Take the opportunity to see your pixel art on 25x14 large DIY red LED matrix controlled through its maker's web interface.

PictureWars, the ultimate link between tactical role play and pixel art.

If you've ever dreamed of pitting your very own pixel art army against other spriters; taking part in huge pixel battles involving magic, technology and forces from every age and location, then PictureWars is your chance to fulfill this dream.

Create your own armies and maps and submit them for critique and fun, then initiate matches against other members in order to put your most evil strategies into practice.

Joe from Effect Games shows us how to recreate the classic palette color cycling using HTML5 canvas tag and JavaScript. The source code is available, along with great online examples using art by legendary LucasArts artist Mark Ferrari. It's amazing and beautiful what a great artist can accomplish with the technique.

I'm sure this will interest pixel artists and developers alike. :)

Time for another pixel what you see challenge. This time, based on Galt's art (age 2). Interpret what you see in the image below.

Inspiration links - Natalie's Drawing - Pearl's Story - Drawer Geeks!

Canvas Size - Exactly 240 x 175 (either horizontal or vertical).
Colors - Unrestricted.
Transparency - No.
Animation - No.

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

IcoFX is an image editor primarily designed for icon creation, extraction and editing. It supports png, gif and bmp file formats. One of the best features for pixel pushing is the hue shifting, trans BG options and the ability to zoom in up to 10,000% (for comparison, Photoshop can only zoom to a maximum of 3200%). Unfortunately though, it only has a maximum canvas size of 256 x 256.

The program is compatible with Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7; to download and/or read further about the program click here.

Originally sent in as a link by avo, but it's worth sharing on the front page too :)

Sometimes you must pixel, but you are away from home. This online toy is perfect for those times. If you want you can save/upload your creation to the site's own gallery. You can find the PixelToy here.

The RetroN 3 gaming system is compatible with NES, SNES and Sega Genesis cartridges. It comes with six controller ports - 2 for each of the previously mentioned consoles, so you can use your original controllers from your chosen system. Or if you like, it also comes packed in with two wireless controllers of its own. It's available now for $69.99 USD in either red or black (which actually looks more grey than black...).

Ordering information can be found here.

This week marks 15 years since the Japanese release of the Virtual Boy, Nintendo's first foray into stereoscopic 3D handhelds. Therefore, we want to see what you can create using the Virtual Boy restrictions shown below; can you make a red-tinted masterpiece mock-up for this ill-fated system?

Remember: As it is a big canvas, you may want to consider breaking the image up into tiles.

Also, here's a nice example by Scruffs of a VB mock-up, if you need some inspiration.

Canvas Size - Exactly 384 (width) x 224 (height).
Colours - Exactly 4. Use only the colours from this palette:

plese make sure you are using the exact colours shown above.

Transparency -No.
Animation - Optional.