If I want to show off some work that I’m doing since I’m going into Game Development, is there a platform for me to show off my work somewhere?
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The OT Games, Gaming, Hardware forum is probably your best bet.
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I don’t believe there is a place to show it off to Blizzard, but the Off Topic forums might be a good suggestion for it if you just want folks to see your work.
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I would also caution you to make sure to add a watermark or such, so you can identify your own artwork. Just sharing it with a company or in a forum leads to people yoinking it for their own gain.
Make sure it’s protected.
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Just to add onto this: I’d email the pic to yourself to have a timestamp for yourself after that point if someone try to claim it as their and try to remove your watermark.
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I believe that is for specific Community run programs, Cooperbrew, so I don’t know if we have something going right now. If we did, that would apply. 
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yeah found an older article about blizzard art contest.
I’m very wary of posting artwork online, especially now with the AI advances theft these days.
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I agree it is a very risky subject. As a photographer and artist, I do have a small site to display some work… and there’s always a risk of being plagiarized.
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I stopped posting my work on Twitter a few years ago because of the “I want this on a T-shirt” bots that would go into posts and look for that phrase and then open up on-line shops on Redbubble and sell shirts with the stolen art on it. Had it happen to one of my pictures. Wasn’t worth it.
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This is VERY important. Anything you post on any Blizzard platform belongs to Blizzard with unlimited rights. Including if you submit fan art to contests, post on their forums, etc. It is in the EULA, but very few read that section.
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Damn, they probably stole my Sith Fish painting. I can’t even find it anymore or I’d post the link.
Oh wait, I found it, but the imgur link expired.
Eh, they don’t really do anything with our stuff we post although they do legally own it. It is more of a technicality that prevents someone from trying to sue them if Blizzard makes a game change they (and usually many others) happen to post about on a Blizzard platform.
Artwork can sometimes get featured in blogs where Blizz collects fan art and projects. In which case they have the legal rights to use that posted work for their blogs, etc.
This is really most applicable to people who submit artwork to Blizzard for the art contests and such. That tends to get used more often.
You might remember doodlegnome. That posting char was fun. Miss that one.
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