If you've got an artistic bent, the Guild Wars Wintersday Art Contest might be right up your alley. Grab the details and a look at a past contest winner below:
The temperature is dropping and the calendar is down to its last few pages, which means the year-end holidays are upon us-and that means it's time for the annual Guild Wars® Wintersday Art Contest. If you've ever wanted to creatively combine your holiday spirit with your love of Guild Wars, this is your golden opportunity.
To participate, put your imagination and your artistic talents to work by crafting a piece of seasonal art with a holiday tone and a Guild Wars theme. Any and all ideas are welcome: draft an invitation to the Wintersday Festival, create a poster celebrating the event, or assemble a holiday collage with images of Guild Wars characters. Whatever you choose to create, in whatever medium, don't miss this chance to share your artistic gifts and spread some seasonal joy!
How to EnterCreate an original piece of art with a traditional winter holiday theme and a Guild Wars flavor. You may draw your own art using any media at your disposal. You may also use or incorporate screenshots, renders, concept art, icons, photographs, or any other Guild Wars images to create your entry.
For each entry, submit a JPEG image of your original work (scanned or photographed) or a saved file of your computer-generated art and attach it to an email. (Please use compression to reduce the file size, when possible.) We strongly encourage you to submit your work electronically rather than via postal mail.
In the body of the email, provide us the following information (in English): valid preferred email address, your first and last name, your age, and your full address, including street number and name, city, state or province, zip/postal code (if any), and country.
If you wish to be mentioned by "handle" or in-game name rather than your first and last name, please indicate your preference in your entry and provide your handle or in-game name in addition to the information listed above.
Submit your entry to: contests@arena.net. Please be sure to use "Guild Wars Wintersday Art Contest 2008" as the subject line. If you would prefer to send your entry via postal mail, use the following address:
Guild Wars Wintersday Art Contest
ArenaNet, Inc.
227 Bellevue Way NE #75
Bellevue, WA 98004 USANo other methods of entry will be accepted.
ArenaNet, Inc. collects personal information from you when you enter this contest. This information is subject to the Privacy Policy of the site through which you entered this contest.
Prizes
Prizes: 20 winners (1 one Grand Prize Winner, 1 Second Place Winner, 1 Third Place Winner, 7 Winners) will receive one of the prizes below. The Grand Prize Winner, Second Place Winner, Third Place Winner, 7 Winners, and 10 Honorable Mentions will also have their creations displayed on the Guild Wars website. (The total estimated retail value of all prizes exceeds $1,400 US. Cash alternatives are not available.) The prizes are as follows:
[blockquote]* Grand Prize Winner (1 awarded): Grand Prize Winner (1 awarded): One Razor Guild Wars Death Adder Mouse; one VisionTek Radeon HD3650 graphics card, a full set of four Guild Wars Limited Edition Signed Art Prints; one randomly selected Guild Wars Penny Arcade Expo 2008 Signed Art Print (Approximate total retail value of package: $450.00 US.)
* Second Place Winner (1 Awarded): One Razor Guild Wars Death Adder Mouse; a full set of four Guild Wars Limited Edition Signed Art Prints; one randomly selected Guild Wars Penny Arcade Expo 2008 Signed Art Print (Approximate total retail value of package: $250.00 US.)
* Third Place Winner (1 Awarded): One Razor Guild Wars Death Adder Mouse; one randomly selected Guild Wars Limited Edition Signed Art Print; one randomly selected Guild Wars Penny Arcade Expo 2008 Signed Art Print (Approximate total retail value of package: $130.00 US.)
* Fourth Place Winners (7 Awarded): One randomly selected Guild Wars Limited Edition Signed Art Print; one randomly selected Guild Wars Penny Arcade Expo 2008 Signed Art Print (Approximate total retail value of package: $60.00 US.)
* Honorable Mentions (10 awarded): One randomly selected Guild Wars Penny Arcade Expo 2008 Signed Art Print (Approximate total retail value of package: $20 US.)
Entries will be judged on the basis of creativity, style, and the melding of Wintersday into a Guild Wars theme.
Deadline for entries to be received is 12:00 Noon PST on Monday, January 5, 2009.
Winners will be announced on or around January 23, 2009 and will be posted on www.guildwars.com
Get those colored pencils sharpened and get busy!
