this post was submitted on 12 Jan 2026
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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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[–] warbond@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Reminds me of an upcoming indie game I saw on YouTube yesterday, called Dragontwin

[–] Sparrow_1029@programming.dev 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

This is great! Good job on the form and eyes/wings. Some of my favorite media to work together at school were charcoal, water, and white gesso

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I like the snake-ish look for dragons.

[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I came for the comment saying it's a Wyvern and not a Dragon so I'm leaving mine for the next person.

[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This is not heraldics, such hard rules have no place here.

[–] TheEighthDoctor@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

Meaningless pedantry will always have a place on the internet