# Weekly Art Challenge?

**URL:** https://forum.makecode.com/t/weekly-art-challenge/20586
**Category:** Collaboration
**Tags:** art
**Created:** [June 12, 2023, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/weekly-art-challenge/20586 "2023-06-12T16:32:38Z")
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### Author: ![Luke](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.makecode.com/luke/32/32519_2.png) [@Luke](https://forum.makecode.com/u/Luke)
#### Post date: [April 30, 2025, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.makecode.com/t/weekly-art-challenge/20586/302 "2025-04-30T22:31:29Z")

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was going to reply, ended up with a longer post so ill put it here

> [@New Pixel art CHALLENGE](https://forum.makecode.com/t/new-pixel-art-challenge/36247/3):
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> You may use white and black and any size of canvas.

fun fact i almost never use pure white or black in my art! I find that the best palettes have slight tints and shade to their darks and lights as that is more akin to how we percieve things in real life.  
I also find that it’s hard to use in many palettes because of how strongly contrasting it is

- colour is very relative so having both extremes of brightest and darkest affects yr other colours.

I would use pure white/black _maybe_ if it was a smaller, stylised colour ramp.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/f/e/fe3245c4166702b1a00f1d9c8362d3a5296c3d87.png)  
you can see the difference quite clearly in this recent weekly i did

a lospec daily i did with pure white and black:

 ![Hand](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/b/6/b6468922edf1d12509e4b1ae5c3086888318a86c.png)

edited vers (only changed black and white)

 ![Hand2](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/5/b/5b6cb00aa41e0278121ca7affc4e352b05fd7f2d.png)  
 ![Hand3](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/7/9/79fbf5fb4fe9d031813328b83fa43180a9f50852.png)

\*i prefer the last 2, the first is still a very apealing style, i just think that it’s much harder to do well.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/makecode/original/3X/5/2/52c72b9fa9e1536f9537c9275d61e18c7772afda.png)

another great example of tinted whites (and darks!)  
give gordo some love!

> **[Glances by Gordo | Pixel Art Gallery on Lospec](https://lospec.com/gallery/gordogdo/glances)**
>
> Free online tools for people creating pixel art and other low-spec art.

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