Presented by Blizzard Entertainment’s Early Careers and World of Warcraft development teams, the thirteenth annual World of Warcraft Student Art Contest has drawn to a close. After some fervent debate and impassioned deliberation, our judges sifted through the many remarkable entries and identified the winning entries.

Check out the winners and runners-up below for each of the four categories.


Environment Art Category

Winner

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"Glade of Ysera"
Joshua Tyer
Laguna College of Art and Design

Runner-Up

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"Journey to Oasis"
Fred Osborn
College for Creative Studies

Runner-Up

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"Forge in Darkmaul Plains"
Kyle Chen
University of Central Florida


Character Art Category

Winner

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"Sphynx Cat Desert Assassin"
Ryle Sammut
Savannah College of Art and Design

Runner-Up

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"Heartsbane Refugee: Worshipper of Elune"
Jonathan Nhim
DigiPen Institute of Technology

Runner-Up

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"Heebo the Hippo"
Andrew Moon
DigiPen Institute of Technology


FX Category

Winner

"Arcane Rain"
Quynh Ton
Ferris State University

Runner-Up

"Moonkin, Nebula Beam"
Christian Baca
Full Sail University


Animation Category

Winner

"Two-Hit Combo Attack"
Theresa Chang
California College of the Arts

Runner-Up

"Two Hit Attack"
Hee Seung Chung
School of Visual Arts


Winners from each category will participate in a 1-hour virtual mentorship with a Senior Blizzard Artist and more.

Visit our contest announcement to see a complete list of prizes.