Announcing the World of Warcraft Student Art Contest 2024 Winners

[Lumy]

Announcing the World of Warcraft Student Art Contest 2024 Winners

Presented by Blizzard Entertainment’s Early Careers and World of Warcraft development teams, the 14th 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.

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Environment Art Category

Winner

"Bastion Merchant Hub"
Sarah Krystallia Johnson
College for Creative Studies

Runner-Up

"Shrine of the Mother Dragon"
Daria Matlahova
College for Creative Studies

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Character Art Category

Winner

"Crimson Dream Gorger"
Drew Mitchell
DigiPen Institute of Technology

Runner-Up

"Bhar'Gan: Gator Soup Trader"
Ethan DeWaard
Ferris State University

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FX Category

Winner

"Chains of Annihilation"
Amanda Yinan Wang
ArtCenter College of Design

Runner-Up

"Chains of Regret"
Sasha Ponomarenko
DigiPen Institute of Technology

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Animation Category

Winner

"Abyss and Moth Two-Hit Combo Attack"
Justin Nguyen
University of Southern California

Runner-Up

"Foxy Two-Hit Combo"
Savanna Foote
Savannah College of Art and Design

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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.

[durenas]

animation category winner is incorrect.

[Lumy]

Updated, thank you!

[Haldus]

Man furries have so much time and money.

[Snes]

Man furries have so much time and money.

Last year's art contest was like 60% furry too.

The judges:

[Tupolew519]

That's amazing