Hong Kong Schools Digital Art Battle
(Season 7)

Competition Details

Objectives :

  • Hong Kong Schools Digital Art Battle Season 7 is designed to challenge young artists, spark creative confidence, and connect students with the world of digital art and art technology.
  • Promote innovation and technology education, integrate STEAM experiential learning
  • Unleash creativity through live competitions and build a growth mindset that dares to challenge
  • Explore the latest Art technology and always strive for self improvement
  • Educate students about careers in digital art and industries related to art technology

students (2025-2026 academic year)

Categories :

  • [Primary School – Individual Category] - Full time Hong Kong primary school P.4 – P.6 students (2025-2026 academic year)
  • [Primary School – Team Category (2 students per team)] - Full time Hong Kong primary school P.4 – P.6 students (2025-2026 academic year)
  • [Secondary School – Individual Category] - Full time Hong Kong secondary school F.1 – F.6 students (2025-2026 academic year)
  • [Secondary Schools -– Team Category (2 students per team)] - Full time Hong Kong secondary school F.1 – F.6 students (2025-2026 academic year)

Battle Dates and Time:

📅
23rd May 2026

(Quarter Finals – Primary School | Secondary School) 12:00 PM - 4:30 PM
24th May 2026 
(Semi Final and Final | Primary School) 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
25th May 2026 
(Semi Final and Final | Secondary School) 12:30 PM - 2:30 PM

Venue:

📍 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hall 3E (@HKICS 11 — Hong Kong Illustration and Creative Show)

Entrants :

All Hong Kong primary and secondary school students are welcome to participate.

Each school may nominate up to ten students in the Individual Category and one team in the Team Category. For the Individual Category, each nominated student submits their own artwork. Nominations can be submitted by teachers, parents, or guardians.

For the Team Category, a team of 2 students from the same school creates one artwork together.

In the Individual Category, each student must submit their artwork online to enter the Preliminary Round during the artwork submission period 29th April – 6th May 2026.

In the Team Category, only teachers can nominate one team to enter due to limited capacity; only four teams from all nominated schools will be randomly selected to enter the Team Category competition on the final battle days. The draft will be held on 29th April.

Students who qualify through the Preliminary Round in the Individual Category will be notified via their nominating teacher, parent, or guardian.

Application Period :

20th December 2025 (Fri) - 28th April 2026 (Tue)

How To Apply :

[Sign up online and nominate student] 

Sign up a nominator account and nominate your students before the application deadline

[How to nominate]

1. Registor an account. (*You can skip to Step 2 if you already have an account.)
2. Add an existing student or create a new student account. (*If you need help creating one, please message us.)
3. Choose the competition and nominate the student.

Instruction Link Here

An online briefing will be held on 31st March at 4:30 PM
(Link to Online Briefing Video (English) ) . For any enquiries please Whatsapp us via +5981 3802 or hello@artbatlive.com


Nominate End

Application Fee:

Nomination fee:
HKD $100 per student, payable after the nomination deadline.

Each fee includes:
A physical competition certificate
A digital certificate
A competition gift pack
Free Artbat Portfolio Account

Game Rules :

  • Each Final Round battle is a live 20-minute round to create an original artwork from scratch, on the day
  • Multiple judges score each match; the higher-scoring contestant advances
  • The same judging criteria apply across all stages — only the time limit differs per stage
  • In the Individual Category, each student battles solo on their own device.
  • In the Team Category, 2 students from the same school collaborate live on the same Magma canvas. 
  • ⚠️ AI-generated artwork is strictly prohibited. Any use of AI generation tools will result in immediate disqualification upon discovery.

Tools Required:

  • Digital Drawing Tablet
    e.g. iPad, digital drawing tablet or any other tablet
  • Digital Drawing Software
    - Individual Category: Procreate, ibisPaint X, Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint or any other software (no restrictions, but preferably one that can export a time‑lapse video). 
    - Team Category: Magma – a browser‑based collaborative painting and drawing platform.● Zoom – required for screen sharing during the competition.

