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by Adam Hillman
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this post was submitted on 31 Aug 2024
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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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I'm gonna use this one comment to react to everyone else here.
I don't know if I should feel amused by the controversy this post has raked up, or feel happy finding out that the community is active after all (I was genuinely starting to believe we were dying out)
So I kind of feel both??
This artist is a self-proclaimed 'object arranger' so I think his works fall under 'arrangement art.' pretentious or not, I do believe in celebrating experimental forms of art rather than alienating them for not conforming to what is 'traditionally' accepted.
speaking of, to the people who feel confused by the name of the community, feel free to give the side-bar a little look-see for clarification. It's the best I could do under the circumstances and I positively believe more are in favor of it than against it. (I certainly think it's better than vague but misleading alternatives like "ArtPorn" or any kind of "Thing-Porn" for non-pornographic stuff, which is terminology that's somehow commonly accepted by people who grew up with reddit)
As far as my personal interpretation goes: I find myself reacting to the work the way I'd react to a sandcastle made by a little child, or ancient cave paintings or sculptures (like waaaay back, thousands and thousands of years ago where finding an odd shaped rock made you the coolest caveman in the tribe, for a month)
I think the only thought It has provoked in me thus far is: when does a pile of things cease being a pile of things and turn into a reflection of the time and place where it's from? would people react the same way if they saw an unexplored cave with specific arrangements of rock?
But yeah that's about all the attachment I have to this particular post. His works are in a folder among other folders which I shall empty 5-6 files a day so no, i will not stop posting this person's work until I've emptied out all the folders. feel free to upvote/downvote accordingly
And yes, to the extent that no-one other than me posts to this community, all the posts in here will be heavily flavored by the preferences of the ones posting. Don't like what you see? stop being grumpy about it and POST THINGS which you do like!
If this is shallow, show me what you think is DEEP!
peace
I'm sorry, but I can't let this stand. It's "look-see", not "looksy". Get it? Look? See? First you look, then you see.
Ah, I mixed up 'looky' and 'look-see'
Ah, that makes a lot more sense. I think a lot of this trouble would be avoided had you named the sub “physical art” instead. Maybe you could change the display name to “physical art” or “traditional/physical art”?