Pixel Art Archive
Aseprite keeps getting better and better.
This new update brings lots of cool features including tile support, new palette control options and cleaner tranformations.
It is available through the beta channel on Steam.
You can watch the trailer here: Aseprite Trailer (YouTube)
14 color palette competition for our newest isometric collab, ISOrd & ISOrcery is over and we have a winner. The judges were your loyal moderators (at least two of us that did not participate in the contest), plus a selection of invited guests including Dawnbringer, Cyangmou, Vierbit, Jeremy, Wolfenoctis, Ptoing & StevenM.
The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for November 2018. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
A mainly Russian collab project that involves mechs in garages ended with awesome results. You can see the final image here.
The collab, managed by Veli; features Arne's palette. The website is made by Kartonnnyi with music by Blinch.
The latest official Pixel Joint isometric collab, featuring Dawnbringer's yet again another awesome award winning palette, Pirates of the ISObbean has just ended after 16 months!
The final image can be seen here, featuring 98 tiles, 32 participants, assembled between April 14, 2017 and August 12, 2018.
Thanks to everyone who participated in this collab and provided so much help to others in this 18 page thread. Special thanks to top contributors Irenaart & Reo for their amazing tiles that helped keeping the collab alive.
Our next iso collab will be announced shortly after we have the results of our next palette competition!
As some of you know, 2 weeks ago our community and the Pixel Art Discord server ran simultaneous weekly challenges to pixel each other's mascots. They have recently published their contest's results! Since not all PJers are members of both communities, we have taken the liberty to make the pieces that were submitted available to a greater audience.
You can check out all of their contest entries here!
PJs next isometric collaboration has begun in the forum.
This time, we are going to build a pirate island(s). First time this round, the borders must end with water. Anything related to the general pirate feel is cool. Several examples are: caves, buildings, forts, piers, ships (floating or not), pirates 
, palms, treasures, ghosts, skeletons, and any fantasy element as long as they are pirate-y.
Welcome to the ISObbean. Yaaaarrrrrr!
This project features Dawnbringer's's award winning palette.
Read all the details and the project rules HERE
The OPP is once again back in action, now with a cool video!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYv700yeLv4
The Open Pixel Project was born here on PJ in 2013. We create free game graphics using the DB32 palette. If you're interested in joining us, come say hi at the forums or our new discord chat
If you wish to use our sprites, or just have a look at them, from now on you can download everything on the brand new website:
OpenPixelProject.com
The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for February 2017. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
PJs latest isometric collaborative project with post apocalypse theme featuring mordfikosz's award winning palette is complete in a new record time of 7 months!
98 tiles, 42 participants, assembled between May 21, 2016 and December 25, 2016.
The final image can be seen HERE.
Thanks to everyone who participated in this collab and provided so much help to others in this 18 page thread. Special thanks to top contributors Irenaart & sjhwi1a for their amazing tiles that inspired & boosted everyone.
Stay tuned for our next collab!
Congrats to the top three winners of our Owlboy competition, you guys all win a Steam copy of the game! Also, well done to our two runners up. Thanks to all who participated.
Owlboy Comp by amika
Owlboy comp by zch
The Owlboy poster competition will be closed app. 15 hours from now. Don't miss the chance to win unique tropies for your PJ profiles and a copy of the game!
Edit: Competition is over. Winners will be announced soon(ish).
There's only a few days until Owlboy -a game from DPad Studios founded by PJ member Snake- is released! In this special competition, we want you to design your own Owlboy poster. While you can use character designs and locations from Owlboy, you have to pixel everything yourself, including the title.
Top three entrants will win a copy of the game plus unique tropies for their profiles.
The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for June 2016. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
PJs next isometric collaboration has begun in the forum.
The theme for this isometric collaboration is post-apocalypse and anything relating to this general theme is cool...
Welcome to the Thunderdome!
Featuring mordfikosz's award winning 11 color palette.
Read all the details and the project rules HERE
It seems we skipped to post Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for March 2016. 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 2016. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
PJs latest isometric collaborative project is complete in record time! Famous science & discovery breakthroughs and science fiction all found their place in this collab.
