With George A. Romero passing away recently we have not only lost a man who wore scuba goggles as glasses, but also one of the inventors of the zombie genre. His first 3 films featuring "Of The Dead" in the title are considered to be horror classics.

In order to pay some tribute reimagine one of your favourite characters from a movie, series or game as a drooling zombie.

Canvas Size - Max. 150x150.
Colors - Max. 16.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.

After 32 years of duty Microsoft is planning to kill off MS Paint with this year's Autumn/Fall Creators Update. I think we can all relate to Paint in a way, whether good or bad.

There is a good chance that your first piece of pixel art was done with the help of MS Paint. For this week's challenge we want you to go back to one of your first pixels and recreate it with all your now acquired knowledge about rendering, colours and AA.

Make sure to put a link to the original artwork in the description.

Canvas Size -  Unrestricted.
Colors - Max. 32.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.

European Speedrunning Assembly (aka ESA) is live on https://www.twitch.tv/esamarathon (live until the evening of 29th of July).


It's a European gaming-marathon, just as GamesDoneQuick, but takes place in Sweden (Växjö) and includes a major Super Smash Bros. tournament during the final weekend!

The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for June 2017. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.

The sun of the party
by Yes-I-Do

Bunker
by Yes-I-Do

Ram Skull
by Jinn

Frog/Glenn HD
by Jinn

MiniBatman
by andylittle

Chilling at the bonfire
by Cannonbreed

FordStan
by Jinn

Ninja Turtle Action
by Adcrusher

Incommunicado
by cure

Minotaur
by vazovski

This year's LowRez  game jam is starting soon! Developers and Artist will have two weeks to make a full game in a 64x64 pixel window starting July 31st.. You can work in teams or solo. Check out the links below for more information.

Here is the link to the official page on itch.io.

Game Jam Page.

Community Link, for finding a team or joining the discussion.

If you're not into making a game, you can still participate by playing the games at the jam's closing. Last year there were over 300 entries!

When flesh turns into steel the term "cyborg" is not that far away. However, this week we are not talking about hybrids. We want you to go full machine!

Play god and create mechanical life. Just make sure that there is or was a real-life counter part in existence. No dragons or monsters allowed.

Canvas Size - Max. 350x350.
Colors - Max. 16.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.

 

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

No doubt, we all have a favourite movie. Whether it's Ash defeating the Army Of Darkness or Doctor Zhivago (1965, of course) finally being alone with Lara in the Taiga. There is always one scene or character that really strikes us.

Take such a character or iconic shot from you favourite movie and pixel it. How you depict it is up to you. A portrait, sprite or whole scene, everything goes.

Canvas Size -  Unrestricted.
Colors - Max. 32.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.

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

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Haha, fools mate!

Challenge your friends with your very own custom designed chess set! All 6 classic chess pieces must be featured: pawn, rook, knight, bishop, queen, and king.

Canvas Size - Each piece must be no larger than 32 x 128. Size does not include optional labels and background decorations. Total canvas size unrestricted.
Colors - Max 16.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.

Summer Games Done Quick (aka SGDQ) is live on https://www.twitch.tv/gamesdonequick (from 2nd until 9th of July).

Over the course of this gaming-marathon, speed runners try to complete all your favourite games, ranging from nostalgia-triggering retro classics to the most recent releases, as fast as possible!

At the same time, they raise money for the Doctors Without Borders charity!

SQGD 2017 kicks off with a pre-show followed up by NieR: Automata!

GraphicsGale, my favorite tool for pixel art animation has been around since 2004. As it was recently released as freeware, I was curious to find out who is behind this software. Tomoya Kikuchi, who has developed GraphicsGale all by himself, was so kind as to exchange some emails with me for this article.