PixelJoint is now going to give two new monthly awards!

There'll be:

- a monthly top faves award, which goes to the member who has the most total faves on pieces submitted in the month.


October's top commenter awards go to:

1. Hapiel
2. SeDiceBisonte
3. Quiara

And October's most favourited award goes to:
andylittle

Congratulations to all of you! See you next month for November's awards!

  PS: Thanks to our new mod Jinn for the lovely award icons (once again).

You've just come back home, but have forgotten your front door key. You can hear sounds coming from inside - somebody or something unexpected is in your house. What can you see through the keyhole?

For this week's challenge, both the preview file and the detail file are part of your submission. For the preview file, you will be using the keyhole template. Think carefully about what happens outside of the keyhole in the full piece! What you see through the keyhole should be the same scene as the main file (could even be a crop), but should not fully reveal what really is going on.

Restriction: You must use the keyhole template for your preview file, and your full piece (no template, normal square canvas) will be the detail file. Both use the PICO-8 palette.

The detail file will be a 100x100 square.

Canvas size: 100x100 (for detail image)
Colours: 16, PICO-8 palette
Transparency: Only for the preview, around the keyhole template.
Animation: Optional.

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

Your colleague says there is a ghost in the grocery store... the only thing we know is that it's tall, but what does it look like?

For this challenge, your entry will have to be done in tall pixels, which means each pixel is doubled only in height, and not in width (1x2 pixels rather than 1x1 pixels in size).

You'll be using Karina's "Grocery Store Ghost" palette from the Rejected Palettes list: https://sites.google.com/view/rejected-palettes/palette-list

Rejected Palettes is a database for palettes which have not been considered good or useful, yet have creative potential.

Canvas size: 100x200 export size (as displayed on PJ), so 100x100 tall pixels
Colours:
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 Precious pixel 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 Precious pixel forum thread for more information.

For The Legend of Zelda's 35th anniversary, we want you to redesign Link's classic NES sprite:
https://www.spriters-resource.com/fullview/8366/

This challenge is based on the same premise as "The New Bomber" challenge we had back in 2014, which you can check out if you want some inspiration:
https://pixeljoint.com/pixels/poll.asp?id=1395

The sprite must be original work - no sprite edits will be accepted. Feel free to change style and game genre, too!

Canvas size: Max 48x 48.
Colours: Max 8.
Transparency: Required, don't forget it counts as a colour!
Animation: Optional.

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

The Johto Redrawn collaborative project is a pixel art re-imagining of the Johto region, from the Pokémon Gold/Silver/Crystal games, released between 1997 and 2001 on Gameboy and Gameboy Color.
The goal of the project was to redraw the entire Johto region in the contirbutors' own sprite styles, not unlike a reanimation collab.

It was started and coordinated by pixel artists audrey, Dewdneym, Foofarawr and PJ user Zaebucca!


The project has now reached a close, so you can look at the whole map on its dedicated website:


http://retroredrawn.com/johto/

This week we want you to create two (or more sprites) that fit perfectly one into another, filling all the voids in contact. Please depict the sprites both by themselves and connected (can be in the preview or description if you want).

Example:


Canvas Size - Max 64x64px per sprite.
Colours - Max. 20
Transparency -Needed.
Animation - No.

Don't forget to comment on the pieces you like!

Not only does a comment have the potential to make the artist's day, if you post a lot you'll win one of the fancy new trophies

1. 8Nephila8
2. Theoden
3. SeDiceBisonte

And March's most favourited award goes to:
vierbit

Depict a fantastic creature out of its natural habitat, like a cockatrice under water, or a kraken in a forest, for example.

Canvas size: Exactly 100x100
Colours: Exactly 16
Transparency: No
Animation: Optional

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

This week we want you to depict your favourite villain of all time (of any media) as if it was a sprite from a game. If you take inspiration from an actual game, let us know in the description!

Canvas size: 100x100px max
Colours: 16 max (Transparency included)
Transparency: Required
Animation: Optional

Metroid was released in Japan on the Famicom Disk System on August 6th, 1986.

To celebrate this anniversary, this week's challenge is to draw a space bounty hunter, may it be an existing character inside/outside of the Metroid universe, or a completely original character.

Canvas Size - Exactly 100x100

This week we want you to depict a scene featuring one or more reflective objects.

Inspiration:

Hand with Reflecting Sphere, MC Escher

Bonus Challenge: make the whole canvas the reflective object.

Canvas Size - Unrestricted

Colours - 20 max

Transparency - Optional

Animation - Optional

August 21st is Senior Citizens Day, (and yes I looked it up after I wrote the challenge, but hey) so this week, we want you to draw your self portrait as if it's from 2041 or even later. You can simply draw your old-self or add possible changes such as eye-patch, cybernetic organs or a post apocalyptic style haircut.

Optional Bonus Challenge - Make the preview equal or smaller than 64x64 px and use it as your avatar.

What is your ideal mode of transportation?
Draw a vehicle of any kind, like bikes, cars, spaceships, or something new you've just invented, using few colors and few pixels.

September is the month a lot of people around the world go back to school.
What's the kind of thing you'd see on the first day of class? A prank played on the teacher? An unusual new student, or teacher? An alien invasion?

