Current Top Entries for David YayGrr's Purple Rules Illustration Contest

Voting Closed

With only three more days of voting left on our "Purple Rules" Illustration Contest, we'd like to introduce the current top artists. These are the top submissions, based exclusively on popular vote (as of the time this article was written). Hopefully you'll get to learn more about some of the front runners and cast your vote(s) for the submissions you like best! 

We'll be extending voting to 4/21 at 11:59pm EST to allow for late entries to get the votes they need.

Also, we want to add a friendly reminder that all proceeds from the final book will be donated to Artolution. While we're excited to make a meaningful difference to Artolution's fundraising efforts in the future, we'd also like to encourage our fans, readers, and voters to donate now to support this amazing organization in their current struggle to provide digital access to program participants while quarantined/social distancing.

Covid has impacted everyone and every organization differently, and we hope that everyone is staying safe... and voting for these great artists while at least 2 meters away from your neighbors!

1.Jenny Z. from San Diego, California.

What excites you most about the possibility of winning this contest?
As a 15 year old student from San Diego, California, art has been a major source of expressing my emotions and a form allows me to share my imagination with others. To me art is something to be enjoyed yet woven with a deeper meaning, where a lesson can be found beneath the harmony of colors. The craft and thought that is put into a piece is vital, which is why this contest appealed to me and I was so eager to join. Personally, I found that the book "Purple Rules" was not just a simple tale, but rather it is one of peace and loss, of discrimination as well as overcoming adversities as a whole. It teaches everyone the value of being different -of being colorful- because it is our true colors that define us. It is an allegory to the real world where children can take valuable life lessons from. This aspect of the book is what makes it stand out from the rest and was so important to me as a person who once faced some of these problems. I want to be able to share my visions with children, inspiring them to be the Jefferson Blue in their own heroic journeys, and that is what motivates me the most.

Is there anything else you want to share with our audience? 
I have always been passionate about creating art that expresses a certain feeling, one that transforms the viewer into a new world, one that leaves people thinking, which is why I absolutely love joining art contests. This is one of my past works that I entered into the 2017 toyota art contest.

4. Ella O. from Minnesota 

Bonus: Vanshika K. from New Brunswick, Canada

(Vanshika was in the top submissions when this post was originally compiled and then bumped down to #6 before publishing. We decided to share anyways!)

What excites you most about the possibility of winning this contest?

I have always been fascinated with creating art. Whether it be through paintings, through school projects or through drawing, it has always been my passion. The possibility of winning this contest excites me because it will provide me with the opportunity to illustrate an entire children's book! Illustrating a children's book has always been a dream of mine ever since I began reading Dr. Suess' storybooks as a kid. It would be incredible to have my artwork in a storybook that a child will treasure one day. Purple Rules teaches young children valuable lessons about prejudice and discrimination. As a child, this is definitely something I struggled with as I was not exposed to these ideas at an early age. I would be so thrilled to be connected with a book that carries such important messages to teach young children.

Is there anything else you want to share with our audience? 

Ever since quarantine has begun, many schools have deemed the arts as non-essential subjects. It is opportunities like these that offer students in the arts an opportunity to continue creating and I would be so grateful to be a part of it. it is important that we stay creative and positive during times like thee and Purple Rules does exactly that! 

Where can you find more of Vanshika's art? 

Check out more of my artwork on Instagram or my website!

https://www.instagram.com/vanshikasart/

https://khaitanvanshika.wixsite.com/home