Phones wants you to make a one screen mock-up of an RPG that takes place in the real world in modern times (eg. The World Ends With You or Alpha Protocol). So no knights, no magic or anything of the sort.

For the purposes of this challenge, modern should mean sometime within the last 10 years. You may add slight fantasy elements (such as talking animals), but overall it should be a game that looks as though it's clearly set on this planet sometime within the last decade.

Canvas Size - Unrestricted.
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.

The makers of Kings of Power 4 Billion % and Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: the Game has released a couple of sprites this blog. There is Ramona, Knives, the evil ex's, Scott himself and some more available for you to enjoy.

Trailer of the Game
Gameplay trailer

See also THIS iLKke find and make sure to scroll beyond the Scott Pilgrim video.

Warning: Its a no AA zone.

Microsoft GIF Animator is a free GIF Animator that is compatible with MS Paint. Download the software free here.

8bit FM is a nice streaming online radio station that is devoted to chiptune music and classic game soundtracks.

Good news for Firefox users that want to explore the Japanese artist community Pixiv and especially its wonderful pixel scene!

This script for Firefox's Addon Greasemonkey translates Pixiv into an English usable/readable site.

Requires: Firefox, Greasemonkey and Pixiv Translation Script for Greasemonkey.

A triptych is a 3-part image. Create one this week!

You can lay out your triptych in any way you want, but each section must be separated by transparency (keep in mind that transparency counts as a colour). The sections can be directly or indirectly related to eachother, but at very least, there should be some sort of overarching theme presented throughout the image as a whole.

Optional Bonus Challenge: Make all three parts of your entry non-rectangular.

Canvas Size - Unrestricted.
Colours - Max 20.
Transparency - Required.
Animation - No.

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

From developer Matthew Klundt comes Sprite Something, an iPad app for creating pixel art and animations. It also creates actionscript files for the popular Flixel and FlashPunk game engines. Find out more on the terriblegames website. See a short demo video here.

This app is not reviewed by Pixeljoint but for US$2.99 it might be worth trying out.

Tower of Heaven is a short yet challenging game with pixel graphics and a great soundtrack. The pixel art was created Dave Zhang (godsavant).

The game can be downloaded or played online. Also, if you so desire, the game's soundtrack can be purchased here.

Show us your best new and original slimy creature. You may show its surroundings, but the slimy creature should be the focus of the piece.

Optional Bonus Challenge: Can you do it without using any dithering?

Here are just a few examples of slimy creatures from the gallery.

Canvas Size - Max 80 (width) x 100 (height).
Colours - Max 15.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.

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 July 2010. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
 

Room for one last project by Fool

A world of robot by Ergg

Feierabend by vierbit

Monkey Island Virtualboy Edition - Weekly Challenge by Jinn

dude, get yourself some sunglasses! by Dex

summer place by Niss

[Animation] Gasmask Girl and a Gun by Syosa

Unexpectaed　Garden by zioru

Miku Hatsune by KO-KI

The BIG two-framer by LuckyF

Samurai were Japanese warriors from the 13th to the 19th Century. This week they will be celebrated in Pixels. Pick one of these types of samurai and use the corresponding palette. No swapping palettes.

• Mounted samurai - High ranked warriors who fought on horseback.
• Shogun - Japanese military rulers.
• Rōnin - Samurai without a master.

Challenge idea by Canty

Canvas Size - Exactly 120 x 120.
Colors - Exactly 6. Use only colors from the three palettes below:



Transparency - No.
Animation - No.

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

For this year's Burning Man the folks who run the More Carrot Theme Camp have created Illuminatrix, an LED matrix art installation and want your animation contribution. The site has an online editor to create or even re-create one of your existing pixelart animation. Deadline is Aug 26, 2010.

Even if you don't attend Burning Man, after the festival, videos will be posted of the art installation.

Check it out!

The wonderful collection of "demakes" by junkboy has been making the rounds on the ole 'net for the last couple days. Here's a comparison shot of a few of the games for good measure.

Frogatto & Friends is a recently released, well-polished platformer created using charming pixel graphics. This game is sure to become a personal favorite due to the addicting gameplay, customizable levels, and beautiful artwork. Best of all, it's free! Check it out here. The game can be downloaded for Windows, Mac and Linux. An iPhone/iPod Touch version is also available for $5.

Challenge winner, Mambazo wants you to show us an energetic figure traversing an urban environment, not unlike Parkour. So for example, a postman acrobatically avoiding a dog.

Canvas Size - Min 120 (width) x 90 (height) | Max 320 (width) x 240 (height).
Colours - Max 32.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - No.