In the season premiere of Face Off, twelve of your favorite artists return to the competition with a twist: this time they're battling.

In the first elimination challenge this season, the artists have to create fun and lighthearted monsters inspired by real life day jobs.

The artists have to create ancient aliens that could have been the inspiration for Aztec Gods.

In this elimination challenge, the artists have to create the quirky and ghostly staff of a haunted hotel.

Fortune favors the bold this week, as the artists and their battle partners create makeups based on actual tarot card readings.

The artists battle it out as they create dryad protectors of real life forests in this week's elimination challenge, with two more artists heading home.

The competition tightens as the six remaining artists create original sea monsters in this week's battles, with the help of an industry expert in next week's elimination challenge on the line.

It's the semifinals and the artists engage in an all out battle royale, as they create vampires based on real life bats with just three finale spots on the line.

It's part one of the finale, as the finalists learn that they will be creating characters for an original short film based on the book, "Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There."