Color Me Impressed: The Coloring Book of Lore Contest Winners!

Beleen | Wednesday, July 9, 2025

A Kaleidoscope of Creativity

The Coloring Book of Lore Contest wasn’t just about staying inside the lines — it was about breaking boundaries with imagination, flair, and an insane amount of timelapses!* We called upon our true Hue Heroes from Artix Entertainment games, and, wow… you all delivered a full-spectrum spectacle.

Whether you submitted art digitally, went traditional with colored pencils, or invented an entirely new medium (flower power, anyone?), we were overwhelmed with your creativity… aaaaand the hundreds of submissions, ngl! It’s abundantly clear the Artix community is bursting at the seams with spectacular talent, and that calls for celebration — and Artix Points prizes, too!

Click here to watch the video showcase of all our winners!

🥇 1st Place Winner: Silver-Ember,
aka poptropica1 from AQW

WOW! We practically toppled outta chairs when we saw THIS appear on our screens! This coffee-spilling jaw-dropping digital masterpiece of King Alteon vs Sepulchure is both insanely epic and incredibly nostalgic.

“My favorite memory and first impression of AQworlds was this iconic moment in the games story,” says Silver-Ember, the mastermind behind this beautiful work of art. “Thought it fitting for it to be my entry for the AQworlds coloring book contest.”

So fitting for sure, and sure to be a fan favorite, too! For snagging 1st place, Silver-Ember won 5,000 Artix Points, all the Paintbender items, AND an autographed copy of the Coloring Book of Lore, signed by Artix himself!

Silver-Ember, check your email so we can get that book mailed straight to you 💌

🥈 Second Place Winners:
Sato Riku & Wah

Sato Riku, AQ3D

Wah, AQWorlds

Holy chickencow! Wah and Sato Riku wowed the judges so much with their amazing artwork that a special exception HAD to be made for these heroes. In addition to the 2nd place winnings of 3,000 Artix Points + all Paintbender items, we are ~also~ sending Wah and Sato Riku signed copies of the Coloring Book of Lore!

Check y’all’s emails so we can coordinate book shipping logistics :D

🥉 Third Place Winners:
Rathalos, Claribel, & Orion_the_hunter

RATHALOS, AQ3D

Claribel, AQWorlds

Orion_the_hunter, AdventureQuest

These are all so incredible and so deserving of our 3rd place prizes: 2,000 APs each + all Paintbender items. Check your emails for a message from me + the HeroMart code. Remember: if you already own the Paintbender set, you can gift it to a friend instead!

🎖️ Runners-Ups: 1000 APs each

We had SO MANY Runner-Ups that this webpage will rupture if I attempt to upload all their images here. So be sure to watch the video of all our winners to see their fantastic works of art!

✨ Special Mentions: 1500 APs each

No surprise here, but we had heroes who legitimately went above and beyond the confines of the coloring book. For their incredibly creative work, we are awarding KDD from AQW, Silariyas from AQ3D, Voulgeir from AQW, Dragonoid from MechQuest, Diabu from DragonFable, Ragena from AQW, and Sgt Smokey from AQ3D with 1500 Artix Points each!

* Talking about Timelapses

There was an optional field in this contest to submit a timelapse of your work. And boy, did y’all overdeliver on THAT! A whopping 10 GB of timelapses were shared, enough to make Google Drive panic and warn me that I was running out of space. And coffee, too.

Since the video of just the winning artwork took HOURS to wrangle & put together, adding in all those amazing timelapses would certainly push this workload to DAYS. But! I’m willing to spend a few more sleepless nights putting together a timelapse video montage for you ~if~ that’s something you want to see!

🗳️ Cast your vote with the Like button on this video, and once it reaches 5,000 Likes on YouTube, Facebook, or Twitter, I’ll set up a second (ok... third) coffee maker to ensure that a timelapse video of our winners’ artwork is made for YOU.

Amazing Job & Thank You Everyone

From the bottom of our rainbow-hued hearts: THANK YOU. Whether you were one of our winners, runners-up, or a valued participant, you helped color this contest into something spectacular. Even if you didn’t win a prize this time, we cannot wait to see what you enter in our next contest (which I’m already dreaming up in technicolor, ofc)!

We’re honored to see this much love for HeroMart’s Coloring Book of Lore, and we hope you had as much fun coloring as we did judging. So keep your colored pencils sharp, markers uncapped, and stylus unsheathed… because more opportunities to share your incredible talents are coming soon!

Battle on,
Beleen, Stryche, the Judges, & the admiring Artix Entertainment team