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ART BATTLE L.A. : 3 Hour Illustration

Competitor: DARIA MAKAROVA  

Daria Makarova, a.k.a. RiversAreDeep, is a young, thought-provoking artist known by the seria of political portraits called “Dreamers Ball” and the book “Japan”  dedicated to the 2011 Japan Earthquake which caused a number of nuclear accidents. RiversAreDeep’s style is recognizable by unique mixture of detailed graphics, eye-catching fantasy elements and the sophisticated message it provides. Art works are inspired by remarkable historical facts, great human achievements and legendary personalities exploring both their general and specific historical significance. However the artist also transforms and plays with the images of the mass market.  

You can view more of her work at society6.com/artist/RiversAreDeep 

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Here’s DARIA MAKAROVA ’s Art Battle LA ’3 Hour Illustration’ challenge process shots of her winning piece.   

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ART BATTLE L.A. : Cult Classic Movie Poster

Competitor: CALVIN SPRAGUE  

Calvin Sprague is a graphic artist with a passion in Typography, Illustration and all shapes of Print Design. He currently resides in Dallas, TX where he spends his time as Co-Founder and Creative Director of the design studio Pavlov Visuals. His studio has supplied many of the worlds top artists with original art for tour and retail merchandising. In his short professional career he has provided artwork and represented artists such as Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Muse, Bob Dylan, and Rolling Stones.

You can view more of his work at pavlovvisuals.com 

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ART BATTLE L.A. : Cut and Paste

Competitor: ANDREI COJOCARU 

Andrei Cojocaru is a collage artist and illustrator, originally from Bucharest, Romania, now living in Paris, France. He has no formal art training,  but when he was in Law School he needed a creative outlet, a way to escape a well regulated, sometimes boring reality to a world where he could create his own rules.

He describes his work as a mostly random mix of ideas, shapes, colours, letters, numbers and patterns and he loves the idea of remix: taking things apart, mixing them up and putting them back together to create something new, unexpected and hopefully pretty to look at. In the near future he would like to experiment with new techniques (such as screeprinting) and start working on editorial illustrations, album covers and t-shirt designs.

You can view more of his work at andreicojocaru.net 

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ART BATTLE L.A. : Celebrity Portrait

Competitor: MICHAEL SHANTZ 

Michael Shantz is a practicing artist from the west-coast of Canada. Raised in an artistic family where he watched his mom, dad, and both grandmas do art, he learned to get his hand into every aspect of art, from painting to toy making, jewlery to custom clothing.  This drive to constantly create has taken him around the world doing art, from the UK where he was inhouse designer for Drop Dead clothing, to Montreal where he was asked to join the now massive art crew, En Masse.

Still living as a starving artist, but never happier, Michael Shantz now runs Grimjob, and Vampire Club, clothing lines and outlets for his art.

Take a look at more of his work and follow him on Tumblr gnargrim.tumblr.com/

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ART BATTLE LA: Letterpress Phrase

Competitor: Michelle Terry 

Michelle Terry is a graphic designer currently residing in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She studied fine art and design at Grand Valley State University, and specializes in letterpress, pinstriping, pouring concrete, and mig welding. Her favorite typeface is Clarendon. She also collaborates on type installations, and letter-pressed promotional projects at NotDesign Studio. When she is not designing, you can find her checking out hot rods and some good burlesque.

Q. Why did you choose this quote / phrase?

I chose this phrase because nothing else can replicate the feeling I get when I find a really sexy typeface for sale on ebay.

Check out more of her work at Not-Design

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ART BATTLE L.A. : Brothers Battle

Competitor: Brian Luong 

Brian Luong is an illustrator currently residing in Southern California. He spent a majority of his childhood doodling and drawing, and later decided to pursue a career in art and illustration after being exposed to a number of inspirational artists during his high school years.Brian wasn’t even quite sure what an “illustrator” was at the time, but he wanted to become one. With his discovery of the world of shirt design illustration and silkscreen printing, his work evolved and was honed/refined to best suit the printing process. Brian likes to execute his pieces using a combination of methodical hatching and spontaneously peppered specks of color. 

Check out more of his work at artofbrianluong.com

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Here’s a couple process shots of Susana Clark’s winning Pin-up Photography.

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ART BATTLE LA: Pin-Up Photography

Competitor: Susana V. Clark 

From the Long Beach “Ink and Iron” Convention to the London Tattoo Convention, photographer Susana Victoria Clark of Vestige Photography has covered some of the most renowned tattoo culture events. Her passion for photography developed at age 15, while photographing Dayna Delux, one of the most renowned pin up models of the modern age. She was published by the age of 18, and continues to travel and capture the beauty of tattooed women for Tattoo Life Magazine when she isn’t traveling through time for the sake of sharing the vestiges of the past with the world. Her next trips in 2012 take her to Australia and Paris, France.    

Check out more of her work at www.vestigepinup.com 

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Here’s a handful of process shots showing Phil Cooper’s winning ‘Classic Cover Recreation’ piece.

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