Chinese Card Back Design Competition Winners Announced - Winning Card Back Will Be Available In The Game
Blizzard made a card back design competition in a China-only region and today we found out who has won the competition.
This competition had 3 main phases
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Submission: November 13, 2020 ~ January 12, 2021.
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Selection: January 15, 2021 - January 31, 2021.
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Publicity: The competition winners will be publicized on the website before February 10, 2021.
These are the prizes in order
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Legend Award (1): 1 community hero "Holy Grail" + 30,000 yuan cash reward (around 4600 USD/3800 EUR) + 1 Youji EXRAI Pro 24 pen display + works will be included in the "Hearthstone" game.
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Epic Award (3 winners): 10,000 yuan cash prize (around 1500 USD/1250 EUR) + works have a chance to be included in the "Heartstone" game.
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Excellence Award (10 winners): 2000 yuan cash prize (around 300 USD/250 EUR).
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Participation Award (30 winners): 1 Hearthstone Legend pillow.
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Lucky Prize (1 winner): "Hearthstone" pre-purchased card pack for the year 2021 (Super Collection) + 1 Y160F digital screen.
Here are the results
Quote from BlizzardLegend Award (1 person)
Legend Award Prize: 1 community hero "Holy Grail" + 30,000 yuan cash reward + 1 Youji EXRAI Pro 24 pen display + works will be included in the "Heartstone" game.
Author: 习洛 (Xi Luo) with his work: "Golden Lion Celebrate New Year"
Evaluation of the development team: We love the Chinese New Year atmosphere and colors, as well as the perfect combination of iconic themes and asymmetrical design grasped by this card back. The back of this card is clearly layered, which makes the eyes shine. And we agree that presenting it in a 3D image will further enhance this perception.
Epic Award (3 winners)
Epic Prize: 10,000 yuan cash prize + works will have the opportunity to be included in the "Heartstone" game.
Author: liguang with his work: "Kael'thas Sunstrider"
Evaluation of the development team: With a quick glance, you can recognize the conspicuous pattern of Prince Kael'thas and the classic red and gold color scheme. The emerald orb is also an ideal carrier for Hearthstone Vortex. The team seems to be able to see the vivid effects of adding green magic special effects to the game! Details such as the folds of the fabric and the golden carved edges are exquisitely crafted, forming an excellent secondary structure.
Author: 羞花 (shame to spend) with his work: "Wrath of Medusa"
Evaluation of the development team: We believe that the melancholic background color gives a strong impact to the flame and lava elements on the back of this card. The smooth lines of the snake and the gray icy rocks add a sense of hierarchy to the overall card back. The clever selection of colors and color values distinguishes the snake from the rock in the background and does not cover the main structure of the magma spiral. The author also used the effect of magma to clearly show the snake scale pattern. The art team praised this charming technique.
Author: 愚者一智 (Fool wisdom) with his work: "Savory Deviate Delight"
Evaluation of the development team: The image on the back of this card reminds people of the old past of classic recipes such as cooking mutant fish and appetizing spices, and can't help but smile. The full color is handled properly, and while creating an interesting scene, it also reveals some dark details. The team happily guessed the reason for the fish’s smile and speculated on the origin of the red pot in the center of the picture.
Excellent Award (17 winners)
According to the opinions of the judges, the Excellent Award has been expanded to 17 places, and the following rankings are in no particular order.
Excellent prize: 2000 yuan cash prize.
"Phoenix Celebrate New Year"
Author: 肉末末"Congratulations New Year"
Author: 初默"Rastakhan King"
Author: 操作大师"Flying Machine"
Author: 我才是真的白鹿"Fallen Kil"
Author: 喵小鲤"Heart of the Swarm"
Author: CWarT"Lotus Pond"
Author: xiangY"Fill the gap"
Author: 建哥不贱"Angels"
Author: WARPTEN"Ysera's Dream"
Author: 一只大柴吉"Noisy robot"
Author: 脑探"Spectral Tiger reins"
Author: Elect"Shang and Zhou bronze"
Author: 黎塞刘"Townlong Steppes"
Author: nekonoremi"Teldrassil"
Author: Encore非语"Bob's covert support"
Author: 喵哩喵嘁喵喵喵"Quiet Flowers"
Author: QR
Participation Award (30 people)
Participation prize: 1 Hearthstone Legend pillow.