98 tiles, 32 different participants, assembled between June 12, 2015 and March 30, 2016.
The final image can be seen HERE
Thanks to everyone who participated in this collab and provided so much help to others in this 20 page thread. Thanks to DawnBringer once again for his award winning palette and top contributors Mirre & sjhwi1a for their amazing tiles that inspired & boosted everyone.
The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for February 2016. 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 January 2016. 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 December 2015. 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 November 2015. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
Hello PJers!
1st December makes 10 years since one of PJ's oldest bugs, jalonso, joined Pixel Joint.
To celebrate his anniversary, we wish to surprise him with a flood of jal themed avatars this week!
To participate:
Create an avatar (max 64x64), in the theme of a birthday party. Cakes, the number 10, your character dancing, scarabs and other bugs, anything goes!
Use the palette of the original jal avatar + transparency: 
Optionally animate this, ideally with just 2 frames (like the other jal-atars)
And don't forget to use it as your avatar for the jal-atars week!
If you feel creative and can improve your work by bending the guidelines, feel free to do so!
Please don't forget to tell Lakelezz via this news item, PM or within the description of your piece, if it is okay to let Lakelezz use your piece in a collage in order to keep the memories saved : )
The collage will be posted via another news post and not be uploaded on a PJ user account.
Last but not least:
A big thank you from us to you jalonso, for your great work as moderator and as community member! 
(note: this isn't a weekly challenge, so don't check that box when submitting)
The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for October 2015. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
Registrations are open until November 25 for Pixelation's annual Secret Santa. Make sure to read all the rules et cetera!
The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for September 2015. 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 2015. 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 July 2015. 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 June 2015. 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 May 2015. 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 2015. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
Time for another Pixeljoint palette comp which is open to everyone and is quite simple.
Submit your 16 color unique + original palette. Hex values must be included.
The winning palette will be used in PJs next forum collab and a spiffy trophy added to your profile.
+1000 Pts
+500 Pts
+250 Pts
+100 Pts
* Honorable mentions may be given for this contest as needed.
See the forum thread to post your entry and read the rules HERE
Comp closes, April 29, 2015. CLOSED!
The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for March 2015. 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 2015. 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 January 2015. 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 December 2014. 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 November 2014. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
Hi guys, registrations are open until the 24th for Pixelation's annual Secret Santa. Have at it!
The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for October 2014. 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 September 2014. 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 2014. 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 July 2014. 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 June 2014. 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 May 2014. 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 2014. 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 2014. 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 2014. 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 January 2014. 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 December 2013. 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 November 2013. 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 2013. 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 September 2013. 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 2013. 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 July 2013. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
Time for another Pixeljoint palette comp which is open to everyone and is quite simple.
Submit your 13 color unique & original palette.
You must name the HEX values and NO black - 000000 or white - FFFFFF
The winning palette will be used in PJs next collab and a spiffy trophy added to your profile.
+1000 Pts+500 Pts +250 Pts+100 Pts
*honorable mentions may be given for this contest as needed.
See the forum thread to post your entry and read the rules HERE
Contest closes on Thursday, September 5, 2013. OPEN!
In case no one noticed, Pixelation has a twitter account which is used to post server status and things like that. In case of stuff not working and so on, go there to see what is up (if we know it will be posted there).
The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for June 2013. 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 May 2013. 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 2013. 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 2013. 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 January 2013. 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 December 2012. 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 November 2012. 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 2012. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
Eclipse Tactics, an online turn based strategy game designed by Pixel Joint member Gecimen, is now live and looking for testers. Many acknowledged PJ artists, such as Nvision, Victor Rojo, Eyadan, Xion night, a3um, iSTVAN, LuckyF and On.Off have taken part in this pixel art heavy project. Be sure to check it out @ www.eclipsetactics.com
The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for August 2012. 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 June 2012. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
PJs latest isometric collaborative project is finally complete. The original theme was just 'underground' but developed a videogame sub-theme along the way...find them all!
98 tiles, 53 participants, assembled between Sept 11, 2010 and October 31, 2011.
