My oh my, the PWI player population totally proved us right when we said that, and I quote:

"The PWI player population is not only incredibly dedicated to the game, but also extremely talented artistically."

This Winter Loading Screen Contest really showed off a myriad of styles and colors, and it was a great joy to be able to help judge it.

For a quick refresher on the rules and prizes, please click here.

All of these entries were pored over and judged by members of the PWE Design team, Production team, and Quality Assurance team to ensure that no one person had too much say in the winners chosen.

And now without further ado, your winners (Click for full-size version):

Grand Prize Winner

Jagarnot

AKA

EarlGrey - Raging Tide

This awesome piece of art was the clear favorite among the vast majority of judges. A few comments made about it were:"The tiger is really alive," and"It puts a smile on my face." To the creator: Great job, and you can expect an email from us next week asking for a couple more sizes of this entry so that we can get to putting it in the game. We'll also want you put your signature on it.

Runners Up (5)

Cadaveria

AKA

Cadaveria - Sanctuary

Dokurolove

AKA

DokuroPanda - Raging Tide

Lumitiikeri

AKA

TiikeriLilja - Heavens Tear

Faiskittles

AKA

WoIfAngel - Dreamweaver

Tantekkoon (both entries)

AKA

Lingzi - Lost City

*though two of her entries are here, Lingzi will still only receive one prize. It was too hard for me to leave one out. My brain would have exploded.

Screen Shot - Based Runners Up (3)

In a slight change of the rules, we decided that we would open up a category just for screen shots, so as not to show such a bias toward hand-drawn art. The creators of these entries will receive the same prize as the Runners Up above.

Midnightxxx

AKA

Midi - Momaganon

Spartaxoxo

AKA

VenusArmani - Dreamweaver

Clover37475675

AKA

Mieu - Raging Tide

So I'd like to extend a great big thank you to all of the artists who decided to take the plunge and submit their vision.

See you all in-game!

-The PWI Team