Hardest Pixel Art Challenge So Far!

In this video, I'm taking on our Hardest Pixel Art Challenge So Far! This challenge is a lot harder than it looks.
If you're looking for a fun and challenging pixel art challenge, be sure to check out this video! I'll show you how to do it. Whether you're a beginner or a pro, this video is a great way to improve your pixel art skills!
This is Septembit 2022, a 30 day pixel art challenge, with strict pixel art colour and size limits. This year the pixel theme was Farm, including 30 farm based prompts for 30 days. The challenge is perfect to learn how to draw pixel art as a beginner, learn some beginner tips, or improve your pixel art in general, or for projects such as game dev.
In this video I show you my process for completing this pixel art challenge, as well as showcase some community pixel art made by YOU! Let me know which piece is your favourite in the comments.
If you want to take part in this pixel art challenge, all of the files are available on our community discord channel, if you're a game dev, you could even turn your pixel art into a game, as I have done in the previous years! Check out my other videos to see!
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[@saultoons]

If you want to take part in the challenge all files are available in the community discord channel my friends - we got a nice community focused on trying to help eachother improve and spread some positivity and love, come and hang out, show us your work! ❤ - discord.gg/haNyETs

[@Axolilly]

7:16 there’s mine on the left! It was such a fun challenge! Seeing everyone’s work was super inspiring and it helped me out of a funk I had been having with art. Congrats to everyone for taking part and thank you for setting it up and creating this video! ❤

[@saultoons]

Thanks for taking part Kaiv, nice work :D

[@aleiocus]

It absolutely blows my mind what a spectacular job everyone did this year! And as always it's always a joy watching your process, you really do bring a ton of personality to such tiny pixel characters. :D

[@saultoons]

Alex lets gooooo, yeah everyone killed it but YOU.... YOU MADE IT 3D?!?!?!?! That is nuts, on another dimension, literally but also in the other way that just means cool :'D Thanks a lot

[@aleiocus]

@@saultoons I have suggestions to make a 3d game next year, please pick an easy theme 😂🤣

[@vid2422]

didn't manage to finish the challenge in time but had a lot of fun working on it nonetheless lol, I hope you're doing alright saul with everything going on lately. stay strong my friend!

[@saultoons]

Glad you had fun working on it VØID, thanks for giving it a shot anyway. And thanks for the kind words my friend

[@leviathan889]

5:53 Oo, I see my entry at right, the Septembit was pretty funny and challenging. Looking forward to next years Septembit.🎉

[@saultoons]

Lets go Leviathan! Pop your social media handles here let the people follow ya :D

[@rabbitkingstudio526]

Beautiful work by everyone involved. And the community was a delight. So much support and inspiration.

[@saultoons]

Couldn't agree more! Thanks for watching :D

[@LEROILAPIN]

This was such a blast to participate in. I fizzled out 12 days in last year and was determined to apply some new skills to this year’s and finish it. Thanks for the experience!!!

[@saultoons]

Thanks so much for taking part Wilfredo, hope you had fun

[@sofimei_jmj4567]

Ah yay! Thats mine at 4:21, the Kikwi Farm (Skyward Sword themed). It was my first time participating and everyone made such cool work. Really fun working on prompts and then checking out what the community was up to on the same day

[@saultoons]

Let’s go!!!! Thanks for taking part :D

[@piousthepious]

It’s very cute!!!

[@Jaweezy]

My favorite has got to be at 3:14, @Squirrel fantastic job.

[@Jaweezy]

I take that back

[@saultoons]

Why take it back? 🤣

[@lincolngb8850]

I'm so happy to be in this video and participating this challenge! It's my first Septembit and I learnt so much new things with this challenge. Thank you for making this, Saultoons! :)

[@saultoons]

Thanks for taking part and for watching Lincoln 😁

[@pinkanvil]

Wow, so many awesome entries! Great work everyone! Oh, and thank you so much for showing my work in the video at 8:04! ❤

[@saultoons]

Thanks for taking part ❤️

[@jaredjohnston1259]

Thanks for puting this on! I had so much fun animating this. And hey, I made it in the video 8:01. middle animation.

[@saultoons]

Thanks for taking part Jared

[@pineappleudh6561]

3:13 It's me! Amazing to see how varied all the different entries are.

[@saultoons]

Thanks for taking part!

[@pineappleudh6561]

@@saultoons Thanks for setting it up!

[@DragmoraProductions]

Thanks for the video so inspirational and I love a challenge.

[@saultoons]

Thanks for watching

[@toffeehazel]

Thanks for hosting Septembit, Saul!🌟Had fun doing it and it's my first time doing any pixel art prompt. It's always interesting to see how people work in such limited space and colour palette!😄

[@saultoons]

Thanks Hazel!

[@Daggerz_And_Ramen]

Loved taking part!

[@saultoons]

Thanks Matthew!

[@saintmurphy2339]

Glad to have found this! I just started my art journey and Im excited to participate in next year's septembit!

