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Traditional Art

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This is a community dedicated to showcasing all types of traditional medium art.

Traditional means a physical medium. This includes acrylic, pastel, encaustic, gouache, oil and watercolor paintings; Ink illustrations; Pencil and charcoal sketches; Etchings; Lithographs; Wood prints; pottery; ceramics; metal, Wire and paper sculptures; Tapestry; Weaving; Quilting; Wood carvings, Armor Crafting and more.

It EXCLUDES digital art: anything made with Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint, Krita, Blender, GIMP or other art programs, or AI art.


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1- Do not post Digital or AI art.

2- NSFW content is allowed but it must be tagged.

3 - Extreme NSFW content like gore, graphic imagery, fetishistic works and straight up porn is not allowed.

3- Post only images. No gifs, videos or articles.

4 - The post title should contain the title of the artwork or the name of the artist or ideally both if available. If there is further information about the artwork you want to convey, do it in the body of the post or in the comments.

5 - You can post your own art but keep in mind not to spam. An [OC] tag in the title of your post is recommended.

6 - Avoid extraneous objects and post only the art.

7 - Be civil to other community members.

8 - Keep on the topic of art in the comments. Extreme tangents or arguments will be removed.

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[–] ThunderWhiskers@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

Frank Frazetta is one of my favorite artists. Thank you!

[–] TheJesusaurus@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 months ago

Well this fucking rules

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Rare Frazetta piece without an absolutely sculpted and meticulously-depicted ass.

[–] RickyRigatoni@retrolemmy.com 3 points 2 months ago

The shadowed dude looks like he'd have a nice one.

[–] KenOh@feddit.online 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I swear, no one does anatomy before or since quite like Frazetta.

[–] maccentric@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Boris Vallejo can be along the same lines at times

[–] KenOh@feddit.online 2 points 2 months ago

There's something more shiny and less real about Vallejo's stuff to me, but it's still definitely amazing.

[–] buzzey@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago

Is he having an heart attack?