The final image can be seen HERE
Thanks to everyone who participated in this collab and provided so much help to others in this 32 page thread. Especially Gecimen for his 'above and beyond' vigilance and DawnBringer for the super palette that inspired so many beyond this collab.
Pixelstudio by Jim Reed
Draw pixelart in your browser HERE, join in while it's still hot!
Pixie Engine submitted by Arkan85
Create pixel art 32x32 and save/download it HERE.
14 color palette but you can set the level of transparency and obtain any color you want! Many tools, plus you can see directly how your pixel art would look if tiled.
Our precious pixels are influencing the runways and furniture. What a glorious time to be alive.
PJ member iLKke, was requested to create a rudimentary tutorial for pixelling favicon-sized sprites. Fairly simple stuff, but useful to some.
If you've ever wanted to bring your pixel art masterpieces into the real world The Wooden Arcade might be the ticket.
Futurama presented a big chunk of their last episode using pixel art. They know their audience!
Still with fugly skin and no zoom stuff atm, but we will address that asap.
Weekly Challenge entries had a strong presence in July's Monthly Top, alongside some old favourites, an enchanted mockup, something a little more demoscene and a piece with a great WIP thread. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
Even if you're not a fan of pixel art or "theme" weddings you have to hand it to these crazy kids.
TUGS is a spriting/pixel art tournament originally run by Pixeltendo under the direction of BaB and Tyvon. TSR has revived TUGS, under the direction of Christoballs and invites all PJ members to join this year's tournament.
May featured fantasy creatures, gorgeous environments, and even a piece or two with a story. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
In a new research paper, Microsoft’s Johannes Kopf and The Hebrew University’s Dani Lischinski describe a new algorithmic method for converting pixel art into sweet, smooth vectors.
This pixel artist (Andy Helms) has life pegged... "silly artwork that is only serious about not being serious".
March featured angels, demons and other critters, as well as fantastic landscapes. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
Make your own EightBit avatar. Lovely use of texture.
This interesting animation by Lasse Gjertsen takes us through the life, death, and rebirth of a pixelated character. The video may seem a little long (about 12 minutes) but it is definitely worth viewing.
January 2011 featured pieces long in the making, luscious environments and stylish sprites. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
For poor folk, cheapskates and anyone stuck with Paint.
mtPaint is a FREE multi-platform graphics editor which features layers and outputs gif and png8 formats. Site Description:
"mtPaint is a painting program which Mark Tyler developed from scratch so he could easily create pixel art and manipulate digital photos."
It uses the GTK toolkit (version 1 or 2) and runs on PC's via the GNU/Linux or Windows OS.
December ended the year with some great pixel art. It was a month characterised by great character designs; ranging from inn-keepers to doctors and from mushrooms to mechs. Well done to the top ten artists and thanks to all the members that rated.
November was the home of Fantasy environments, Fantastic Creatures and Fabulous Caricatures. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
October was dominated by Animation, Mockups and Sea Creatures. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
Terry and his motor. by Stickman
The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for September 2010. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
Quite a few new pixel art links to check out this week...
- TOOLS: Piq is a handy Flash pixel art drawing tool and BLOCKHEAD PIX is a pixel art tool for the iPhone.
- FLASH GAMES: Pixel Purge and Cat Fight (art by sssnole) are both worth checking out.
- iOS GAMES: Time Geeks is a beautiful new pixel art game with an eBoy-ish candy flavor for the iPhone/iPad.
- REAL WORLD PIXEL ART: 8 BIT WOOD and Steve Jobs bust and Real World Pac-Man (thanks greenraven).
Apparently tinypic.com has been shut down for International users without any warning. Many here use tinypic on the forum and your gallery page descriptions. Be aware that you may see the image, depending on your location, but not everyone will. It is best not to use this popular service from now on.
Beyond ImageShack and Photobucket if you know good and easy image upload hosts that you use and recommend (especially those with no membership required), please leave a link as a comment.
The following pixel artists produced Pixel Joint's top rated pixel art for August 2010. Many thanks go out to this month's top pixel artists and all the members who took time to rate.
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.
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