Judging Criteria :

Our professional judging panel consists of members from the Artbat Academy committee and the Hong Kong artist. The judging criteria are as follows:

  1. Idea and Creativity (25%)
  2. Composition (15%)
  3. Technique and Colour (15%)
  4. Completeness (15%)
  5. Artistic Style (20%)
  6. Storytelling (10%)

Competition Schedule

[Preliminary Round Prompt Announcement Primary and Secondary]
Format: Online | Dates: 29th April 2026 | Time: 4:30 PM
(*Please pay attention to our website and Whatsapp group annoumcement)

The submission deadline for the preliminary round is by [6th May 2026 11:59 PM] Contestants must submit their preliminary round entries on time

Prompt: Airy 輕盈的/通風的 +帆船  Sailboat

【Top 8 Round Primary and Secondary】‍
Format:Live Venue @ HKCEC
Date:23rd May 2026
Time:
Primary School Individual Top 8 - Round 1 - 12:00 PM
Primary School Individual Top 8 - Round 2 - 12:30 PM
Primary School Team Round 1 - 1:15 PM
Secondary School Individual Top 8 - Round 1 - 3:00 PM
Secondary School Individual Top 8 - Round 2 - 3:30 PM
Secondary School Team -  Round 1 - 4:15 PM

Contestant Check-in and Pre-Competition Preparation
[Primary School Individual | Team] 11:30 AM
[Secondary School  Individual | Team] 2:30 PM

24th May 2026
 [Primary School Individual and Team Finals]

4:00-5:20 PM
[Primary School Individual - Quarter Finals & Final]
2 battle rounds

5:20-5:50 PM
[Primary School Team - Final]
1 battle round

25th May 2026
 [Secondary School Individual and Team Finals]

12:00-1:20 PM
[Secondary School Individual - Quarter Finals & Final] 
2 battle rounds
1:20-1:50 PM
[Secondary School Team - Final] 
1 battle round

Prizes

🏆 Gold Prize

Secondary School Individual - $200 book voucher, Huion Kamvas Slate 13 drawing tablet , Genesis One two custom‑printed items of your choice (T‑shirt, cap, or tote bag), a physical certificate and a virtual certificate.

Primary School Individual - $200 book voucher, Huion Inspiroy 2 M drawing tablet, Genesis One two custom‑printed items of your choice (T‑shirt, cap, or tote bag), a physical certificate and a virtual certificate.

Secondary and Primary School Team - $400 book voucher (Each student $200), Genesis One four custom‑printed items of your choice (T‑shirt, cap, or tote bag) (*Each student two items), a physical certificate and a virtual certificate.

🏆 Silver Prize

Secondary School Individual - $100 book voucher, Huion Inspiroy Keydial KD200 key dial, Genesis One one custom‑printed item of your choice (T‑shirt, cap, or tote bag), a physical certificate and a virtual certificate.

Primary School Individual - $100 book voucher, Inspiroy 2 S drawing tablet, Genesis One two custom‑printed items of your choice (T‑shirt, cap, or tote bag), a physical certificate and a virtual certificate.

Secondary and Primary School Team - $200 book voucher (Each student $100), Genesis One two custom‑printed items of your choice (T‑shirt, cap, or tote bag) (*Each student one item), a physical certificate and a virtual certificate.

🏆 Bronze Prize

Secondary School Individual - $50 book voucher, Huion Inspiroy 2 L drawing tablet, a physical certificate and a 3D virtual certificate.

Primary School Individual - $50 book voucher, Huion H580X drawing tablet, a physical certificate and a virtual certificate.

Secondary and Primary School Team - $100 book voucher (Each student $50), a physical certificate and a virtual certificate.

🏆 Honorable Mention

Secondary School Individual - $50 book voucher, a physical certificate and a virtual certificate.

Primary School Individual - $50 book voucher, a physical certificate and a virtual certificate.

(*No Honorable Mentkon for this group)

Pre-match Enquiries

Our team is happy to answer your questions related to the competition, Contact us now at 5981 3802 or email to hello@artbatlive.com if you are interested.

About Us

ARTBAT LIVE, a HK-based digital art battle that strives to become a platform to unleash artists’ instant creativity, and has been committed to holding international digital art live painting competitions. Since 2020, we have organized over 200 art battles and attracted over 1,000 artists from 35 countries to participate. With the cutting edge of Esports and art technologies, we've created the next frontier in digital entertainment.