Become a Member

AFAE is more than a gallery. It is a community. The goal when creating AFAE was to bring together fantasy artists within Australia to help support and promote our work as a whole and support each other because Australia is rather isolated from the rest of the Fantasy Art world.

Becoming a member means you get to have a gallery on the website and can be part of any future events such as meet ups or exhibitions. We hope that you will find much joy and value in being an AFAE member.

Membership is only open to artists living in Australia. Some surrounding islands and countries (eg New Zealand) may be accepted.
Please note that you are free to join the forums without becoming a gallery holding member.

Requirements/Rules- General Benefits and Obligations

• You membership is free of charge, excluding any other internet and telecommunication fees.
• You do not need to have any other website to join, although you will need an email address and internet access.
• You must be a resident of Australia. (Residents of New Zealand or other close surrounding islands may be considered).
• Members work should be majority fantasy themed. Artists who work mainly in another genre, with a handful of fantasy works might not be accepted.
• Images chosen for you gallery must be fantasy in theme*. No surreal or space art, no non-fantasy based anime. A small amount of sci-fi and horror is accepted, as long as the majority of artwork is still of a fantasy theme.
No copyright infringment, all work must be your own, no copyright characters or fanart.
• You must give your REAL name. Abbreviations or pseudonyms may be considered if needed for privacy concerns.
• You will need to provide a current and working email address, and keep it up to date.
• You must be of at least 14 years of age.
• You understand that AFAE will not be held responsible for any damage to members, including but not limited to theft of artwork images from the site.
• Each artist is given a showcase gallery featuring maximum of twenty five images.
• Images must be no larger than 700 pixels wide/tall. Images can/will be resized/optimised for the site (proportional only) by the editors when creating your gallery. Thumbnail images of the works will also be created by the editor when creating your gallery.
• You give permission to AFAE and its editors to edit your work in the above ways, and to publish your work on this site.
• No suggestive or explicit nudity- artistic nudity is allowed in some cases.
• No materials will be allowed that encroaches the rights of others, including clear expressions of bigotry, racism, or hatred.
• You are required to place a link on your website (if you have your own) back to Australian Fantasy Art Enclave.

Fantasy Gallery Standards vs Amateur Gallery

• Artists must be professional (making part or all of their income from their art, or working towards doing so.)
• Images must be complete- no sketches or unfinished work.
• Final decisions are at the editors discresion to maintain the quality of the site
• Images chosen for you gallery must be fantasy in theme*. No surreal or space art, no non-fantasy based anime. A small amount of sci-fi and horror is accepted, as long as the majority of artwork is still of a fantasy theme.

• Artists who enjoy drawing but do it as a hobby and have no current plans to become professional.
• No image quality standard in Amateur Gallery. Sketches and unfinished work are accepted, but they must still be recognisably fantasy themed, eg, no non fantasy body studies.
• No images on lined paper.
• No duplicate digitally edited images, eg "inverted" colours, hue shifts, etc.
• Final decisions are at the editors discresion to maintain the quality of the site.
• Images chosen for you gallery must be fantasy in theme*. No surreal or space art, no non-fantasy based anime. A small amount of sci-fi and horror is accepted, as long as the majority of artwork is still of a fantasy theme.

The final decision on gallery placement, accepted content and memberships is made at the editors discresion. They will approve memberships and content at their best judgement.

Application Form

Your application will be reviewed as soon as possible.

* The definition of Fantasy taken by the site is of "High Fantasy" and sword and sorcery genre, which includes such things as fairies, elves and mythical beasts, fantasy role playing game artwork and characters (adventurers, swashbucklers), historical fantasy, and other fantasy themes. Horror, goth, anime, steam punk, Sci-Fi and other related genres will not be accepted unless the bulk of the artists work is Fantasy.