Masks. They are all around us now. So this week, we want you to draw a mask of any type. It can be a medical mask, a traditional mask or that of a criminal. You can draw it as an object sprite or you can include it in a scene.

Canvas Size - Max. 150x100 px (vertical or horizontal).
Colours - Max. 13 colors.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - No.

In these troubled times, we are grateful to the selfless medical staff that are trying to help the sick all around the world. In their honor, this week, we want you to draw the sprite of a physician, nurse, midwife, field medic, plague doctor, shaman or any sort of medical personnel you may think of.

Canvas Size - Max. 128x128 px
Colours - Max. 16 colors.
Transparency - Required.
Animation - Optional.

In much of the world, April is notorious for its wet weather.
This week, depict a scene featuring "April showers" - meaning rain!

(This scene may be indoors or outdoors so long as rainclouds or raindrops clearly visible.)

Canvas Size - Max. 192 x 128 (horizontal).
Colours - Max. 24 colors.
Transparency - No.
Animation - Optional.

The Doom Guy 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 Doom Guy forum thread for more information.

Apologies for the mystery server issues recently. We've added some logging/tracing to figure out what's going on. We'll keep you posted!