Draw a classroom scene for this week's challenge, using the Amstrad CPC 464's palette:


BONUS: make the piece a game mockup.
 

Don't forget to comment on the pieces you like!

Not only does a comment have the potential to make the artist's day, if you post a lot you'll win one of the fancy new trophies!

Does your mouth water when just thinking about your favorite dish? This week we want you to draw your favourite food with one condition, it must look delicious!

Canvas Size - Max 100x100px

Colours - Unrestricted

Transparency - Optional

Animation - Optional

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 the first movie in your very own horror franchise. Pick a name for your movie, and don't make it too complex as we'll be introducing themes for the sequels in upcoming challenges. For example a one word noun title like 'Chucky' or 'Aliens' will work great.

You are free to choose if you want to include text on your poster or not, but focus on the image either way.

In upcoming challenges you will be extending this movie franchise, so choose it wisely.

Technical requirements for this week:

Canvas Size - exactly 80 (horizontal) x 120 (vertical) pixels.
Colors - Max 4, use this palette:

Transparency - No.
Animation - No.

We're excited to hear who will be joining, let us know in the comments with an "I'm in"!

This week we want you to depict a scene/sprite with at least one part/object pillow shaded. You read it right! We want you to find a good way to use this (lack of) technique.

Bonus Challenge: Make the whole scene/sprite pillow shaded (good luck on that)

Colors: 16max

Canvas: 160x120px max.

Transparency: optional

Animation: optional

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

This year's Secret Santa is now open!

For those who have signed up to the event, you have until December 22nd to finish your gifts!

Follow these submission instructions carefully, to not spoil any surprises:

• When you've finished your gift, first choose Submit Pixel Art from the main site and upload your gift wrap (see Gift Wrap section here) as the preview (small) image and do not upload anything else. The description should only say “secret santa” and should not include the name of the person you’re gifting, at least until Christmas Eve.
• Note: For the Secret Santa purposes, you can upload the template gift wraps below. Still, custom wraps rock!
• Now, send your real gift to Christoballs by PM, Discord or email. You can use imgur.com, or if you can't, you can send it to c.m.kelsall@protonmail.com. We will edit and change your pixel art submission with the real one, so we can reveal all presents at the same time. Please don't post your gift anywhere else before 24th, that would spoil the surprise.
  
  This year's participants:
  - AdamF
  - ambivorous
  - b236
  - Bicho Cerote
  - Blashed
  - bypatryk
  - Christoballs
  - Clovvach
  - Eggy
  - gawrone
  - Gecimen
  - Hapiel
  - IceZeeKay
  - Irenaart
  - jeremy
  - lion95
  - marceles
  - Maye
  - Mirre
  - mupixl
  - orangemagik
  - pixl_person
  - pyrometal
  - QueenKami
  - Quiara
  - Reo
  - Salvatore
  - Sarahboev
  - Sazdx
  - SeDiceBisonte
  - shm31
  - sjd_sjd
  - skamocore
  - sushy
  - Theodote
  - tnr_12
  - Trigonomancer
  - Umbohr
  - Valentin Gendallf Krek
  - Veksell
  - vrine
  - Weerdmeester
  - Weulkin
  - Yogurt
  - yuanhai
  - zedOFF
  - zombieMode
   

This week we want you to pick an old sprite and reinterpret it by their pixel placement. Taking liberty to extrapolate the original intention in favor of weirdness. Make sure to link the original sprite in the submission description.

See some examples that Jinn found here.

Colors: Max 20

Canvas: Max 150x150 px

Transparency: Required

Animation: No

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

Hohoho!

This year's Secret Santa gifts will be revealed on stream, before being added to the PixelJoint gallery!

The stream will take place on:

December 23rd, 3PM CET

At:

https://www.twitch.tv/chrisdballs

See you there

Hello again!

You can now browse through the Secret Santa Gift post, available on the PJ forums:

https://pixeljoint.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=27286


Happy holidays and see you next year

The 3 Steps to become animals 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 3 Steps to become animals forum thread for more information.

It's time to vote for the latest pixel art challenge: Non-residential.

VOTE NOW!

The Beaufort scale 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 Beaufort scale forum thread for more information.

This week we want you to take any (good-aligned) character and turn them into a villain.
It can be a sprite, a scene or even a game mockup, that's up to you!

Canvas: Max 150 x 150
Colors: Max 8
Transparency: Optional
Animation: Optional

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

Jeremy has been active in PixelJoint community events, such Pixelween, Secret Santa, ISO Collabs, Street Collab, or the Weekly Challenges for almost 15 years, to critical success, often placing in the Monthly Top lists.

Since we just got through Easter, this week we want you to draw a scene or sprite portraying a Moai (the easter island statue).

Canvas: Max 150 x 150

Colors: Max 10

Transparency: Optional

Animation: Optional

This week we want you to create living garbage! How you achieve this is up to you, as long as it is obvious the garbage is sentient/living. This could be as simple as trash with eyes, or a whole creature made out of rubbish.

Canvas: Max 100 x 100

Colors: Max 16 (excluding transparency) 

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 Delicious Baking 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 Delicious Baking forum thread for more information.

Don't forget to comment on the pieces you like!