This year you all submitted 550 Pixelween posters to Pixel Joint, that is insane! Congratulations to all of you!
The results were streamed live, watch back the video here on YouTube to get all of the details:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvtOJ7egFFA
You can view all of the franchises with at least 2 posters here.
Judging all of these entries was nearly impossible. Luckily we have an amazing team who pulled it off:
Prowler, the creator of the Masters of Pixel Art books
NeoBerserker, the moderator at PixelDalies
PJ members Cyangmou, DawnBringer, Mrmo_Tarius, Irenaart, Vierbit, SovanJedi, StevenM, Skeddles, Fool
With all that being said, and with real prizes to be given away, I'm sure you're excited who the winners are. So read on!
Pixelween is over! But whilst we are waiting for the results to come in, we have a bonus challenge for you. You can also join this challenge if you did not take part in pixelween!
This weeks movie is a crossover. Take one of the themes of another Pixelween entry and combine it with yours, or if you haven't participated yet pick 2 Pixelween franchises to inspire your new movie.
You can choose whether you want to include text on your poster or not, but focus on the image either way.
Technical requirements for this week:
Canvas Size - exactly 80 (horizontal) x 120 (vertical) pixels.
Colors - Max 4, from this palette (so don't use all colors!):
This is the Sheltzy32 palette which we've been using for all of Pixelween2021
Transparency - No.
Animation - No.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for September 2021.
Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists, and all the members who took time to rate!
After several months of development my first full release game is finished and ready for download!
The game can be downloaded for free on Itch.
Download Cozy Days (Itch.io)
Cozy Days is a relaxing sandbox game featuring a peaceful house with a warm and cozy fireplace at its heart.
Throw chunky logs into the fireplace, light a few candles and enjoy the crunchy crackling of timber and the soothing dance of glowing tiny pixels as the midi based retro music plays in the background.
Cozy Days simply provides a calming hygge ambiance for relaxing, studying, reading, sleeping and meditating.
You can also organize the items in the house to create your personal space.
I wish you all cozy days! :)
All weekly challenges until October 24th are part of Pixelween 2021, a contest with prizes.
This weeks sequel is about the bride of [...]. We can't wait to see how you'll creatively apply this to your themes!
You can choose whether you want to include text on your poster or not, but focus on the image either way.
Technical requirements for this week:
Canvas Size - exactly 80 (horizontal) x 120 (vertical) pixels.
Colors - Max 32, use this palette:
This is the Sheltzy32 palette which we've been using for all of Pixelween2021
Transparency - No.
Animation - No.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
EDIT: This post finally contains the full list of participants! Thanks for a record-breaking week!
The Beginning 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 The Beginning forum thread for more information.
All weekly challenges until October 24th are part of Pixelween 2021, a contest with prizes.
You will be drawing a poster for a sequel for your movie franchise, and this sequel is the Space Edition! You could title it "[...] In Space" or something similar and the story obviously takes place somewhere not on earth!
It should be a continuation of your previous movies, but if you did not yet submit an entry for previous Pixelween rounds you're free to pick any subject to put in space.
You can choose whether you want to include text on your poster or not, but focus on the image either way.
Technical requirements for this week:
Canvas Size - exactly 80 (horizontal) x 120 (vertical) pixels.
Colors - Max 16, use this palette:
Transparency - No.
Animation - No.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
All weekly challenges until October 24th are part of Pixelween 2021, a contest with prizes.
You will be drawing a poster for a sequel to your first movie, and this sequel is titled: "The Attack of [...]", with the thing attacking being the subject of your previous poster.
For example, if your first movie was called "Blood", your sequel should be called "The Attack of the Blood". With some themes this will be easier than with others, so modify your theme if needed and we trust on your creativity to find a fitting solution. If you did not yet submit an entry for Pixelween round 1 you're free to pick any subject as attackers.
You can choose whether you want to include text on your poster or not, but focus on the image either way.
Technical requirements for this week:
Canvas Size - exactly 80 (horizontal) x 120 (vertical) pixels.
Colors - Max 8, use this palette:
Transparency - No.
Animation - No.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
The CGAmbl3rs 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 CGAmbl3rs forum thread for more information.
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