Challenges Archive
Challenges Archive
Challenge winner Kaiseto wants you to pixel a scene or landscape showing a setting that displays two or more different movie genres mixed together. Choose at least 2 of the following genres:
Sports
Romance
Monster movie
Western
Steampunk
Noir
Make sure to mention which genres you're using.
Canvas Size - Min 150 x 100; Max 240 x 160. Either horizontal or vertical.
Colors - Max 32.
Transparency - No.
Animation - Optional.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
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Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the Movember 'Stache forum thread for more information.
Read the full post...Pick one of Arachne's linearts shown in the challenge thread and colour it (don't forget, colouring also means texture/shading etc... too!). Also, make sure you give your newly coloured creature a background.
Links to challenge lineart - [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Canvas Size - Maintain the original canvas size. You may flip/rotate the canvas 90° if you like.
Colours - 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.
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Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the Zombeh Love forum thread for more information.
The month of Movember is now upon us, therefore we want you to make a portrait of an original character with a moustache (no real life people or existing characters).
Your character does not have to be male (or human!); you may decide to create a moustachioed miss or even a martian monster with a monstrous martian moustache if you so wish.
Canvas Size - Max 100 x 100.
Colours - Max 16.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
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Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the Windows Se7en forum thread for more information.
Challenge winner (:3) challenges you to use the photograph template below to pixel a scene where zombie(s) are friendly and not menacing. For example, a Polaroid picture of a person and a zombie playing football or video games together.
Canvas size - Use Template:
Colours - Unrestricted.
Animation - No.
Transparency - No.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
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Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the Silly Walk Cycle forum thread for more information.
Create an image representing one of the seven deadly sins using the Windows 7 Paint default palette provided below.
The seven deadly sins are:
Lust (try to keep it appropriate!)
Gluttony
Greed
Sloth
Wrath
Envy
Pride
Canvas Size - Max 200 x 150. Either horizontal or vertical.
Colours - Max 20. Use only colours from the Windows 7 Paint default palette:
Animation - Optional.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
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Krush World by ui_Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the Obliqueworld forum thread for more information.
You have a silly walk and are looking for a government grant in order to
develop it. Therefore, you must create a walk cycle animation for a character showcasing your proposed silly walk.
The more crazy/ridiculous/silly the better.
Canvas Size - Max 96 x 96.
Colours - Unrestricted.
Transparency - Required.
Animation - Required. The animation must loop seamlessly.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
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Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the Life After People forum thread for more information.
You are to create a mock-up of an oblique game. Make sure that all your angled lines fit the perspective (45 degrees, as per the examples shown below).
An example of an oblique cube:
Some screenshots from real games that use an oblique perspective:
Earthbound
Paperboy
Ultima VII
Also, have a look at these oblique mock-ups by PixelJoint members:
Helm
iLKke
Canvas Size - Unrestricted.
Colours - Max 32.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - No.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
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Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the Mixed Metaphors forum thread for more information.
Dex's challenge idea comes from the History Channel's popular TV Show, Life After People. The idea is to pixel a famous location as it would look years after humans have left the earth. You need to make sure this area is a historic or known location.
You can pick any number of years or days from this list. Pixel how your chosen location would be affected by Mother Nature. Some ideas are: A shrub-infested Lincoln Memorial, the collapse of Stonehenge, or the San Fransisco bridge after being abandoned for years. Be creative!
Canvas size - Max 320 (width) x 240 (height).
Colors - Max 32.
Transparency - No.
Animation - No.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
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Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the The Opposite Sex! forum thread for more information.
Combine at least 2 of these sayings and pixel a literal interpretation of it:
1. Let the Cat out of the bag
2. Laugh all the way to the bank
3. Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth
4. People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones
5. When Hell freezes over
Some examples:
Let the cat out of the bank. (options 1+2)
When broth freezes over. (options 5+3)
People in hell shouldn't throw bags. (options 4+5+1)
Canvas Size - Max 170 (width) x 110 (height).
Colours - Max 25.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
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Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the Seeing Red forum thread for more information.
