So basically, to me, babyart is comprised of three basic themes;Innocent, Grotesque and Ethereal. Innocent includes all the baby elements; dolls, little girls, pigtails, candy, cherubs and big doe eyes. Grotesque encompasses all of the darker elements, such as fascism, hospitalization, deformity, sexual violence, and gore. Most of Trevor Brown's stuff is a healthy mix of Innocent and Grotesque. But there's a third element, and that's Ethereal. By this, I mean that I also see, in babyart, this kind of whimsical, almost supernatural quality that's hard to pin down.  A good example of that is this image by Mark Ryden. There's an element of the fantastical, fae, mystical, but not overtly horrific. I'm not saying that you can't have solid babyart built only two of the three elements; I'm just saying that, to me, the best and most definitive babyart contains a mixture of the three.

In context of this community, I suppose the point I'm trying to make is that I don't mind seeing images that are not "pure baby art" but are solid building blocks (like the images on the periphery of babyart in my diagram), as long as they're strong images.

This isn't meant to be "THE DEFINITE GUIDE TO BABYART," just my personal view. So don't argue with me because I didn't put Ray Ceasar in the center, or that my three building blocks are wrong. Instead, I invite you to make a diagram for yourself. I was going to make one on photography, but had other things to do tonight, so maybe another member of the community can take a stab at it. It would be fun to make one using photos posted to this community. I had a lot of fun doing research for my diagram on the internet, and discovered a lot of neat images. Use the template, below.

Image credits. Outside circles: The Elephant Man bust sculpture, by my best friend, Paul Komoda; a victorian trading card I nicked from a knitting site, and Ophelia by Millais. Inner circle, clockwise: Ray Caesar, Mark Ryden and Brom. Center: Trevor Brown.