Pixel Art Challenge: An Unexpected Guest


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And so Pixelween 2025 begins...

The first spooky theme is An Unexpected Guest.

You will be creating a horizontal landscape on this theme. The following weeks will attach to the previous weeks' entries on the right hand side. So to summarize: a horizontal landscape panorama going from left to right.

Who will your unexpected guest be? What are they a guest for? Where are they a guest for? So many questions. Will we get answers?

Do feel free to interpret the theme (an unexpected guest) and format (landscape panorama) as you wish. Thinking outside of the box is always encouraged! The only real limitations are the palette and canvas size! And remember that it needs to connect to next week's challenge entry.

 
Technical requirements for this week:
Canvas Size - exactly 64 (horizontal) x 96 (vertical) pixels.
Colors - Max 19, use the palette Azahar Streets by ParadoxWhimsy
 
 
Transparency - No.
Animation - No.



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


Posted by gawrone @ 9/29/2025 00:48  |    8

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hby (Level 5 Elder Thing (The Mountains of Madness)) @ 9/29/2025 15:23

Wait this is a vertical canvas? Also how strict is the "landscape" requirement? Would an interior scene be breaking the rules since it's not a "landscape"?


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Manupix (Level 11 Godzilla) @ 9/29/2025 15:06

I think it should be 96 (horizontal) x 64 (vertical) to qualify as a horizontal landscape panorama?


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gawrone (Level 11 Pixeljoint) @ 9/29/2025 12:02

Wait. Are you suggesting that the palettes were not nice all the recent years? 


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LicinioSouza (Level 3 Sergeant) @ 9/29/2025 10:53

Creepy approach :fire:


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b236 (Level 11 Bonsai) @ 9/29/2025 09:26

i am shocked by how nice the palette is ;D 


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gawrone (Level 11 Pixeljoint) @ 9/29/2025 02:04
It is Pixelween so the only thing you can expect is the unknown 

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Mirre (Level 9 Whale Shark) @ 9/29/2025 02:04

I would say wait and see what happens.  Focus on this week for now.


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Lowres_Addict (Level 3 Private Eye) @ 9/29/2025 01:38

Thanks, I'm joining! To stay on the safe side as I'm just planning the whole thing and setting up a new project image for this... The final resolution of the entire panorama will be 256 x 96 pixels right? Or shall we prepare for a possiblity of different image width in the following weeks?


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