The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for October 2009. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
The roguelike Dwarf Fortress has been given a pixel make-over in the form of Stonesense, a third-party visualiser for the game which is currently in its third alpha release. Stonesense takes the original ASCII-based graphics and converts them into isometric visuals.
The open source mod is being developed by "Jonask" and "Solifuge" with graphics currently being created by members of the Dwarf Fortress community. Check out the official thread here.
Also, head over to TIGSource for more info, a screenshot and a video of Stonesense in action.
The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for September 2009. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for August 2009. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
If you don't read Japanese it's a bit tricky to navigate, but it's well worth stumbling around to play with the fun pixel art sets.
The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for July 2009. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
Heh, a few months ago I wanted to submit some news about SNK Playmore launching a site about the "Dot Art" in King of Fighters XII; no good since the site was in Japanese I'm afraid. But lo and behold, now it's in English!
SNK's artist are some of the most talented pixel pushers in the gaming industry when it comes to their games, so it's great to take a look at these awesome High Def sprites. Not only that, but when people browse the site, they can view some of the basic animations FRAME by FRAME.
I think it's neat personally. :P The site also has a nice little page devoted to "dot art" and the crazy process of creating the graphics for the game.
The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for June 2009. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
Newgrounds.com, a site that used to be only for flash movies/games and music, has now added an art section.
Users can submit up to 20 works of art, and then if an established artist likes your work, they will add it to the gallery. The gallery has 5 sections: Ilustration, Fine Art, 3D Art, Pixel Art, and Other.
You can also choose to allow people to use your art for their works, like games or movies. Really just another way to get your art seen, and by possibly different people. I know some of you already know about it, because I've seen some recognizable art there. They also have a very nice upload/crop system.
Newgrounds News post about the gallery:
http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1072217
Newgrounds Pixel Art Gallery:
http://www.newgrounds.com/art/category/pixel-art
The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for May 2009. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for April 2009. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for March 2009. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for February 2009. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
If you're in the mood for some retro music, pixel art and massive seizures check out Dawn Metropolis.
I'll admit I don't really know anything about Fall Out Boy (being an old curmudgeon and all), but the Oregon Trail inspired pixel art game is pretty sweet.
Both Mistress-Jaeden (Pixel Joint gallery) and armaina have become the new Gallery Directors for pixel art over at deviantART.
Congratulations to them both.
This awesome little tool created by DreamRunner lets you see how many colours your peice has and sorts them into a nice little PNG file.
http://2ddr.com/index.php?prime=sortpal Clicking on this link will take you to a page where you enter the URL for your image and then simply click sort and then just wait for the sorting to be sorted. Currently, it seems as though it only works correctly for .gif images.
The latest entry in the blog Games Aren't Numbers poses some questions regarding Pixel Art, including the ever interesting question of what defines Pixel Art and what's its place.
Just in time for Christmas, it’s the full version of 8-Bit Jesus: Classic Christmas Songs in the Style of Classic NES Games. This full release contains 18 tracks total, including improved variations of a few of the original nine! Please be sure to check out the new amazing cover art for the full release, designed by Jude Buffum.
A fun and addicting game where you have to find the right view in a 3D space to form a pixelated image.
Play Coign of Vantage
Some cool pixel music vids to the song "Move your feet"
Anthough they've been around for a while, some people might want to see them again or see them for the first time.
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/moveyourfeet
http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/video/moveyourfeet
Enjoy. ![]()
The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for
Yup, pretty self explanatory.
Go to www.tictacusa.com/entertainment.php -> 'tictac art' -> 'tictac art studio'
There is a nice little Flash app where you can 'pixel' with tictac mints.. you have 6 different colored mints plus an eraser tool. If you get bored you can still play some breakout there. ![]()
Super Jazz Man explores the fundamental elements of an adventure, unfolding locations with the progression of the narrative while featuring nostalgic low-color graphics. Play through four unique endings!
For more information, visit www.herculeaneffort.com today!
CGEmpire is a relatively new site (kinda like www.cgtalk.com) however it's very small, personal, still and very helpful in game//art/music making.
They are having their third contest. One can compete in either form of pixel art, 2D or 3D (all in one division):
Winter Wonderland
They have included sponsors and prizes. The competition was announced 6 Dec , and the deadline is 31 January 07.
A whole lot of inspiring avatars.
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