From pixeller extraordinaire MashPotato...  Pixel a character or scene that involves the complex properties and patterns of cloth, such as in folding, bunching, draping, etc.  This could take place in clothing, curtains, tablecloths, anything made of cloth, as long as it's in prominent focus.

Rules:

• Colours: 32 max
• Canvas: no restrictions
• Transparency: allowed
• Animation: not allowed

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

It's time to head on over to the forum and vote for the latest pixel art challenge: Clean your Hard Drive.

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The 12 Days of Christmas 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 12 Days of Christmas forum thread for more information.

I've been getting some complaints from people who have been getting wildly inaccurate color counts on PNG files on Pixel Joint and I finally got a chance to look into that today.  It's definitely true and I am very sorry for that.  Until we can get the color count for PNGs fixed DO NOT trust the count.  Bring it into a program like Photoshop to get an accurate count. 

Oh yeah, Merry Christmas!

This challenge will again be 2 weeks in duration. Pick any challenge from 2007. Whether you missed a good one or started but never finished. This is your chance, no excuses :D

Make sure you list the challenge name in your entry for rule checking.

Nothing you submitted to a challenge already, only unfinished, never seen entries that were never finished.

Challenge Archive List for 2007

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

The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for November 2007. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.

It's time to head on over to the forum and vote for the latest pixel art challenge: 12 Days of Christmas.

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From time to time the oversaturated genre of Shoot 'em ups recieves some great astonishing titles with incredible graphics, gameplay, or soundtrack. and this is one that combines all of 'em. Chalk by Joakim Sandberg, its one of these. It has managed to wholly reclaim the side-scrolling shoot ‘em up genre with unique graphics, innovative game play and bold individualism.

A true pixelart visionary is interviewed for NFG Games.
Many sample screens  and a good read too.

Just a reminder to get your entries in before you go off on holiday.

The Vista Default Colors 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 Vista Default Colors forum thread for more information.

A cool little e-card \ mini-game for Hanukkah!
heres the Link.

Likely one of, if not the most powerful and touching 600x96 resolution game you'll encounter this year, Jason Rohrer brings us Passage, a brief little adventure chronicling a person's lifetime from start to finish.

Japanese researchers pitted college students against 5 year old chimps in computerized memory games.  The outcome may be linked to the theory that humans gave up much of this simple memory skill in order to develop complex language skills.

Read More Here...

Pixel one of the twelve scenes in this holiday song. This is a two week challenge so take your time!!!

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love sent to me,
Twelve drummers drumming, (12 colors)
Eleven pipers piping, (11 colors)
Ten lords a-leaping, (10 colors)
Nine ladies dancing, (9 colors)
Eight maids a-milking, (8 colors)
Seven swans a-swimming, (7 colors)
Six geese a-laying, (6 colors)
Five golden rings, (5 colors)
Four calling birds, (4 colors)
Three French hens, (3 colors)
Two turtle doves, (2 colors)
And a partridge in a pear tree! (User choice but 12 colors max)

Rules:

• Colors: Based on day picked,
• Palette must be attached to entry!!!.
• Canvas Size: 200x200
• Transparency: No
• Animation: Allowed

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

It's time to head on over to the forum and vote for the latest pixel art challenge: Vista Default Colors.

VOTE NOW!

The Simon Comix 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 Simon Comix forum thread for more information.

Hey, I'm posting this on behalf of Phil Hassey, who is currently hosting the competition. We sure could use some more graphic oriented competitors. Here is the message:

Ludum Dare 10 is coming! Ludum Dare is a regular community driven game development competition. The goal is, given a theme and 48 hours, to develop a game from scratch. Ludum Dare aims to encourage game design experimentation, and provide a platform to develop and practice rapid game prototyping.

• Website: http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/
• Rules & Stuff: http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/wiki/start
• IRC: #ludumdare on irc.afternet.org
• Dec. 7-14th - Registration and Theme Voting
• Dec. 14 at 7pm PST and runs until the 16th at 7pm PST

• Overall: http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/?mythumb_nav=1
• Per Author: http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/author/hamumu/
• Per Compo: http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/category/ld8/
• Per Tag: http://www.imitationpickles.org/ludum/tag/farm/

-Phil