Underground Pixel is back with another smash hit for iOS! From the minds of Kevin Drew (HCGamer), Sebastian Krauss (gnodab2), Harrison Kalman (Harrisonk) and Alexander Blunck (sadly absent from Pixeljoint) comes a brand new, retro, universal, and content-packed piece of arcade action that can be yours today for just 99 pennies.

Create an image that depicts rubbish - it should include things that are typically considered to be rubbish (eg. things that is or broken, food scraps, packaging)

It can be rubbish presented in any form; a pile of rubbish, a rubbish monster, an entire city made from rubbish etc...

Also, check out this great piece by Larwick as possible inspiration.

Canvas Size - Unrestricted.
Colours - Max 20.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.

A new pixel powder game is out in the appstore!
Featuring art from your fellow PixelJoint member T-Mind, The Sandbox allow the user to create anything from lovely scenarios, to electrical circuits, and all you can imagine!

Find it in the Appstore, or in the game website: thesandboxgame.com

The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for May 2012. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.

 

Fantasy Vs. Reality by Delicious

Calvin and Hobbes - The Video Game by johanvinet

Urban Buzz city street by nedhugar

World of Ruin by ||||

Toribard's world by toribird

Beach by TheoVision

Dancing sniper by Gas 13

Jesus Forest (EDIT2) by Merez

Nightingale by Mrmo Tarius

Algeria by a3um

Use a canvas which is split equally into two parts - either horizontally or vertically - to create a piece with a subject matter of your choosing. However, your piece must be a cohesive whole, not two individual pieces placed next to one another.

Each half of your canvas must use individual palettes that are shown below. You must use all ten colours from both palettes - ten colours on one half of the canvas, ten on the other; with a grand total of 16 unique colours.

Optional Bonus Challenge: Avoid creating a portrait.

Canvas Size - Unrestricted.
Colours - Exactly 16. Use all the colours from the top part of the palette for one half of your image and the lower part of the palette for the other half of your image.

Commodore 64 palette by Ptoing.
Transparency - No.
Animation - Optional.

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

The newest episode of Off Book: "The Evolution of 8-Bit Art". Off Book is a web series from PBS that explores cutting edge art, the artists that make it and the people that share it online.

Create a sprite depicting your favourite villain from any game, comic or TV show.
 
Canvas Size - Max 100 x 100.
Colours - Max 25.
Transparency - Required.
Animation - No.

Liberated Pixel Cup is a two-part competition: make a bunch of awesome free culture licensed artwork, and then program a bunch of free software games that use it. Liberated Pixel Cup brings together some powerful allies: Creative Commons, OpenGameArt, the Free Software Foundation, and you.

Show a scene through the eyes of someone with some kind of special vision. Try to think as creatively as you can.

Examples: heat vision, x-ray vision, ghost detection vision, etc...

Canvas Size - Max 250 x 250.
Colours - Max 25.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.