At 1/11/24 10:20 AM, TomFulp wrote:

At 1/11/24 10:16 AM, JoeDragonn wrote: Sprite animation isn’t considered Fan art ? What if they are sprites the developers gave public access to for animations?

If they are public domain / no copyright sprites, you can use them to make something to celebrate the day but it would be best to exclude it from the prize competition, which will be focused on original works.

At 1/11/24 04:30 PM, TomFulp wrote:

At 1/11/24 04:29 PM, TheFandomKid wrote: Nice! I'm excited to upload my first artwork for pixel day! Just a question. The entries for the competition must be uploaded on 23rd January as well? Or those can be posted earlier?

It is much preferred that they publish on Pixel Day.

At 1/3/24 12:48 PM, TomFulp wrote: Pixel Day

Our ninth annual Pixel Day is January 23rd!

Participate by making original pixel art, animation, games or chiptunes. Publish your entry on January 23rd and include the "pixelday2024" tag.

If your work is making its world premier on Pixel Day, you are eligible for our prize competition! Include a second tag, "pixelday2024-compo" to confirm it is a world premier piece and is competing for a prize. If you are sharing something you've already posted elsewhere, stick with just the pixelday2024 tag.

If you’re a pixel artist who has never shared your work on NG, we’d love to see you join in! You can enter multiple categories or submit multiple entries. You can also team up with friends to make stuff.

Fan art is fine, if the art is your own original pixel work and not sprites ripped from games.
If you’re making a movie or game, try partnering with someone making chiptunes on NG! We can’t host content with unlicensed commercial music, so avoid using songs you don’t have permission to use. Here are some music resources.

Current Prizes

We’re looking for sponsors to increase these!

Best Pixel Art

1st - $210
2nd - $150
3rd - $125
4th - $100
5th - $75

Best Pixel Animation

1st - $300
2nd - $150
3rd - $100

Best Pixel Game

1st - $350
2nd - $250
3rd - $100

Best Chiptune Music

1st - $200
2nd - $150
3rd - $100
4th - $75

Prizes will continue to grow with support from the community. If you’re down to sponsor, use the donation option on the Supporter page and PM me a heads up you donated towards Pixel Day. You can also specify a category (art, animation, game, music) if you like!

Thank you to our Pixel Day Sponsors!

@MalFromed - $1000
@Manderby - $500
@Krash17 - $100
@Aalasteir - $40
@53xy83457 - $50
@FutureCopLGF - $50
@YendorNG - $50
@SketchToPen - $50
@Anonymous-Frog - $25
@GrapheneKid - $20
@Royal-Harmonica - $15
@Theepicosity - $10

Browse the Pixel Day 2023, Pixel Day 2022, Pixel Day 2021 and Pixel Day 2020 winners.

Our Pixel Day promo banner is by @donpeppi!

Email 2FA

We just rolled out email 2-factor authentication, which is now the default for anyone who hasn’t previously set up 2-factor authentication using an authenticator app.

This means that when you sign in to NG from a new device, if you aren’t using an authenticator app to generate a code, a code will instead be sent to your email address. You’ll have to copy that code into the login form to complete the login.

If you’re currently logged in, now would be a great time to confirm that your email address is correct! Otherwise you may find yourself locked out in the future.

We still recommend setting up 2FA with an authenticator app, so if someone ever breaks into your email they still can’t access your Newgrounds account. You can set that up via the “Login Options and 2-Factor Authentication” link on your account page.

We’ll be fine-tuning and improving this in the days and weeks to come. If you’d like to report any problems you’re having with this update, PM me or email support AT newgrounds.com. If you email Support, be sure to include your username in the email.

VPN Logins

For the past few days we’ve been blocking VPNs from logging into NG, as an extra security measure. Now that email 2FA is in place, you should be able to log in with a VPN again.

Other News

Read the 2023 Year-End Recap!

@PKettles made the new site art that went up today! This piece includes Castle Cat, Wiesi and Rhede, in celebration of the lives of Wiesi and Outsideboxproduction, who we lost in 2023.

January is also Jamuary, a daily music challenge!

January 13th is the Adult Swim Collab Signup deadline.

January 15th is the Break It Up Collab breakbeat audio deadline.

January 20th is the Slam Poetry Application deadline.

January 21st is the NG Office Depths Pixel Art Collab deadline.

January 27th is the Slam Poetry Live Event.

February 1st is the OneyPlays Sonic Shorts application deadline.

February 1st is the Sonic Shorts 9 application deadline.

February 12th is the Valentine’s Day Art Collab deadline.

February 15th is the NG Mall Music Collab deadline.

February 24th is the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Collab deadline.

February 28th is the LISA Campfire Collab and Transformers Collab deadline.

April 3rd is the Kamen Rider Collab deadline.

June will be the Midsummer Rumble month-long art event!

July 20th is the Five Nights at Freddy's Collab deadline.

Slushydojo is organizing a Nickelodeon Collab.