Edit: Deadline extended until Jan. 1, 2017
Pixels of Gratitude 2016 (Link to submissions folder)Time for the first ever pixelgiri challenge! (with prizes!)✪
❰ Theme ❱ Gratitude ( thankfulness, appreciation, gratefulness )
You and I have an inherent power to be grateful.
In the deepest sense, the powers of love, joy, and gratitude are
yours to experience at
will, and YOU (really,
you!) have the birth-right to embody and share love, joy, and gratitude without reason, whenever you are, wherever you are, whatever you do, regardless of external circumstances or the situation you find yourself in.
Gratitude that comes one minute and leaves the next as situations change is like a breeze that comes and goes.
True Gratitude is like the air itself. True gratitude just
is, regardless of what may be happening around it. Be grateful for it
all. The
whole that encompasses and allows each and every moment within the whole that completes and allows the whole to
be. It's all connected.
That you can breathe, that you can read these words, that you can think for yourself, that you are able to see and hear and wonder.
Just
being is enough to be grateful
for, and just
being is enough to be grateful
with.
No matter where we are in the world, and no matter what is happening around us or to us, we always have this power to be grateful. This inward sanctuary is always available within while we wander the world without. Even without words or thoughts, we can light ablaze a deeper wordless and thoughtless gratitude within ourselves.
You have everything you need.
I have everything I need.
We have everything we need.
I am grateful. And I am grateful to you; thank you for being a part of Pixelgiri.
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How does one make pixel art that has the theme of gratitude? Well, that's where your creativity comes in. What does gratitude mean to you personally? What are some gestures that embody the essence of gratitude? What comes to mind when you think about gratitude? What comes to mind when you
feel gratitude?
Another recommendation I have is to mentally repeat the phrase, "I am grateful" for every pixel you draw. Infuse your pixel art with gratitude!!!
Excited to see what you think up and create!
This theme is meant to be open-ended. The important thing is to summon up a deep sense of gratitude while you create your pixel art. It may just result in your greatest master-piece, yet!
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❰ Timeline ❱ Submissions will be accepted
from Nov. 24th, 2016 until Dec. 15th, 2016 until January 1, 2016 11:59 PM PST.
That's over 2 weeks! ^_^
Winners will be announced and prizes and rewards will be distributed by
Dec. 25th, 2016 January 15th, 2015.
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❰ Prizes ❱ 4th place: 111
3rd place: 333
2nd place: 777
1st place: 1111
For those that do not place, 11
will be rewarded for having submitted at least one valid entry. (For my own sanity, I'm placing a cap for this reward to apply to only the first 111 entrants).
(all prizes and rewards will be distributed at the time winners are announced).
Winners will be chosen by anonymous judge(s) (who do not participate) and announced by
Dec. 25th, 2016 January 15th, 2017.
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❰ Rules ❱ *
For an entry to be considered for a prize or reward, you must follow all of the rules below:
- Pixel arts ONLY! Do not use automatic tools (e.g. gradients or anti-aliasing). When making your submission, only use the pencil/binary brush and other related tools.
- Your entry must be new and created especially for the current challenge.
- Don't use bases, trace or frankendoll your entries.
You can enter each challenge with only one entry. - Maximum of 3 entries per member will be considered for placement. If you submit more, only the latest three will be considered.
- No mature content work that is unsuitable for deviants under 18 to view.
- Make sure you link to this journal entry in the deviation's description so that we know you've read and understood the rules!
- We encourage participation from all deviants, no matter what their skill level is in pixelling.
- Feel free to use any of the tutorials related to pixel art.
- Be creative!
- You are allowed to use transparency and make animated artworks.
- Feel free to invite your friends!
- Entry must be submitted either to pixelgiri's gallery folder Pixels of Gratitude 2016 or sent by note to the pixelgiri
between Nov. 24, 2016 - Dec. 15, 2016 (Deadline is 11:59 PM PST on Dec. 15, 2016).by deadline extension: January 1st, 2017 11:59 PM PST - A member cannot receive more than one prize for the same challenge.
- If these rules change, I will notify about changes in a subsequent journal entry.
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A special thank you to our affiliate group PixelChallenges for allowing us to borrow and use some of their rules for this challenge! Thank you, PixelChallenges! You are awesome! If you have time, check them out! They are continuously running new challenges every week or so.
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