The best way to find the perfect match is to actually contact the pixel artist directly using the member directory. If you do not know of a specific pixel artist and you'd like to post your job description you can post in the forum. Please make sure to specify whether the pixel art project/job is PAID or UNPAID in the title of the post.

If you still can't find what you are looking for try digging around the gallery and finding a pixel artist that suits you. Good luck!

It is most likely due to Internet Explorer having limited support for the PNG graphics format.  If you want to see all graphics including PNG-24 on the site you might want to switch to another browser that fully supports PNG like Firefox.

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Please see Leveling Up FAQ for more information.

Wishing everyone a belated Xmas, a Happy Chanukah, Kwanza, Ramadon, and, of course, a Happy New Year!

Looking forward to some great pixels in 2006 from all of you.

In the meantime, check out Blueberry Pie's holiday Xmess game where you can kill as many penguins as you like! Cuz that's really the true meaning of Christmas.

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You can find a free application to do it here...

https://pixeljoint.com/files/giffy23.zip

Check the Pixel Joint Forum thread on applications for pixel art for the latest and greatest on what other pixel artists are using.

An online free utility is http://www.iaza.com  NOW WITH ANIMATION CAPABILITIES

NOTE: Internet Explorer 6 and below does not have transparency support for PNG-24. Since the vast majority of internet users are using Internet Explorer we suggest you use PNG-8 or GIF if you want to use transparency.

It's actually quite easy to make a suggestion. Simply fill out the contact form and write your ideas in the comments box.

Note: The contact form is the main point of contact for anything to do with the site so use it for suggestions, bug reports, complaints, praise, etc.

AOL Instant Messenger buddy icons must fit in a 48x48 space. If the PixelJoint icon does not fit perfectly the icon will not have an "AIM Buddy Icon" link.

The eventual goal of this site is to provide yet another outlet for the thriving pixel art community. Since this is a non-profit (or negative-profit depending on how you look at it) web site, the preferred way you can keep this little operation cooking is to link back to us or tell a friend about us.

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Why not? It's free and it takes two seconds ya lazy bum. Registering gives you access to a few "tools":

• Save pixel art to your Favorites Gallery
• Submit pixel art
• Submit news
• Share your profile with others
• Rate pixel art
• Add other members to your Buddy List
• Send other members Private Messages
• Comments will be associated to you

It's hard to say. Some artists are happy to create work for nothing. Some might charge. The best way to find out is to register and send a private message to an artist requesting their services.

If you are looking for a freebie don't be upset if the pixel artist is not responsive.

You can go through a few Pixel Joint featured tutorials in the tutorials section (features » tutorials). There's also a tutorials section for getting started with pixel art in the links section (features » links). You can also find a ton of pixel artists listed if you would like to see the best stuff out there.

You can find quite a few desktop icon collections (zip archives) in the downloads section (stuff » downloads). At this time we only offer Windows (.ico) format icons.

So why are there only a few dozen downloadable icons? The pixel art found on this site is typically 48x48 or larger and is perfect for buddy icons, forum avatars, etc... what they are not specifically designed for is desktop icons. Since the typical size for icons in the Windows world is exactly 32x32, a large portion of the pixel art icons do not fit properly.