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   CHALLENGE: New Year's Cleanup 2025
Take a deep dive in your pixel art folders, and excavate all the challenge pieces left there in the darkness. Bring them to life.

Finish any unfinished and yet unsubmitted challenge entry from 2025 or make a new entry for a challenge from 2025 you wanted to participate in, but couldn't. 

You can make your choice by going to Weekly Challenges and checking the column on the right. The first challenge of the 2025 was "Happy News Year".   Please write in the artwork description which challenge you have   chosen,  and make sure you follow it's rules and limitations. You can   make more than one entries for more than one challenge.

Canvas Size - see the corresponding challenge

Colours - see the corresponding challenge

Transparency - see the corresponding challenge

Animation - see the corresponding challenge
CHALLENGE RULES
Participants have until this upcoming Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) to submit their entry (strict). Don't forget to check the 'Submit to weekly challenge' checkbox.
Only new pixels allowed.
Open to all members.
Posting WIPs in this thread or in new threads in the WIP section is highly encouraged, but ONLY SUBMIT YOUR FINAL ART.
CHALLENGE JUDGING
Every Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) the previous week's entries are judged.
Every week a new voting poll will be posted for previous week's entries.
Winner announced the following week.

CHALLENGE PRIZES/GOODIES
Top three finishers will receive an award displayed in your PJ gallery profile for all to see and envy.
Top finisher gets to suggest a future week's challenge. If you're a winner and you wish to submit your idea, send a message to Gecimen.
'Participation' ribbons will be given for all who enter.
No matter what happens you get challenged :)
CHALLENGE VOTING
Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge!
CHALLENGE AWARDS
The New Year's Cleanup 2025 pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces:

Giant Robot Finale by amberMechanic
Black Swarm(Looking at Distant Thing challenge) by DukeDarer
Urbex go wrong by Omegan's Domain

Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! 

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administrator Admiral Joined: 03 March 2005 Online Status: Offline Posts: 0	Topic: CHALLENGE 1/5/2026: New Year's Cleanup 20 Posted: 05 January 2026 at 3:34am
	CHALLENGE: New Year's Cleanup 2025 Take a deep dive in your pixel art folders, and excavate all the challenge pieces left there in the darkness. Bring them to life. Finish any unfinished and yet unsubmitted challenge entry from 2025 or make a new entry for a challenge from 2025 you wanted to participate in, but couldn't. You can make your choice by going to Weekly Challenges and checking the column on the right. The first challenge of the 2025 was "Happy News Year". Please write in the artwork description which challenge you have chosen, and make sure you follow it's rules and limitations. You can make more than one entries for more than one challenge. Canvas Size - see the corresponding challenge Colours - see the corresponding challenge Transparency - see the corresponding challenge Animation - see the corresponding challenge CHALLENGE RULES Participants have until this upcoming Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) to submit their entry (strict). Don't forget to check the 'Submit to weekly challenge' checkbox. Only new pixels allowed. Open to all members. Posting WIPs in this thread or in new threads in the WIP section is highly encouraged, but ONLY SUBMIT YOUR FINAL ART. CHALLENGE JUDGING Every Sunday at midnight (12AM Pacific) the previous week's entries are judged. Every week a new voting poll will be posted for previous week's entries. Winner announced the following week. CHALLENGE PRIZES/GOODIES Top three finishers will receive an award displayed in your PJ gallery profile for all to see and envy. Top finisher gets to suggest a future week's challenge. If you're a winner and you wish to submit your idea, send a message to Gecimen. 'Participation' ribbons will be given for all who enter. No matter what happens you get challenged :) CHALLENGE VOTING Vote now for your favorite pixelart in this week's challenge! CHALLENGE AWARDS The New Year's Cleanup 2025 pixel art challenge is complete and we have three new champions. This week's challenge awards go to the following pieces: Giant Robot Finale by amberMechanic Black Swarm(Looking at Distant Thing challenge) by DukeDarer Urbex go wrong by Omegan's Domain Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge!
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