The following rankings are in no particular order.
"Murloc Egg"
Author: 左岸向西"Zephrys' Trevi Fountain"
Author: 画画吗北北"Elf Realm"
Author: 靓仔语塞"Deathwing"
Author: 穆克拉的鹿大表哥"I Think You Can Win This Thing"
Author: 右眼见到猪"Bounty"
Author: Kunjie"Darkglare"
Author: Oslo"Bob Stickers"
Author: 炉石娘"Good Night Hearthstoner"
Author: 尤子"Mystic Cloud of Vale of Eternal Blossom"
Author: 阿健Jinno"Panda Home"
Author: 透明塑料袋"Leoric Silver Coin"
Author: EELYKS"Prison of Venomous Dragon"
Author: 绝世黑猪"Petrified Flower"
of: 什么名字最好听呢"Contract Spirit"
Author: 虫单壹"Revendreth"
Author: Domilock"Anub'arak Wings"
Author: Xing"Night Elf"
Author: Umikaze"Shadow Land"
Author: 当当大魔王"Ardenweald"
Author: 藤藤菜好吃"Spirit Healer"
Author: 白鸽探长"Naga Siren"
Author: 亚克土豆丝"Dragon Yan Yue"
Author: 捣甜哈娜酱"Scarab Heart"
Author: 闻人弘乾"Metamorphosis Complete"
Author: 战斗之软泥怪"Sylvanas'
Author: darkton"Yin and yang, heaven and earth"
Author: 不描述的一条君"Night Warrior"
Author: 厉害的坤坤"Daughter of the sea"
Author: 宋哈娜的小白脸"Sizzling steak"
Author: CaMa
Lucky Prize (1 person)
Lucky prize: "Heartstone" pre-ordered card pack for 2021 (Super Collection) + One Y160F digital screen
Author: Sum梓meR 作 with his work: "Lost Temple"
Thanks again to all players and friends who have followed and participated in this event, see you next time!
The whole competition had around 209 selected entries displayed by 12 sections based on the work submission time:
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PS: Special thanks to ZelKnow for bringing this up to our attention!
Wow that #1 Winner is amazing! When are we getting THAT in the game!?
Love most of cardbacks!
Hope someday Blizz make some BLM 👮♂️🚓🚔👮♀️ - themed competition with only black 👦🏿 creators, where only black 🖤cardbacks will be allowed!!!
Special shoutout to this particular cardback:
Looking slick as the devil himself. Really creative how the cape is used for the corner trim.
nothing special in 1st place...
I was gonna say China this and that but holly hell its such a good cardbacks. Shame i dont look at carbacks in this game more often.
It's impressive how 90% of all this card backs looks sick
Yeah... Except these people AREN'T salaried Blizzard artists... Why would they be paid the same?
Also, it would be a rhetorical question if you actually knew how to state one properly.
"Murloc Egg" looks amazing
I love the "Yin and yang, heaven and earth" cardback
THE KHAEL'THAS CARD BACK MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE GAME! IT'S AWESOME I SAID ON TWITTER! YEAH! I'M YELLING FOR IT!
Wow, there are so many fantastic submissions. I feel like most of these would be great additions to the game.
A well deserved winner, sick card back! Are we getting it in EU/US too?
Of course, every new card back, skin, playing card, or anything else is always available worldwide. Except for some rare cases with Orbs in China or something similar to avoid the country gambling regulations.
Hope that in the future we can get more community made card backs. A lot of these look phenomenal !
A bit repetitive the designs and not very unique. I feel underwhelmed
no matter how good you are at something, there's always an asian who is better at it
Wow, so many of these designs are really good.
Would buy a lot of them for sure. And as for the Sir Annoy-o card back! Made me chuckle.
These are all way, WAY better then what blizzard ever does. All of them.
Well, some of the translations are not correct and look weird... I would like to give the correct ones.
Numbering from top to bottom, from left to right. For example, AAA (3, BBB) means the card back's Chinese name is AAA, it's the 3rd one and its English translation is BBB.
Legend Award: 金狮闹春 (Golden Lion Celebrate New Year)
Epic Award: 美味风蛇 (3, Savory Deviate Delight, a Classic cooking recipe from WoW)
Excellent Award:
Participation Award:
Thanks! All have been updated.