The Sweet Dreams 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 Sweet Dreams forum thread for more information.

It's time to head on over to the forum and vote for the latest pixel art challenge: Nature: FTW!.

VOTE NOW!

Stickman challenges you to think pixel fonts from the pixel artist perspective.
Not as single color bitmaps, but using pixelart techniques to create your typeface.
So, pixel the numbers 0 - 9 and the alphabet in either UPPERCASE or  lowercase
(or both if you're feeling adventurous and have time) in your own creative way.

Colours: More than 2 (excludes transparency) but less than 32 colors.
Canvas Size: No real restrictions, but this is not for newspaper 'war' headlines, k.
Transparency: Allowed

SPECIAL NOTE: No external AA.

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 May 2008. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.

Cosmigo has released version 6 of the best pixel program around. Owners of version 5 can upgrade for $39.95

New Features:

• Simple and Alpha Transparency 
• Advanced masking 
• Unimited undo/redo 
• Layer System incuding onion skinning
• Realtime Tile Map Creation Engine 
• Grids engine to use any type of grid including Isometric, Octagon, Box 
• Extended Color Palette Editor to Cut, Move, Insert or Modify Ranges of Colors 
• Dozens of Paint Modes including "Formula" to have self defined Manipulation

More information and download here:
http://cosmigo.com/promotion/index.php

and no I'm not being paid to support this product :P

From Arachne comes this interesting challenge where you must draw something that has been reclaimed by nature. The idea is to draw some kind of abandoned, man-made structure or vehicle which is turning into a more natural part of the surrounding landscape. For instance, it could be a derelict house with an overgrown garden, or a rusty, sunken boat becoming a coral reef. Also, think of an abandoned city that has been reclaimed by nature over the past century.

Colors: 16 colors
Canvas: any size
Animation: no
Transparency: no


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

The LETs GET READY TO RUMBLE! 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 LETs GET READY TO RUMBLE! forum thread for more information.

It's time to head on over to the forum and vote for the latest pixel art challenge: Sweet Dreams.

VOTE NOW!

That is, if you don't want to see blurry hand pixeled images. Firefox 3 blurs images once you zoom in on them. From what I've been reading, there isn't an option to switch this "feature" off. At normal zoom, the images seem to hold up fine however, so if you just copy and paste the images into another program to view them, this probably won't be an issue for you. This does of course compromise some of the convenience for sites like Pixel Joint, with its wonderful built in zoom on the site.

Just a heads up to everyone.

From Equilibrix the winner of the 12 Days of Xmas comes this week's challenge.
Pixel some pleasant dream you've recently had (no nightmares :-))

Palette: Grayscale + 1 other color with it's shades (Sin City style), max. 8 colors
Canvas: Any
Transparency: No

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

The Pearl's Story 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 Pearl's Story forum thread for more information.

It's time to head on over to the forum and vote for the latest pixel art challenge: LETs GET READY TO RUMBLE!.

VOTE NOW!

Google recently decided to change its favicon*, but, if you noticed it, most of us didn't like this change, maybe because it's different or ..whatever. So unlike most of the companies that avoid user inputs, they opened for suggestions, so here it is!

RULES

• Resolution: 16 pixel x 16 pixel image
• Format: .png, .gif, or .ico
• Size: 5 KB
• Transparency: 32 bit alpha transparency
• Deadline is June 20, 2008
• You must be of a legal age to form a binding contract to participate.

Suggestions to follow before starting:

• Make the shape and profile visible.
• Incorporate some or all of the letters in "Google."
• Utilize the primary colors that are used in the Google logo.
• Avoid being product specific.
• Be timeless.

Here you can submit your artwork and find other useful explanations.
Anyway there's a thread on the PJ forum where you can discuss it! :)

*a favicon, also known as a website icon, page icon or urlicon, is an icon associated with a particular website or webpage. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Favicon)

Skull says its time to lace up your boots and create a wrestler! Not just any old wrestler - come up with a completely new one full of character, just like Mexican and Japanese wrestlers!
A vampire? An eagle? A Larwick-style-character-with-a-bomb-for-a-mask?

Pixel them striking a pose, working the mic, walking to the ring or performing their finishing-move; it is up to you!

• Colors: 16 Max
  
• Canvas Size: 225 x 200 max.
• Transparency: Allowed
• Animation: If need be.
• Theme: Mexican or Japanese style wrestler (due to 'character')

Examples - Jushin Liger - Ultimo Dragon - La Parka  .. skull's favourite wrester :p

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

The Plants have feelings too! 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 Plants have feelings too! forum thread for more information.

It's time to head on over to the forum and vote for the latest pixel art challenge: Pearl's Story.

VOTE NOW!

If you haven't been in the pool or haven't seen the unpixely thread, then you don't know that leel is trying to earn a scholarship. All you gotta do is click on the link and vote. Simple as that.

Normally I wouldn't be interested with such things, but it's for educational purposes.

Vote here!

(Also thanks should go to Metaru for coming up with the idea.)

As some of you might have noticed, Pixelation and quite a few other sites are down atm. This is because there was an electrical gear shorted, causing an explosion and fire in the datacenter where the servers are. About 6000 servers are down because of this, Pix being on one of them. Noone was injured there, so that's good to know. And furthermore no servers seem to have been damaged. Everything should be back to normal sooner or later, but it probably still take a while until everything is back online.

The TV Show Mock up 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 TV Show Mock up forum thread for more information.

It's time to head on over to the forum and vote for the latest pixel art challenge: Plants have feelings too!.

VOTE NOW!