The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for August 2025.
Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists, and all the members who took time to rate!
Weerdmeester Masterclass Challenge Streak
Episode 22
Create a scene where the world is flipped on its side, but living (or dead [or undead {...}]) creatures aren't.
This challenge combines Weerdmesteer's innovative ideas, with our traditional tiny worlds challenges (so prepare your 8 pixel tall sprite chops), and with our traditional weird, random, and totally unusable palette challenges (I guess you are lucky this time, becasue this one actually looks pretty easy).
You have to use this palette:
Ghost White #F8F8FF
Bone #E3DAC9
Pumpkin #FF7518
Zombie Green #698362
Blood Red #660000
Vampire Violet #3F2A68
And if you haven't been around PJ long enough, to know what this challenge means, you can ask your senior PJ friends.
Canvas Size - Max 66x66.
Colors - Max 6 (use the palette).
Transparency - Forbidden.
Animation - Forbidden.
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!
The winners are Ashadorn, Incognito2074 and CoconutsForest.
The next theme is 18th century: classical architecture, salons of Voltaire, storming of Bastille, rococo gardens, and powdered philosophers.
The link to the canvas: https://maetheria.com/
https://i.ibb.co/yn4yXh7N/maetheria-68-small.png
Weerdmeester Masterclass Challenge Streak
Episode 21
Everything mechanical is natural, and everything natural is mechanical.
You have to use the Natural Inteligence palette by Mierdinsky.
Canvas Size - Max 333x333.
Colors - Max 9.
Transparency - Forbidden.
Animation - Optional.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
Weerdmeester Masterclass Challenge Streak
Episode 20
Create a piece with a group of creatures or objects (at least 2), where another different one tries to fit in the group (without a disguise) by just being very similar looking object/species.
You have to use the Sneaky-12 Palette by RoBEEFnik
Canvas Size - Max 200x400.
Colors - Max 12 (13 if you use transparency).
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Forbidden.
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