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The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for April 2012. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.

#1 Pixel ArtBurgundy dragon by teto
#2 Pixel ArtWaterfall Background by Sohei
#3 Pixel Artcrepuscularz by st0ven
#4 Pixel ArtGod-Ray by a3um
#5 Pixel ArtFullmetal Alchemist - SNES by Jinn
#6 Pixel ArtLoof Forest by philippejugnet
#7 Pixel ArtInfiltrator by a3um
#8 Pixel ArtSki Free by Adam
#9 Pixel ArtThe incredible Blobzilla! by Mrmo Tarius
#10 Pixel ArtLoof Waterfall by philippejugnet
Posted by skamocore at 5/15/2012 7:03:29 PM | 2 comments | Share
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PJ member schrumpfkopf has just  finished his latest title A.R.C.S.

A Must see and play.

 

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Posted by schrumpfkopf at 4/24/2012 4:12:41 PM | 5 comments | Share
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philippejugnet challenges you to reinterpret a national flag as a scene. For example, you could create an Estonian forest from the Estonian flag:

http://i.imgur.com/AacJN.jpg?1

Canvas Size - Unrestricted, however it must match the proportions of your chosen flag.
Colours - Unrestricted.
Transparency - Only if your chosen flag is non-rectangular (for example).
Animation - No.



The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
Posted by skamocore at 5/14/2012 12:00:12 AM | 9 comments | Share
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The Pane-ful 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 Pane-ful forum thread for more information.
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Posted by skamocore at 5/14/2012 12:00:08 AM | 2 comments | Share
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Liberated Pixel Cup is a two-part competition: make a bunch of awesome free culture licensed artwork, and then program a bunch of free software games that use it. Liberated Pixel Cup brings together some powerful allies: Creative Commons, OpenGameArt, the Free Software Foundation, and you.

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Posted by jalonso at 5/1/2012 8:19:08 AM | 10 comments | Share
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Create an advertisement in any format you want (billboard, TV advertisement, banner ad, etc...) for some kind of futuristic piece of technology.

Canvas Size - Unresticted.
Colours - Max 35.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.



The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
Posted by Jeremy at 5/7/2012 12:00:25 AM | 2 comments | Share
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The Not-Particularly-Big-Soft 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 Not-Particularly-Big-Soft forum thread for more information.
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Posted by Jeremy at 5/7/2012 12:00:08 AM | 0 comments | Share
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Love the pixel art in Sword & Sworcery?  Well, the creators have announced CREATE IN THE KEY OF SWORCERY jam where they will showcase fan submitted media. What a great opportunity for Pixel Joint artists to show what can be done in our medium.

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Posted by shampoop at 5/4/2012 10:07:17 AM | 1 comments | Share
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Kumiho, or nine-tailed fox in Korean, is PJer neofotistou's entry in Ludum Dare Jam, a 3 day game making contest and is a fresh and unique SHMUP game. The theme for this contest was 'Tiny Worlds".

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Posted by neofotistou at 4/24/2012 7:07:37 AM | 4 comments | Share
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Fez, the winner of this year’s IGF Grand Prize Award, is a non-linear puzzle platformer pixelart hybrid with some 3D voxel elements. Play as Gomez, a 2D creature on a voyage of discovery into the mysterious 3rd dimension. Change your perspective and look at the world in a different way.

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Posted by aeveis at 4/14/2012 4:27:49 AM | 8 comments | Share

Quote of the Moment

"Necessary? Is it necessary for me to drink my own urine? No... But I do it anyway because it's sterile and I like the taste."

Patches O'Houlihan, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story (2004)
Patches O'Houlihan's response to Peter La Fleur's question about throwing wrenches at the team.

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1up @ 07:33

shame on u all *takes off sunglasses to glare at you all revealing two turtles in place of eyes. they are named selena and gomez. lil turts* 

1up @ 07:30

what the fuck has happened to this earth that has posessed this community with thoughts that something of mine deserves to be in the monthly top 

lucas_irineu @ 05:21

 I guess you have a point. 

I was reading this the other day. 1 2

If Craig Thompson, who's one of my favorite artists ever, feels like that, then I guess it's something all artists have to go through, regardless of their skill level.
(but I still suck)
(but I'm working on that)

Jeremy @ 02:22

I can't stand looking at mine if it's visible, like on the wall or something.

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