Eleven artists took part in the teamwork competition, for which the participants had to submit line art, and then had to finish someone elses line art to which they were randomly assigned!

This competition was judged by PJ members and moderators: Cyangmou, Jinn, Dawnbringer, slym, skeddles, skamocore, pyrometal, Mandrill and myself (Hapiel)

The winners:

First place goes to Jeremy (lines) and Arkan85 (colors)

Second place goes to Nevercreature (lines) and Jeremy (colors)

Third place goes to jackhummer (lines) and JerryPie (colors)

All of the other particicpants receive a participation trophy, check them out here!

Thank you everyone for taking part, and congratulations to the winners! I hope we can organise more interesting collaboration events in the future, feel free to suggest some!

They sting, are green and don't need much water to stay alive. Something that is that resilient must have a lot to talk about.

This week I want you to pixel a cactus that has come alive. You can do a sprite, portrait or basically anything you want, it's up to you.

Canvas Size - Max. 100x100.
Colors - Max. 16.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.

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

It's time to vote for the latest pixel art challenge: What is that?.

VOTE NOW!

The Tiny Tanks 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 Tiny Tanks forum thread for more information.

Picture youself in a white room without any objects in it. You begin to look at the walls around you not being able to see any significant details. Suddenly you feel like you and everything starts moving! Weird colours begin to flash brightly und the ground is shaking more and more with every second that passes.

Then.... boom! A loud noise and the room looks exactly like when you first stepped into it; white walls, clean and silent. However, you notice a weird object in the center of the room. Pixel that object!

Canvas Size - Unrestricted
Colors - 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.

It's time to vote for the latest pixel art challenge: Tiny Tanks.

VOTE NOW!

The Insects! 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 Insects! forum thread for more information.

Anyone who has been a member here at Pixel Joint for some amount of time knows that our pixel art submission rules have not always been very clear. This has caused many misunderstandings over the years as to why certain pieces were admitted into the gallery while some other similar works were not, etc.

In an effort to reduce such problems in the future, your mod team has taken feedback received from the community over the last few months and have written an updated proposed set of rules and guidelines (call it version 2.0). Before these are made official, we wanted to share them with everyone to give you a chance to review and comment.

You can find the new proposed rules here.

We appreciate in advance any input you may have!

The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for April 2018. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.

Ob's stürmt oder schneit...

There's certainly some kind of fascination for these huge machines that move across the battlefield striking fear and terror into the enemy's hearts.

This week I want you to pixel a tiny tank that is more than capable of ruling the battlefield. You can pixel any tank or self-propelled gun you want, just make sure it has tracks and looks cool!

Canvas Size - Exactly. 32x32.
Colors - Max. 12.
Transparency - Required.
Animation - Optional.

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

It's time to vote for the latest pixel art challenge: Insects!.

VOTE NOW!

The I'm A Machine 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 I'm A Machine forum thread for more information.

Insects! They are everywhere.

They bite, sting, scratch or simply run over a surface letting you know that you should really dust off your living room.

This week I want you to pixel some sort of insect, but It doesn't have to be an existing species. You can go crazy and create your very own critter.

Canvas Size - Max. 120x120
Colors - Max. 12.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.

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

It's time to vote for the latest pixel art challenge: I'm A Machine.

VOTE NOW!

The Majestic Cats 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 Majestic Cats forum thread for more information.