Brandon, the owner of OctoberCoastArt, has been drawing his whole life. He likes to use ink and bleach, watercolor, acrylic, and lots of gold leaf. He prefers animal and nature scenes, as well as bright colors. Brandon also recently received a full merit scholarship to The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Hi,
My names Brandon Marquette,

It's great to be back at Artbattle, and I think this one will be a battle to remember.

I've had a wild ride getting here. I went blind in 2021, and MRBEAST fixed my eyes in 2022. I found out I had epilepsy last August, but then I received a Full Merit Scholarship to The School of the Art Institute of Chicago!

I can't wait to show off all I've learned. Thank you

Taka's art focuses on portraits and capturing human expression with a combination of eclectic scripts. She likes to use eclectic lines that come from Japanese calligraphy and American cursive on top of her portraits. Taka paints these lines after she is complete with her portrait.

Excited to share my art and compete with some of Chicagos dope artists. Hope to give yall a good show!

With Love, from Okinawa.

Most of Alice's work inspiration is drawn from liquid brushstrokes and vivid colors. The goal is to evoke a specific emotion. However, while her work is hectic at times, her lines are always definitive and clean. Alice's favorite pieces have come from challenges such as painting with a fruit and painting her music.

Damon's art can be considered urban spiritualism, abstract mixed with figurative. He enjoys painting things that have a deeper revealed meaning. He is very good at color, very fast, and great at drawing the figure.

I've been waiting for years for a chance to compete in Art Battle!!! I'm super excited!

Brain Killer is a creative director and multimedia producer working in advertising. When he’s not making commercials, he’s creating his special brand of lowbrow art or pop surrealism, depending on how fancy he’s feeling that day. Brian Killer is heavily Influenced by “geek culture” including sci-fi, horror, video games, animation and comic books, themes evident throughout his work.

Brain Killer is a creative director and multimedia producer working in advertising, when he’s not making commercials he’s creating his special brand of lowbrow art or pop surrealism, depending on how fancy he’s feeling that day.

Brian Killer is heavily Influenced by “geek culture” including sci-fi, horror, video games, animation and comic books. Themes evident throughout his work.

Denver was born in NY but moved to Chicago for College, attending the Art institute of Chicago with a focus on illustration and fiber work. A Libra, she likes to write on her off time and loves the stores Squishable and Malliway Bros. She posts most of her art content on TikTok or Instagram.

Hi Everyone! I’m so excited to be participating in this years Art Battle. Hopefully you all will like what I come up with! 😉

Emily is back! Emily dabbles in almost every medium. In her personal work, she focuses on expressing comfort in one's own self regardless of the angle. She mostly does traditional work. Her favorite media is charcoal, although most of her current work has been in oil paint.

Hi!!! I’m so excited to participate in art battle again!!

Ebony considers her work semi-abstract. She loves to put a lot of emotion into her pieces by choosing colors that speak to the feel of the piece. Ebony also uses different techniques to get the paint on the canvas.

Hello! Ebony Sade Art here! I can’t wait for you all to see my heart and soul pour out on the canvas in real time.

Jane returns to Art Battle! Her art is a mixture of flow, fantasy, and femininity. She looks to bridge the influence of fine art, art nouveau, and Japanese Anime together.

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JUJU is back again! An artist from Chicago, he is considered a bridge between street art and expressionism paintings. He is inspired by being able to showcase his works.

Fartingsky/Metzli is an artist from Chicago who mainly works with acrylic and oil paint. She tends to lean towards realistic features in her paintings while also creating pieces that are a pleasure to look at. She works with not only still life, but also portraits and other mediums of art./sf

You can’t spell fartingsky without art.