Blizzard Holiday Fan Art Calendar Contest
by Zach Yonzon 
Dec 22nd 2009 at 1:00PM
The idea is to create a piece of World of Warcraft art that sets the tone for a particular month based on the in-game holidays. Artists can choose to depict scenes from or situations inspired by events from the Lunar Festival, Love Is in the Air, Noblegarden, Children's Week, Midsummer Fire Festival, Pirate's Day, Brewfest, Harvest Festival, Hallow's End, Day of the Dead, Pilgrim's Bounty, Feast of Winter Veil, all the way to New Year's Eve. Winners will be featured in the 2011 Official World of Warcraft Calendar as well as win a set of 2010 wall, daily, and mini calendars.
One grand prize winner will also get to take home a Wacom Cintiq 12WX, the pen-on-screen drawing tool that some of Blizzard's own artists use. Additionally, the grand prize winner will also have his or her work featured in the official World of Warcraft magazine. Deadline for submissions is on February 8, 2010. As always, be sure to read the fine print if you're eligible!
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
axpala Dec 22nd 2009 1:02PM
hi everyone happy xmas
Balkam Dec 22nd 2009 2:46PM
Why couldn't wow.com have picked up any of those artists for a comic strip instead of Kelly Aarons?
Look at the art - it's fantastic. Her art isn't. And I'm sure that if wow.com would offer any of them her position, they won't turn it down. Not to mention the comic might look good every Tuesday instead of an orc that looks like a blood elf, a "tauren rogue" that looks exactly like her female tauren character in her other comic she stopped doing, etc.
EderX Dec 22nd 2009 1:40PM
I like her art. It's very nice for comics, which is the medium we're looking at.
The stuff above are in a hyper-realistic style, as a one-off image. It takes a lot of time to make things look that way.
Your comparing apples to oranges. Both are nice for their medium.
Zach Dec 22nd 2009 2:53PM
Three things...
One, the art on the contest page are NOT fan art. They were used as examples by Blizzard, but those were all commissioned art pieces for the WoW TCG. They were made by professional artists and each piece of work likely takes up more time than your average webcomic.
Two, sequential art and pin-ups are two different things. Someone good at making posters won't necessarily have the storytelling adeptness required for comic book art.''
Three, you may not like Kelly Aarons' art, but that's a purely personal preference. Many people appreciate and like her art, and it lends itself very, very well to the stories she tells. To declare her art as not fantastic is fine, but understand that your opinion is not necessarily shared by many.
Nightweaver Dec 22nd 2009 2:35PM
Wow nice!