[@saultoons]

Awesome, feel free to take part in any of the previous challenges, a lot of people like to use them to improve, the earlier septembits have great limits for learning the importance of single pixels and other things too! :D

[@SkibidiClip20]

2:11 That's my work on the left. Thank you Saultoon for arranging this Septembit, it was my first time doing this kind of challenge, it was so much fun!

[@saultoons]

No problem at all, hope you had fun!

[@paypercutts]

Nice work by everyone. Love the one being flipped into 3D

[@saultoons]

Cheers mate! Everyone killed it

[@invader_fox]

This was a fun challenge to participate! The color palette was enjoyable after getting used to it.

[@saultoons]

Glad you had fun! :)

[@kiurtu2508]

This was my first time participating on a art challenge, it was very fun and i loved the community. thank you! (sorry for possible gramar mistakes, i dont speak english very well)

[@saultoons]

Thanks for taking part Kiurtu! haha no problem on grammar you did great!!!

[@orange-kk5dv]

I like how even though its all the same pallet with the same theme, there are still a ton of really cool and unique styles

[@saultoons]

YES! That's the coolest thing!

[@shredda7]

glad to see you're almost at 100k bro. happy to be here for the journey

[@saultoons]

Glad to have you here for the journey!!!

[@ddd9482]

This was my first Semptembit ever, and I had so much fun with it, thank you for hosting this once again, can't wait for the next year!

[@saultoons]

No worries at all thanks so much for taking part! Looking forward to see what we can do next year hehe

[@kangkarrot]

I'm having so much fun on this challenge, I can't wait for another one next year.

[@saultoons]

But wot we gon do? :o

[@pixelsbykris5494]

this palette reminds me of that one Halloween Challenge palette you made a few years ago that you also said was ugly. But, just like that one, I really like this one, too. excited tobtry it, myself.

[@saultoons]

Yes! It does actually remind me of that now you say it, thanks Kris! Hope it goes well, I'd love to see if you do make something out of it :D

[@helu_paw]

this is INCREDIBLE omg seeing everyone's take.. wow im still in awe

[@saultoons]

Yeah everyone did an amazing job :D

[@ghostlupo]

It keeps getting bigger and bigger!!! Great to see all the participants

[@saultoons]

Yes! What we gonna do next year I wonder 👀

[@nash8909]

Just wanna say.. YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME! and thank you so much for hosting this event! can't wait for the next year challenge

[@saultoons]

Everyone did an amazing job! Yeah I have some ideas already :o

[@eboatwright_]

This is great! I love the way this palette mixes with your style

[@saultoons]

Glad you like it!

[@raxxie]

I'm so in love with this challenge and this community! You give visibility to so many awesome artists!

[@saultoons]

It was super fun, everyone did amazingly! :D

[@paranoidpumpkin98]

This year was my very first try on the septembit and It really helped me grow as an artist . Thank you saul for the palette and I'm really excited for next year ( My works the middle one on 05:53 if anyone is interested , one easter egg my piece had is that I hid a saul fanart above the palette )

[@saultoons]

That’s awesome!!! Love that, thanks for taking part ❤️

[@TheDragonLlama]

Great vid, this was so fun to be a part of. Looking forward to next year!

[@saultoons]

Thanks a lot! APpreciate you taking part, wonder what we'll do next year :o

[@brandonjacksoon]

Awesome challenge! Thanks for showing a great pixel art.

[@saultoons]

Thanks for watching Brandon

[@tobyfinchghost]

ohh this is my favourite one, the second favourite being the dungeons, i love nnature and farms and all the options that come with this one :3

[@unfamiliar_ghost]

I loved taking part on this! The coolest part was seeing all the entries on the discord

[@saultoons]

Yeah everyone did an amazing job!

[@ReddmarQuevedoCarrasquero]

Hey Saul! I had an awesome time with this challenge, i really liked it, everybody made an awesome job on this! Thank you.

[@saultoons]

Glad you had fun Reddmar, thanks for taking part!

[@tommmyww]

Oh no! I completely missed this challenge :0 The theme is so awesome and the entries also, I'll try to finish it on my own when I have some more time :)

[@saultoons]

Its all good you can do it anytime :D

[@sandorjuhasz8215]

That was really hard challenge and I'm so happy because I was able to finish it. The palette was good and interesting enough, I am always surprised how cool could be an unsaturated color palette. I can't choose favorite, there are sooo many beautiful pieces. Thank you for this challenge!

[@saultoons]

Yeah I’m glad the palette came together in the end 🤣 thanks for taking part!

[@elmistersenordontaco]

Participating in this was a lot of fun and it helped a lot to learn several things, besides seeing the styles and ways of working of others is very cool! 6:01 I am really proud of my work, but above all, of the cows, look at those big, chubby and beautiful cows!

[@saultoons]

Thanks so much for taking part! :D Love the cows too hehe

[@user-py9gl7ff9v]

Such a great idea 💡 really challenging too it must be fun

[@saultoons]

Yes it was super fun :D

[@Kamjimon]

Called out! :O Great to see all the entries. Surely I wasn't the only one to place stuff in the background?

[@saultoons]

I think you were one of the only ones who did an illustration type entry!

