The Battle Is Over—The Winners Are In! Artists battled for the Nexus alongside powerful Blizzard heroes, and now the winners are in! View the entries, and read Sam Didier’s comments to learn more about his judging process! 
The Battle Is Over—
The Winners Are In!
Artists battled for the Nexus alongside powerful Blizzard heroes, and now the winners are in!
In the Heroes of the Storm Ultimate Fan Art Contest, we challenged you to show two or more heroes from across the Blizzard universes engaged in battle. With thousands of entries to pick from, the DeviantArt and Blizzard teams had the difficult job of choosing 25 action-packed semi-finalists. From there, it was up to Sam Didier, Senior Art Director for Heroes of the Storm, to pick three winners that truly captured the spirit of his most recent game!
All three winners will receive a framed print of their entry signed by the Heroes of the Storm Creative team, while the 1st place winner will get a framed sketch by Sam Didier himself, inspired by the winning entry. Congratulations, winners, and thank you to everyone who participated!
View the entries below, and read Sam Didier’s comments to learn more about his judging process!
1st Prize winner
TamplierPainter Will Receive:
- A framed sketch by Sam Didier, Senior Art Director for Heroes of the Storm, inspired by the winning entry
- A framed print of the 1st place entry signed by the Heroes of the Storm Creative Team
- $6,000 USD
- $250 in Battle.net Balance (USD) and a signed boxed copy of Heroes of the Storm
- 8,000 DeviantArt Points
- 1-year Premium Membership to DeviantArt.com
Judge's Comments:
“The Lightbringer against the Demon Hunter. The rendering of this piece is unbelievable. It looks like an oil painting done by one of the old masters. The sheer power of the paladin’s attack is balanced beautifully by the elegance of Valla’s riposte. I especially enjoy that the artist chose to create Uther and Valla wearing their Master armor variants. Another point of interest to me is Grimskull Nazeebo lurking in the background with his gargantuan. Although he hails from the Diablo-verse like the Demon Hunter, it is unclear to the me which side he is actually fighting for and, depending on the outcome of this battle, the victor may still have another battle on their hands.”
2nd Prize winner
Kuzinskiy Will Receive:
- A framed print of the 2nd place entry signed by the Heroes of the Storm Creative Team
- $3,000 USD
- $150 Battle.net Balance (USD) and a signed boxed copy of Heroes of the Storm
- 4,000 DeviantArt Points
- 6-month Premium Membership to DeviantArt.com
Judge's Comments:
“This piece represents the glorious mayhem that is Heroes of the Storm! Blue verses Red. Warcraft versus StarCraft versus Diablo (literally). This is what the game is all about: all of our heroes and villains locked in a rousing brawl of heroic proportions, and let’s not forget another aspect of the game…smashing the hell out of the innumerable nameless minions! These guys are real heroes as well since no matter how hard our toughest characters massacre them, they keep coming back to the fight!”
3rd Prize winner
Samarskiy Will Receive:
- A framed print of the 3rd place entry signed by the Heroes of the Storm Creative Team
- $1,000 USD
- $100 Battle.net Balance (USD) and a signed boxed copy of Heroes of the Storm
- 4,000 DeviantArt Points
- 6-month Premium Membership to DeviantArt.com
Judge's Comments:
“I love this piece for so many reasons. All the heroes chosen for this image are perfect representations of our three worlds, but the real star of this image is the Grave Golem. Grave Golems were specifically created for Heroes of the Storm and are found on the various battlegrounds in our game. To see some of our oldest and most memorable heroes teaming up against one of our newest additions to the Blizzard world really lets me know that we are still creating creatures people are invested in.”
