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Finally, after more than half a decade, this isometric collaborative piece has been completed. It consists of 192 50x50 tiles, all assembled between July 10 2005 and September 1 2010.
Just some of the things you can expect to see are: an oil spill, two menacing tentacled creatures, a floating desert, an anthropomorphic lighthouse and 5 euros worth of rooftop golf. What else can you find...?
Thanks to everyone who participated; the final image can be seen here.
From developer Matthew Klundt comes Sprite Something, an iPad app for creating pixel art and animations. It also creates actionscript files for the popular Flixel and FlashPunk game engines. Find out more on the terriblegames website. See a short demo video here.
This app is not reviewed by Pixeljoint but for US$2.99 it might be worth trying out.
The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for July 2010. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
The wonderful collection of "demakes" by junkboy has been making the rounds on the ole 'net for the last couple days. Here's a comparison shot of a few of the games for good measure.
Frogatto & Friends is a recently released, well-polished platformer created using charming pixel graphics. This game is sure to become a personal favorite due to the addicting gameplay, customizable levels, and beautiful artwork. Best of all, it's free! Check it out here. The game can be downloaded for Windows, Mac and Linux. An iPhone/iPod Touch version is also available for $5.
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. :)
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 :)
The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for June 2010. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
Tired of smooth scaling in today's browsers? Well you can help with the push for browser wide support for custom interpolation here.
The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for May 2010. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
Buddy-Suit by Indigo
If you're looking for a tool to help with creating desktop icons, sprites, favicons or avatars at the pixel level then PixelFu is for you. PixelFu is a pixelart and icon editor for the iPhone with a max pixelart canvas up to 256x256 pixels. It was released today and is under $4.
Onward Kashiyama Co., an apparel maker, recreated last Tuesday one of Vincent van Gogh's self-portraits, using 2070 of the conpany's polo shirts. It comes in 24 colors, including van Gogh's favorite bluish hue. 20 staffers worked about three and a half hours long to arrange the portrait at the Marunouchi Building in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward, and was removed Sunday. All this in honor of the new range of polo shirts with the colors of van Gogh's painting. Anyway, it recalls Pixelart, but also its derivatives like Rubiks-cube Art, or Post-it Art. Images can be found here:
Wired has a great collection of pixelart-style music videos to enjoy. Some of the vids are a few years old, but definitely worth revisiting.
Mistress-Jaeden (PJ gallery) has recently posted a message stating she will step down from being Pixel Art Gallery Moderator at deviantArt, as a result there is a new position available. If you are at all interested in representing pixel art over at dA, then why not have a look over here for further information on how to apply.
Keep in mind that you must be at least 18.
The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for April 2010. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
TinyPixels is a pixel-wise painting application designed for iPhone and iPod touch. It allows you to draw pixel art works on your iPhone everywhere.
The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for March 2010. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
Grafx2 is a pixelart drawing program inspired by old classics like Deluxe Paint and Brilliance. It is currently at version 2.2 and features some interesting features:
The full list of new features is available here. Enjoy!
Craig Robinson's Minipops are now available on the iPhone as a guessing game.
Every tech seems to downgrade (upgrade?) to pixel art at some point. This time it's Google Maps.
Terrific and unique looking pixel art game for the iPhone.
Great read for anyone interested in game dev for Xbox Live and some swell pixels!
The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for February 2010. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
Death Walks by Helm
The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for January 2010. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
Dragon rider by Fool
Dead Mazai & rabbits by Fool
GunGanesha - Legend of Iya boss by DarkfalzX
Dorothy by Syosa
Fishmen can do something too! by Elk
Empire of the sun by Ergg
Virus - Logic Bomb by Boss Crab
Legend of Iya Sewer tileset test by DarkfalzX
Cat Blimp by Badassbill
Lady of Decay by MashPotato
Caterpillar by Fool
Pixelamos is a Spanish Pixel Forum dedicated on making and improving in pixelart, the site was created some days ago, any spanish speakers/writers are more than welcomed to register thee site. Currently the first contest is up and running the idea is to create their logo, people have until January 1st to submit their logo following various rules stated there.
The site can be accesed here, for more information about the contest click here.
The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for November 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 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.
Hobo Heaven by Peachtoof fairy by st0ven
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.
APH picnic by emlanThe 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.
Hide and Seek by Dex
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.
Secret Santa by Fool
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.
Unit16 logo by iLKkeThis 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.
Site header by FoolTo battle! by cocefiPimp my ride by Adam
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
Curiousity by FoolLast samurai by Fool
Graze by big brother
protecteur by IGoRge
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. 
Aerodynamic by Fool
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