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The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for January 2026.
Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists, and all the members who took time to rate!

bands of light/pixelart#1 Pixel Art

bands of light/pixelart

bands of light
by giJo

Gaze/pixelart#2 Pixel Art

Gaze/pixelart

Gaze
by OCEANSCENTED

In the deep, dark woods/pixelart#3 Pixel Art

In the deep, dark woods/pixelart

In the deep, dark woods
by ink

Live Wires/pixelart#4 Pixel Art

Live Wires/pixelart

Live Wires
by strangeflames

Encounter (2025)/pixelart#5 Pixel Art

Encounter (2025)/pixelart

Encounter (2025)
by Lastandir

From the valley/pixelart#6 Pixel Art

From the valley/pixelart

From the valley
by Lastandir

Knight/pixelart#7 Pixel Art

Knight/pixelart

Knight
by ink

another self portrait/pixelart#8 Pixel Art

another self portrait/pixelart

another self portrait
by Zorreta

mazyo/pixelart#9 Pixel Art

mazyo/pixelart

mazyo
by kumori

Superstar Saga 20th Anniversary/pixelart#10 Pixel Art

Superstar Saga 20th Anniversary/pixelart

Superstar Saga 20th Anniversary
by Thayora

Posted by gawrone @ 2/16/2026 01:56  |    0
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For the Chinese New Year and the Year of the Horse, draw a sprite of a horse with a certain attitude that you think suits the horse zodiac personality description.

You have to use this palette made by Irena:

https://i.imgur.com/vJtFjh0.png

Canvas size: max. 120x120px;
Colors: max 13 (provided palette + transparency);
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 gawrone @ 2/16/2026 01:55  |    0
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The Forgotten Object 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 Forgotten Object forum thread for more information.
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Posted by gawrone @ 2/16/2026 01:30  |    0
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We are pausing the Pixel Loop for a week to have a challenge invented by Queen Kami.

Love is in the air… not for all of us, but the big corporates still want us to consume the Heart themed Holiday, like it or not they’ll shove this overused holiday in your throat, but we can rebel (a little). Sooo, make a monster sprites themed around Valentine, you can make it pink, heart shaped, cute, roses.  Let’s this monstrous holiday begin!

You have to use the palette Pear36 by PineappleOnPizza 
https://lospec.com/palette-list/pear36-8x.png


Canvas Size - max 96 x 96.
Colours – 36+ 1 transparency 
Transparency - Required.
Animation - Optional.  



The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
Posted by gawrone @ 2/9/2026 00:52  |    0
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The Took it literally 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 Took it literally forum thread for more information.
Read the full post...

Posted by gawrone @ 2/9/2026 00:50  |    0
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https://i.ibb.co/sJQ32wHc/Screenshot-from-2026-02-05-13-51-06.png

The link to the project: https://tapacron.com

Posted by elwis @ 2/5/2026 03:56  |    0
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We’re happy to resume the project after a short New Year break. The authors of 1910s are Ashadorn, Incognito2074 and CoconutsForest, and the next theme is 1920s.
The link to the canvas: https://maetheria.com/

https://i.ibb.co/Mk3jdYg0/maetheria-81.png

Posted by elwis @ 2/6/2026 02:20  |    0
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Don't forget to comment on the pieces you like!  Not only does a comment have the potential to make the artist's day, if you post a lot you'll win one of the fancy new trophies!

 
 
 
January top commenter awards go to:
 
  1. SeDiceBisonte
  2.  QueenKami
  3.  Weerdmeester


And January most favourited award goes to:
Most Faved Artist - October 2020 (#1)Lastandir

Posted by gawrone @ 2/4/2026 01:51  |    0
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Pixel Loop 3

Draw an everyday object that’s been abandoned for years (old toy, rusted tool, broken phone) imagining how the place it abandoned change it, without telling us where it was abandoned.

Even though it changed they should have some resembles to the original object. So, you can’t draw a pile of ash when a book is abandoned in a Volcano, but a book that half burned and have Fire magic is allowed. 

Please use this template, and the chosen palette below:

https://i.lospec.com/guv1.png

Canvas Size - max 96 x 96
Colours - https://lospec.com/palette-list/sweetie-16 16+1 transparency https://lospec.com/palette-list/sweetie-16-8x.png
Transparency - Required. Please clean the template lines before submitting.
Animation - Optional.



The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
Posted by gawrone @ 2/2/2026 02:30  |    0

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This monster of a land, this mightiest of nations, this spawn of the future, turns out to be the macrocosm of microcosm me.

John Steinbeck, Unknown Source

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