArtLightning tree by Ergg
#9 Pixel ArtGo Blastoise! by Delicious
#10 Pixel ArtNUDITY - Indias na cachoeira by Jinn

 

Posted by jeremy @ 4/19/2011 20:30  |    5
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Design an original, non-humanoid creature that inhales sound energy as a means of sustenance - that is, it consumes sound in a similar manner that humans consume food.

You may present this creature as a standalone sprite or integrate it into a scene, if you like.

Optional Bonus Challenge: Give us some background info on your creature in your description :)

Canvas size - Max 128 x 128.
Colours - Max 18.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.



The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
Posted by skamocore @ 4/18/2011 00:01  |    7
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The The Greatest Battle 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 The Greatest Battle forum thread for more information.
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Posted by skamocore @ 4/18/2011   |    0
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Create an image depicting a sunset - in greyscale. This means you must not use any saturation in your image. A good way to work this out is by looking at the hexcodes - they should all be in this format:

#XYXYXY.

So #a3a3a3 would be acceptable for this challenge, as would #525252 or #000000.

Canvas Size - Max 200 x 200.
Colours - Min 8; Max 16.
Transparency - No.
Animation - Optional.



The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
Posted by skamocore @ 4/11/2011 00:01  |    18
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The Chiefly Tribal 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 Chiefly Tribal forum thread for more information.
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Posted by skamocore @ 4/11/2011   |    0
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The Reflectopixels 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 Reflectopixels forum thread for more information.
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Posted by cure @ 4/4/2011 00:01  |    3
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Eldboll wants you to create a pixel piece based on this line:

"...And so the greatest battle ever fought had begun."

This is an open-ended challenge, so feel free to interpret this line however you want (within reason, of course!)

Canvas Size - Max 200 (width) x 150 (height).
Colours - Max 32.
Transparency - No.
Animation - Optional.



The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
Posted by cure @ 4/4/2011 00:01  |    9
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Unfortunately, due to a technical issue caused by our newest moderator, Big Brother, this week's challenge has had to end prematurely. Thankfully, we have a backup challenge though! This challenge will run from now until the challenge countdown timer reaches 0. As this challenge is only lasting a few days we have decided to make it a fairly simple one.

For the remainder of this week you are challenged to draw an existing lunder from one of the three known rodens, using only 6 colours and a small 60 x 80 canvas size.

Canvas Size - Max 60 (width) x 80 (width). This is the entire canvas, so everything must fit within this particular canvas size.
Colours - Max 6.
Transparency - Optional. Only use transparency if you are creating more than one lunder.
Animation - Optional.
 

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

 

UPDATE: None of you guys seem to be taking this new challenge seriously! So I guess the best thing to do is just revert back to the original challenge :o

Posted by skamocore @ 4/1/2011 01:11  |    58

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