All you have to do this week is create a full body image of yourself...but the twist is that has to be done as if you were the opposite sex! ie. Mirre making Mr. Mirre or Jalonso drawing Grandma Jalonso...it can be funny, beautiful, gruesome, or however you see yourself as the opposite sex! It is preferred that you provide a reference image for this challenge, but you do not have to.
Canvas Size - Max 250 x 250.
Colors - Max 32.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
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Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the Wilhelm Screamer forum thread for more information.
Depict a conflict between two characters.
For example: A tennis match between rivals or a brother and sister having an argument etc...
Canvas Size - Max 140 (width) x 80 (height).
Colours - Max 32. Must include pure red (#ff0000).
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - No.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
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Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the Pixel Logos forum thread for more information.
Design your own fictional creature that makes the sound of the Wilhelm Scream. Try to really think about how the Wilhelm Scream sounds and consider what kind of creature would/could make that noise. The creature must be original and non-humanoid. You may add a background to your image, but it is not required.
For reference, some samples of real life animal noises can be found here and here
Edit: note that the purpose of this challenge is to depict a creature that makes the sound of the Wilhelm Scream (for example, the way a pig would oink or a cow would moo - see links above relating to animal sounds) as oppose to depicting a character who is shown as making this noise because they are in agony.
Canvas Size - Max 256 x 256.
Colours - Max 32.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
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Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the bANd-IMALS forum thread for more information.
Lollige challenges you to create a logo using your Pixel Joint username. Your logo must be legible. No pre-existing fonts.
Some logo examples:
[1] [2] [3]
Canvas Size - Height - Max 100; Width - Unrestricted.
Colors - Max 32.
Transparency - No.
Animation - No.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
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Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the Final Boss forum thread for more information.
Challenge winner asukicco challenges you this week to pixel a musical band comprised entirely of animal characters. You must name the band, the musical genre and every single instrument the members play in the description.
Be creative, like "Quack Punk", "Pig in Japan" or "Winged Sisters". The scene can be a photo for a magazine or a photo taken at a concert, but in both cases all band members must hold their instruments (if you chose the first one, a potential drummer can simply hold his sticks).
Instruments can be fake, and even hybrids between animal and instrument are ok.
Canvas Size - A square canvas; max 200 x 200.
Colours - Max 64.
Transparency - No.
Animation - No.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
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Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the World Leader Caricature forum thread for more information.
Create a mock up of an original game showing the final boss battle. Just a reminder: As per usual, your entire challenge entry must be made during this week.
Canvas Size - Max 320 x 240.
Colours - Max 32.
Transparency - No.
Animation - No.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
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Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the What Happens on the Moon forum thread for more information.
Create a caricature of one of the current world leaders listed on this page. As it is a caricature you should be trying to emphasise and de-emphasise certain characteristics in order to depict your chosen leader. It does not have to be the leader of your own country. Also, please make sure to tell us in your description who your leader is.
Bonus points for not doing Barack Obama*
*not really.
This piece by Jalonso may give you inspiration for this challenge.
Canvas Size - Max 128 x 128.
Colours - Max 32.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - No.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
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Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the An Animated Avatar forum thread for more information.
Last week was the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 crew returning back to Earth.
Therefore, we want you to create a scene showing what happened on the moon during the Apollo 11 mission while the cameras were off; what did we not see? What did the astronauts not tell us about?
Be creative - your scene does not need to be entirely realistic (in fact it can be downright ridiculous if you want). For example, you could pixel a scene where Neil Armstrong is sitting on the moon's surface with a laptop and logging onto Pixel Joint.
Don't forget to check out the Apollo 11 Wikipedia article for further information on the moon landing.
Canvas Size - Max 120 x 180. Either horizontal or vertical.
Colours - Max 36. Use only colours from the palette provided below, you may use transparency. Colours are taken from this image.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
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tall bunyan by onekThanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the Tall Bunyan forum thread for more information.
This week you are to create an animated avatar. The subject matter can be anything you want.
Canvas Size - Exactly 64 x 64.
Colours - Unrestricted.
Transparency - No.
Animation - Required. At least 16 frames; each frame must be unique. The animation should loop seamlessly.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
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Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the Multi-Purpose Portrait forum thread for more information.
