I really appreciate your enthusiasm. Right now, my biggest concern is that A&D may not be active enough but, honestly, if there's any way to attract more people; it's to run more fun, awesome contests with stellar rewards. Usually people rather me run contests (mostly for organizational and design purposes) but members are allowed to post their own contests/events if they'd like! There's no restriction on what members are able to do, as far as I'm concerned.
When it comes to pixel art, I've been mulling around with the idea of posting a fakemon contest, which ideally would appeal to both traditional artists and pixel artists. But to be honest, our graphic artists don't get enough of the spotlight, so I'd like to see that happen before anything else. Still, running something small in the future is never a bad idea!