D & D Neverwinter Design Contest

About The Contest

Reach into your Bag of Holding and grab whatever artist tools you have stashed away in your Adventurer's Kit, it's time for the Neverwinter Design Contest. Whether you're a Tiefling Warlock or a Half-Elf Assassin, your design could shadow step the competition to be memorialized and rewarded a grand prize of $500.00 (USD not Gold). Submissions accepted until 11:59pm PST on 6/16/2015 If you're having trouble downloading the submission kit,try clicking here to see if it will directly download for you. ABOUT THE JUDGES: Jack Emmert: Jack co-founded Cryptic Studios in 2000 and now serves as the CEO where he sets the company’s strategic vision while managing multiple teams that strive to develop memorable online games. During his tenure at Cryptic Studios, Jack has helped develop multiple MMOs including Neverwinter, Star Trek Online, Champions Online and more. In the past 15 years at Cryptic, Jack has held several different positions from game designer to Chief Executive Officer allowing him to establish a solid foundation for the studio. Prior to Cryptic, Jack was working on his PhD in Greek & Latin, with a focus in ancient religion. Mike Apolis: Mike’s passion for games started at a young age with a drive to create immersive stories in Dungeons & Dragons as well as PC adventure games. Years of modding and tinkering with computer games led Mike to pursue an education in game development, after which he joined the Cryptic Studios team in 2005 and worked on many of their titles including City of Heroes, Champions Online, Star Trek Online and Neverwinter. Today Mike is a senior artist on Neverwinter, going back to his D&D roots, creating immersive stories, environments and art for D&D fans new and old.

How To Enter

DOs & DON'Ts 1. Do: Make something original. Research to make sure your idea isn't already out there. 2. Do: Make stylized art! Get inspiration from Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter! 4. Do: Have fun and be creative! 5. Don't: Submit similar versions of the same design. Sometimes people submit the same design, but with small changes. This will only divide your votes and hurt your chances of winning rather than help it. 6. Don't: Use any copyrighted, 3rd party or inappropriate materials. This contest is to submit art designs to be officially licensed. If it is too obscene or mixes 3rd party, or copyrighted materials, it will NOT be approved. 7. Don't: Use any original artwork from Dungeons & Dragons Neverwinter as a part of your design

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