_{We are a purely DA based club featuring the best children's illustration you will find anywhere.
Please take a stroll through our galleries if you are a newcomer and enjoy the many submissions awaiting your express perusal.}


How can I become a member?

<sub>The-Pink-Giraffe is an invitation only club, meaning we browse the database here to find people we determine are qualified style-wise and personally send them a letter of invitation to be accepted or refused upon their own terms.

However if you are interested in joining and have children's artwork showcased in your own gallery you may post a message here and we will check to see if you fill the requirements for membership.

Don't be too upset if you are refused membership as this is a strictly single-subject (one category) club and we tend to be picky with what does and does not appeal to us visually.</sub>



Children's Illustration Definition/Guidelines


<sub>Rating: All Deviations must be suitable for children. This doesn't mean only cute and fuzzy bunnies; slightly macabre works are fine just as long as there is no sexual reference, nudity, extreme violence, blood or gore.

Style: We are not accepting anime, manga, or any original art drawn in similar styles. (Also, anything 'anthro' will be closely scrutinized to determine it's suitability.)

Medium: This club is for artists who work with traditional mediums only. Pencils, colored pencils, pen and ink, paint, pastels, crayon, etc. (Even unusual medium such as coffee, tea, mud, etc.) We will not at this time consider photographs, digital art, photo manipulation, etc.

However, we do allow digital programs to be used for touch-up, resizing, water-marking and tinting ONLY. Digital paintings or artwork completely rendered digitally are not acceptable.

Originality: Only original works can be submitted to the gallery. This means no fan art, not even from books. However, the contests will all be themed from children's books, which gives everyone the chance to illustrate a favorite story. The specific rules for this will be posted on every contest for reference.

Exceptions to the above rule are: Poetry, Songs, Operas, Myths and Legends, FairyTale's, Nursery Rhymes, and Bible Stories.

Quality: We don't ask for perfection, but we do ask that every deviation submitted be a finished piece. No scribbles or hastily filled in works, please take the time to clean it up and scan it correctly.

Expectations: We would like this site to differ slightly from other children's clubs/sites. Think of it as a small pub or tavern where artists gather to share art. The walls are hung with your submissions. What we would love to see is children's illustration from unusual categories; surrealism, light macabre and horror, abstract, fantasy and science fiction, as well as the traditional categories. (still life, animals, etc.)

We will try to set a good example through our own art and the artists we personally invite, so that any prospective members can easily see what we visualize when we think of the Pink Giraffe.</sub>




Bimonthly Contest:

<sub>Every month we hold a special contest in which our members can express themselves with already popular themes, the themes will be chosen by the administrators and be the one exception to the rule on fan-art.

Every contest will start on the (1'st) of every other month, submissions will be taken from the (1'st) to the (21'st), and voting will be held from the (21'st) to the end of the month (28'th, 29'th, 30 or 31'st, depending).

The winner will be announced at the first of the month the following day.

The winning picture will receive the honored position of featured club deviation for a month!

TPG - COMPETITIONS




Our third ever TPG competition is here! Check it out by clicking the above image for more information!







Affiliates:



Know of a club who has similar interests as ours? Suggest it via comment or note and we'll consider an affiliation.</sub>