Uploaded July 2021 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago

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The RWBY Original Character Contest Results are here and we have our 32 participants in the Phoenix Festival OC Tournament! There were over 700 amazing entries into the contest which made it very enjoyable to see everyone's creativity but also very difficult to only choose 32.
Let me know what you all think of the selected characters in the comments below!

Congratulations to our winners!
Characters and Artist Links:
Weapon Category:
1. Freya Meinwen by JamFilledJars
2. Hyacin Everard by Pmolly May
Artist Name: Ammi Okami
Artist Links: youtube.com/user/soradestiny pinterest.com/pin/193443746479645976
3. Opal Isatis by Jagage
Artist Name: Tianshiko/Shee
Artist Links: Twitter: twitter.com/tianshiko

Semblance Category:
1. Akari Kozima by Myalis Rey
Artist Name:Myalis Rey
Artist Links: Twitter: twitter.com/MyalisRey
2. Goch Knight by David Harmon
3. Onyx Aratoile by Artemis Skora

Art Category:
- Ramil Malek by Malochroma
Artist Name: Malochroma (main)/maldoesadraw (Art Twitter)
Artist Links:
Main Twitter: twitter.com/malochroma
Art Twitter: twitter.com/maldoesadraw
Deviantart: deviantart.com/malochroma
- Adrian Pastel by Frey B
Artist Name: Frey
Artist Links: twitter.com/pastel_avel and instagram.com/melting.stardrops
- Saige Cristallo by MaximumPanic
Artist Name: MaximumPanic
Artist Links: youtube.com/c/MaximumPanic | instagram.com/themaximumpanic | twitter.com/themaximumpanic

Overall Design:
1. Aorta Flavus by Bloody Rosalia
Artist Name: BloodyRosalia
Artist Links:
deviantart.com/bloodyrosalia
deviantart.com/arte-of-rwby
webtoons.com/en/challenge/arte-rwby-oc-comic/list?title_no=526012
2. Silvasia Kitrinos by Alabaster Mana
Artist name: Alabaster Mana
Artist Links: twitter.com/ManaMagia
3. Rei Shirogane by Rebecca Lloyd
Artist Name: Rebecca Lloyd

Phoenix Festival Tournament Participants:
- Mimi Hoppers by Namunomi
Artist Links: Namunomi on RWBY Amino and Twitter
- Rory Desher by Cats in my face
Artists links and contacts:
Discord: Cats in my face.
Twitter: twitter.com/umbrakard
DA account: deviantart.com/tabbybox
DA 3d account: deviantart.com/torcenanaria
DA old inactive account: deviantart.com/xouri
- Iris Shade by SmashGamer728
Artist Name: SmashArtist728
Artist Links: deviantart.com/smashartist728 (Not active anymore but old art remains, current art remains just on my person)
YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCtjzc5Ji09R3jBuJgVIDM1A
- Salsa Testarossa by TheAAJYu
- Moko Takiwātanga {Tah-key-wah-tongue-ah} by Peter Middlekoop
- Obsidius Reid by Keith Montalbo
Artist Name: KeithMontalbo
Artist Links: twitter.com/KeithMontalbo
- Olivia Verdant by Sphinx Herald
- Kasshoku Tsukito by Kuro Usagi
Artist Name: Alonso Cruz
Artist Links:
Instagram instagram.com/alfieart1
Twitter: twitter.com/AlfieArt3
- Nila Van Hela by Kelsey Lynn
Artist: Kelsey Lynn
- Narcissa Daffdil by Kaito Ikari
Artist Name: Danae Escuza
Artist Links: instagram.com/chimera_uwu
- Chrysa Ariadne by Leeds
Artwork by Leeds
- Azul Silva by InvisiblAnthony
Artist Name: InvisibleAnthony
twitter.com/InvisiblAnthony
instagram.com/InvisiblAnthony
facebook.com/invisiblanthonyart
- Celesta Obscurum by Revanius
- Elektra Kyma by Emily Knaub
Artist Name: Kasper Swain
Artist Links:
Instagram: instagram.com/kswainart/?hl=en (their fanart account) instagram.com/midwintercomic/?hl=en (Their professional comic account)
Etsy: etsy.com/shop/kswainart
Patreon: patreon.com/kswainart
Tumblr: kswainart.tumblr.com
Twitter: twitter.com/KSwainArt
Twitch: twitch.tv/rvstudios
Facebook: facebook.com/midwintercomic (their comic page)
Comic site: midwintercomic.com
DeviantArt: deviantart.com/deus-nocte
Other: kswainart.carbonmade.com
- Nix Ohreos by shinnoya
Artist Name: shinnoya
Artist Links: twitter.com/shinnoya
- Kaydence Kerria by Painted Daisy
- Yew Varanus by Ryan Barefoot
Artist Name: Lancercross and Mizuki Starlight
Artist Links: deviantart.com/lancercross
deviantart.com/mizukistarlight
- Oliver Rennard by Revenant Rising
Artist Name: Ω RevenantRising Ω
- Gin Gypsum by Rose Petal
Artist Name: Obsidian Arrows
Artist Links: Website - obsidianarrows.wixsite.com/info
Twitter: twitter.com/obsidian_arrows lang=en
Instagram: instagram.com/obsidian_arrows?utm_medium=copy_link
- Eugenia Victoriana by Declin Gordon

Endscreen: Seraphina Vermillion created by Phoenix/Night
Art by HoshiOujo
DeviantArt: deviantart.com/hoshioujo
Twitter: twitter.com/HoshiOujo
Instagram: instagram.com/hoshioujo
Youtube: youtube.com/channel/UClWZB0G-qldJ8kUJPhFeR_Q