Create a scene using tall pixels that in some way depicts the giant lumberjack, Paul Bunyan. Remember, tall pixels mean that every pixel is twice the height of a regular pixel. Example of tall pixels.
The grid below has been provided to help you place your tall pixels. Feel free to modify it to suit your canvas size.
Canvas Size - Portrait canvas (the height of the canvas must be greater than the width).
Colours - Max 32.
Transparency - No.
Animation - No.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
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Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the The Mysterious Glow forum thread for more information.
From challenge winner Kaiseto comes this week's challenge. Create either a 1/2 body or a 3/4 body portrait of a character that could be used during a dialogue sequence in a game. Some examples of this are shown here (Clockwise from top left: Disgaea, Disgaea 2, Prince of Persia: The Fallen King, The World Ends With You). Remember, the bottom-right image is an example of what not to do.
The character can be anything as long as it is capable of speech. The pixel art should be the character only. Everything outside the character should be fully transparent.
You are to make a portrait that can be used with multiple dialogs; the expression must be suitable for all three of the dialogues listed below:
- I have lost my crystal, will you find it and bring it to me?
- We don't have much time left to save the princess.
- I am thankful for your help in my quest.
Canvas Size - Max 180 x 240.
Colors - Max 32.
Transparency - Required.
Animation - Optional.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
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toof fairy by st0venThanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the The Tooth Fairy forum thread for more information.
Create an image that shows some kind of a mysterious glow. Remember, this challenge is basically about lighting.
edit: it seems a lot of people are misunderstanding the term 'mysterious'. From dictionary.com: "3. of obscure nature, meaning, origin, etc.; puzzling; inexplicable." Light sources from generally known and explainable circumstances do not constitute mysteriousness!
Canvas Size - Min 100x100.
Colours - Unrestricted. But must contain BOTH black (#000000) AND white (#ffffff).
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
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Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the Egads! forum thread for more information.
Pixel your own interpretation of the tooth fairy. You may include a background if you wish, or you may simply draw the character, leaving the background transparent.
Canvas Size - Unrestricted.
Colours - Max 20.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
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Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the Side Ship forum thread for more information.
surt challenges you to pixel a scene that could be captioned with the word "Egads!" using only the default EGA 16 colour palette.
A caption containing "Egads!" in the image is encouraged, but optional.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egads
Subject matter and execution is up to you and your imagination.
Canvas Size - Max 320 (width) x 200 (height).
Colors: Max 16. Use only colors from the default EGA palette:
Transparency - No.
Animation - No.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
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Hobo Heaven by PeachThanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the Gates of Heaven/Hell forum thread for more information.
This week Lollige challenges you to create a space ship sprite in side view.
Some examples:
http://pixeljoint.com/pixelart/17107.htm
http://pixeljoint.com/pixelart/4640.htm
http://pixeljoint.com/pixelart/13825.htm
Canvas Size - Unrestricted.
Colors: Max 16.
Transparency - Required.
Animation - Optional.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
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Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the Scenes from the Future forum thread for more information.
Challenge winner cocefi challenges you to pixel a scene showing the grand doorway to the other world. The scene must contain an entrance gate or doorway of some sort.
A lone staircase leading up to the sky or down to darkness doesn't count (but the door to your brother's hellish room does!).
Canvas Size - Unrestricted.
Colors - Maximum 32.
Transparency - No.
Animation - Optional.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the The Creatures Noah Forgot forum thread for more information.
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You are invited to revisit our Tales from the Future cyberpunk challenge and pixel a mock up game scene based on both the palette and the title theme from the 3 winners of that challenge.
Your options are as follows:
Future W with this palette:
Failsafe with this palette:
Helldriver with this palette:
Each palette is attached to its own title and you are only allowed to use that single palette. Fewer colours may be used but no more than are listed.
You are encouraged to be original, whilst still invoking the spirit of cyberpunk classics such as Shadowrun, Syndicate, Beneath a Steel Sky, and other purely awesome games from days of yore.
Remember that "cyberpunk" is the main theme here.
Canvas Size - Exactly 320 x 240.