[@CrystalWaveMachine]

Awesome work mate! There are some seriously talented and creative people in this community. Really inspiring stuff. Love your dog by the way, so cute! Looking forward to the next one already. Tempted to give this a crack myself towards the end of the year. Better late than never ay! :D

[@saultoons]

Thanks Crystal Wave Machine, appreciate you checking this out and commenting 😄

[@skullcommandolabs]

Oh it's me at 17s ! haha... Well done on organizing this event Saul, let's make Santa Claus Bit too ! Cheers !

[@saultoons]

haha yes I stole your tweet :D Thanks Skull, yes maybe a winter challenge would be fun!

[@nelgluhak6709]

that wilhelm scream tho xD

[@saultoons]

Gotta sneak one in somewhere ;D

[@AddinRoyale]

oh man I missed out on this challenge :/ I'll make sure to be part of this year's challenge :D

[@saultoons]

You can take part in these any time, people are always posting entries on the community discord :)

[@StottyHD]

Great vid, awesome artwork all round

[@saultoons]

YO STOTTY IN THE BUILDING, how u doing stotty

[@rpvarela]

8:04 Hey, there's mine! :D

[@saultoons]

LETS GO!!! Thanks for taking part

[@jakeq3530]

I’d have to say my favorite is RabbitKing’s space farm.

[@saultoons]

RabbitKing did an amazing job!!!

[@joakimkling1072]

hi, last year I saw your challenge to draw adventure characters and am so impressed with all those creative versions. Recently, I've been play a board game blood on clock tower, there are soooo many characters in it. Will it be possible that some day there will be a challenge to create pixel art for the "blood on the clock tower" roles?

[@saultoons]

Hi! I've never heard of blood on the clock tower to be honest with you, will have to check it out :D

[@joakimkling1072]

@@saultoons great 😀

[@onehungrydragon531]

I would love to try again next year!

[@saultoons]

I have some ideas already :o

[@onehungrydragon531]

There were some very creative people who were involved this year. Looking forward to what you have in store for next year.

[@NoFaceDev]

If i tried this challenge i will get the last place 😂 (thank you egg man 🤪)

[@saultoons]

No such thing as last place in septembit, everyone is a winner

[@NoFaceDev]

@@saultoons ok

[@xSPESHERx]

💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻 top

[@saultoons]

QUICK!!!

[@ccjjkk9550]

Its ashame thw google form didnt work for me. BUT NEXT year ill make sure to submit it as soon as i can before it breaks on me >:D NOTHING WILL STOP ME

[@saultoons]

Ah I may have forgotten to add your work I think I remember you reached out, there was so many 🤣 pop your socials here anyway so people can see it! Thanks for taking part

[@ccjjkk9550]

@@saultoons No, thank you for making this event

[@karimnadar]

2:22 centered. Nice :D

[@saultoons]

ez win :'D jk, all spaces are equal hahaha

[@IMBrainstormer]

ITS BEEN 11 MONTHS SINCE I LAST WATCH UR VIDEOS?!?!?!?!!!!!

[@saultoons]

Welcome back :)

[@IMBrainstormer]

@@saultoons ngl my pixel art has been getting worse

[@martinlebreton4327]

Epic

[@saultoons]

Thanks Martin

[@Charles-Violante]

yo

[@saultoons]

ayo waddup

[@nelgluhak6709]

nooooooo i didn't realise there was a google form ;-; oh well, i'll do better next year anyway :D

[@saultoons]

Ah sorry about that, I tried to include the link in all of my septembit posts, but I knew some people might miss it! I perhaps thought about compiling more to put in some sort of gallery so if you want to send me it directly on social media DM, if I ever get around to that, I'll try to include yours! But of course, there's always next year :D

[@polacha4x4]

hi, a question. where can I see the challenges that there are every month? and the different challenges that there are?

[@saultoons]

Hi Polacha, challenges are always announced on the community Discord channel, links in the description! We don't always do a challenge EVERY month though :)

[@polacha4x4]

​@@saultoons thank you, and thank you for all your work and your tutorials

[@IcyStarsy]

Haii, I'm programming a farming game like Stardew Valley and I would like some characters running around but the time effort for pixeling every animation for many characters is just too high. Do you have some kind of advice or a tool for me to help? Every help is appreciated!

[@saultoons]

I guess you can make a template animation that you can just put the other character features on, but you’re probably not going to avoid the amount of work required for something like that, a template or standard walk/run cycle would be good for some efficiency but it’s still a long process, there’s a reason stardew valley took years to create hehe 😁 you got this!

[@IcyStarsy]

@@saultoons Thanks a lot - you helped me at bit a least :)

[@vuthitouyen7008]

How to make it?

[@saultoons]

I use Aseprite or Clip Studio Paint but there are lots of different software that can create this type of artwork, check out my Ultimate Pixel Art Tutorial to learn more!

[@zoe-trope]

plants vs zombies

[@saultoons]

Haha yeah true

[@aimerboy69]

Amongus

[@aimerboy69]

1st comment btw

[@Maber610]

@@aimerboy69 ok

[@saultoons]

mongus

[@vid2422]

@@saultoons lol at least now I know where todays challenge came from