Andrew G Bliss

30 Day Pixel Art Animal Challenge

2026-06-24
30 Day Pixel Art Animal Challenge

The best way to get better at something is to practice. This is a 30 day pixel art challenge that will have you practice daily. Each day you will draw the animal from this list.

I have made a simple constrained based canvas in Aseprite where each animal is 16x16. Then towards the end of the challenge I increase the size. This is to put contraints on you so you have to become creative about which pixels to place.

For inspiration here is my final artwork.

2026-05-May-30-Day-Bit-Practice

I changed some days and added extra animals because I had some troubles with some animals.

One pixel can change everything. You can notice that the dolphin and shark look similar, however the dolphin has a pointier nose with that extra pixel.

Daily List

Day Animal
Day 1 🐱 Cat
Day 2 🐶 Dog
Day 3 🐘 Elephant
Day 4 🦁 Lion
Day 5 🐧 Penguin
Day 6 🦊 Fox
Day 7 🐢 Turtle
Day 8 🦋 Butterfly
Day 9 🐬 Dolphin
Day 10 🦒 Giraffe
Day 11 🐺 Wolf
Day 12 🦜 Parrot
Day 13 🐸 Frog
Day 14 🦅 Eagle
Day 15 🐙 Octopus
Day 16 🦝 Raccoon
Day 17 🐻 Bear
Day 18 🦈 Shark
Day 19 🦦 Otter
Day 20 🐦 Owl
Day 21 🦌 Deer
Day 22 🐊 Crocodile
Day 23 🦩 Flamingo
Day 24 🐍 Snake
Day 25 🦧 Gorilla
Day 26 🐡 Pufferfish
Day 27 🦙 Llama
Day 28 🦎 Chameleon
Day 29 🦚 Turkey / Peacock
Day 30 🐉 Dragon

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