Colors - As listed above. Use as many colours from your chosen palette as you like.
Transarency - No.
Animation - Optional.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
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Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the Cards Alive forum thread for more information.
This week you're challenged to create both a male and a female from your own fictitious species. You may create a background if you wish, but it is not required. Place your male in the left box and your female in the right box.
Only your own original creatures. This means no Pokemon, no existing animals, no creatures of lore, etc...
No humanoid creatures.
Information about sexual dimorphism (physical gender differences within a species)
Canvas Size - Use Template:
Colours - 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.
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Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the Circled forum thread for more information.
You are challenged to create a sprite based on one of the characters found on the court cards in a standard deck of playing cards.
You may base your sprite on any of these cards:
Jack of Hearts-Diamonds-Spades-Clubs
Queen of Hearts-Diamonds-Spades-Clubs
King of Hearts-Diamonds-Spades-Clubs
Information and images of court cards
Edit: Depict just the character that is on the card and not an image of a playing card itself.
Canvas Size - Maximum 70 (width) x 100 (height).
Colours - Maximum 12.
Transparency - Required.
Animation - Optional.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
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Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the Game Boy Turns 20 forum thread for more information.
Mr. Lollige challenges you to create a scene, of any subject, using the circle template below. You are not allowed to go outside the boundaries of the circle.
Your image must be a scene, this means it must include some kind of background. You cannot create just a single object.
Canvas Size - Use this template:
Colors - Unrestricted.
Transparenecy - Required. However, the only transparency must be outside the circle.
Animation - Optional.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
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Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the Omnivortrait forum thread for more information.
Last week was the 20th anniversary of the release of the Game Boy in Japan. To celebrate we want you to create your own original Classic Game Boy game. This means an original game that did not exist.
Your challenge entry must include the title screen and at least one in-game screen. You may include extra in-game screens if you want.
Canvas Size - 160 (width) x 144 (height) per screen. Make sure you submit all of your screens together on the same canvas. Minimum 2 screens.
Colours - Use only colours from the provided palette (you may also use transparency between screens):
Transparenecy - Optional. Only use transparency between your screens, as stated above.
Animation - No.
NO DEMAKES
Nintendo's Original Gameboy used 4 levels of grey only. This challenge is a celebration of the Gameboy. The palette is 'look and feel', some screens are yellower, others realm into ochers and browns. Just work with this green, k.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
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Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the Delicious Dish forum thread for more information.
Challenge winner Squirrelsquid wants you to create a self-portrait that incorperates the 'Omnivore eye' (see below). You may let your appearance mutate if you like.
You must create your own Omnivore eye. No edits.
Example of an Omnivore eye (several more examples can be found within Squirrelsquid's gallery):
Canvas Size - Max 128 x 128. Preview image must be exactly 64 x 64.
Colors - Max 32. You must only use colours from the Omnivore palette for the eye. See below.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - Optional.
Update: black has now been added to the challenge palette.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
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Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the Easter (Island) forum thread for more information.
This week's challenge is to make a recipe. You must not only create the dish in pixelart but must have a written recipe included in your description. The recipe does not need to be real or even edible.
Canvas Size - Max 180 x 180.
Colors: Max 32.
Transparency - Optional.
Animation - No.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
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Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the April Fool's Gallery III forum thread for more information.
Create an image depicting an Easter Island Moai statue using the palette below.
Canvas size - Unrestricted.
Colours - Max 16. use only colours from this palette:
Transparency - No.
Animation - Optional.
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
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Thanks so much to all who took the time to vote and participate in the challenge! Check out the Pixel Crunch forum thread for more information.
Well it's that time of year again...
Go to another member's PJ gallery, study their pixels, and fool us into thinking that that person made it.
No copies, only 100% original work.
Think style, technique and artistic sensibility.
You must name the pixel artist in your submission.
No real rules this week but find the parameters set by the artist you choose.
This applies to general size, color choices and don't forget to pay attention to preview icons.
Also have a look at the previous two April Fool's Gallery Challenges [1] [2]
(Yes, this is the real Weekly Challenge!)
The challenge thread will have all the challenge updates. The thread is also a great place to post your WIPs.
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