Pixeljoint is proud to present you yet another much-anticipated artist feature with long time PJ member and multi-award winner, vierbit! While mostly silent, most of you know and admire his pixelart. Today, we break the silence!

Shadows of Adam art director Doppleganger, recently made some blog posts detailing his experience on the project.

Create a character animation within a 16 x 16 canvas. A nice example from the gallery by AdamAtomic:

Canvas Size - Max 16 x 16.
Colours - Max 16.
Transparency - Required.
Animation - Required.

The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.

DYA Games (albertov) has a new game Super Star Path with some awesome pixelart many are already familiar with.
The game needs your help and support on Steam Greenlight.

The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for April 2015. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.

 

Three-Tenth Kingdom - Czargorod mockup by Thu

Winter Forest by Momofumi

A Space for The Unbound - prologue - by Hal-Sacchi

Auro: A Monster-Bumping Adventure PC title screen by DinoFarmBlake

Starburst Dwarven War-Face by Mandrill

Island of the Diarchy by CELS

Winter Road by DatMuffinMan

A distinct lack of bubble gum by junkboy

Pikaloha! by Jackster

Wood-Troll by Mandrill

Announcing the winners of the 16 color palette contest.
First Place -  DawnBringer
Second Place - Crimso
Third Place - Night
Honorable Mention - atpalicis - Super17 - FlyGuy - [thUg] - Drazile - pavanz - Naji & Froste

Show a character sleeping or napping while some sort of activity/event unfolds around them. It could be anything from a cat knocking over furniture to an alien invasion.

Canvas Size - 200 x 200.
Colours - Max 32.
Transparency - No.
Animation - Optional.

The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.

Hey everyone! I'm the lead artist for Dinofarm Games, and I just spent the better part of 4 years making pains-taking pixel art for our new game, Auro. Needless to say, I love pixel art. This article explores the pitfalls and costs involved with making pixel art in the age of ultra HD. I hope you find it to be an interesting read.

Many thanks. Here's the link.

www.dinofarmgames.com/a-pixel-artist-renounces-pixel-art/

Create an image showing an archipelago.

To make this challenge a little more interesting, you can also create a metaphorical archipelago - a space filled with a cluster of items. For example, a buffet table could count.

Canvas Size - Max 256 x 256.
Colours - Max 16.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.

A terrific article by a photographer on the subject of imitation, Refs, copies and plagiarism.

Create a mock-up of an original video game showing a screen from an outer space level.

Canvas size - Unrestricted.
Colours - Max 11. Must only include colours from the palette below:



Animation - Optional.
Transparency - No.

Wyrmsun is an open-source RTS game which features elements of mythology, history and fiction.
The project is led by Andrettin and features the art from b_o, Jinn, Leo B, and other talented artists, the complete list of artists can be found here.