Contest Winners: Fan Art and 11-word story

Posted 3rd Sep 2008 02:35 PM by Flux

The winners of our fan art and 11-word short story contest have been determined, and they, along with all the honourable mentions, are listed on this contest results page. There were two winners in each category, plus one randomly selection in each category. The top two in each contest win a copy of D2 artist Ben Boos’ new book, and one of the WWI cards with codes for the WoW beta and a Tyrael mini-pet. The third (randomly selected) winner in each contest gets one of the WWI cards, but no book.

Here are the winners:

Eleven word short story winners, 1, 2, and random 3.

*click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click* *click*
—Nuptraptor

I staggered, every breath burning. Spitting blood, I walked towards death.
—Greyjaei

Act II,
Arcane Sanctuary.
Four choices, but always the last one.
—Kaeros

Fan Art winners, 1, 2, and random 3.


Congrats to all the winners and thanks to everyone else who played. There were numerous honorable mentions in each contest, and honestly, picking the top 4 was quite a chore. See them all on the contest page, and you can also see all current and closed (only closed atm) competitions on the Diii.net Contests page!

Update: There’s a second chance reader’s vote contest for honorable mentions in the fan art contest. Also, Ben Boos made a post in the comments to this thread, explaining his judging criteria and how long he agonized over the choices.




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Snortsch
Posted 03, Sep 2008 04:14 PM
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Retribution was submittet after the 31. so King Leoric should get the credits for 2. in the contest.

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MMINC
Posted 03, Sep 2008 05:15 PM
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Hi, my necromencer does infact have a swork, its hanging off her back. please pay more attention when marking these competitions…

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MANTICORE
Posted 03, Sep 2008 05:15 PM
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Female Necromancer Summons the Dark Lord :she’s wearing the sword on her back….

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MANTICORE
Posted 03, Sep 2008 05:20 PM
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not entirely convinced that the 2nd and 3rd place entries are the "best" artworks imho…. disappointing :(

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MANTICORE
Posted 03, Sep 2008 05:20 PM
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not entirely convinced that the 2nd and 3rd place entries are the "best" artworks imho…. disappointing :(

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Kaeros
Posted 03, Sep 2008 05:35 PM
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I think, technically, there were a few other artworks that were better.  However, as far as subject matter goes, I personally think the two winners definitely had the best balance between technical skill and the *focal point of a sword.*

King Leoric was great, but I didn’t see very much about it that was strikingly ‘Diablo’.. It could have been any generic fantasy painting of a knight that he just decided to call "Leoric".  I loved it, but maybe that was why it wasn’t chosen.

Just my thoughts.

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nehvah
Posted 03, Sep 2008 06:41 PM
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*sigh* ...well.. Big Congrats to the winners! I hope you enjoy that Tyrael pet as much as I would have. (not even an honorable mention? ... my Andariel must have sucked hard…! haha)

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Nasuradin
Posted 03, Sep 2008 09:11 PM
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I’m the artist of Retribution and I would like to note that I submitted it August 31st, around 10:00 PM EST, after Midnight I checked again, and the date changed itself to September 1st along with the 2 new submissions that came in after me. I submitted the work onto my DeviantART account(uses same account name) shortly after submitting it here. At this moment it says it was submitted 63 hours ago which is a little more than 2 days and a half, starting from my submission time which was in the late evening of the 31st.

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cowguin
Posted 03, Sep 2008 10:11 PM
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No one cares.

@MMINC: *focal point of a sword.*

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Holyknight3000
Posted 03, Sep 2008 11:25 PM
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Woot ty guys for everything the contest was a blast,  had a hard time figuring out what pic to draw lol.  Grants to softchask and Nasuradin for the winnings on the book.  Can’t wait to buy the book when it comes out!

Now time to go put my tyreal pet on my main wow toon!

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