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Traditional Art

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From dabblers to masters, obscure to popular and ancient to futuristic, this is an inclusive community dedicated to showcasing all types of art by all kinds of artists, as long as they're made in a traditional medium

'Traditional' here means 'Physical', as in artworks which are NON-DIGITAL in nature.

What's allowed: Acrylic, Pastel, Encaustic, Gouache, Oil and Watercolor Paintings; Ink Illustrations; Manga Panels; Pencil and Charcoal sketches; Collages; Etchings; Lithographs; Wood Prints; Pottery; Ceramics; Metal, Wire and paper sculptures; Tapestry; weaving; Qulting; Wood carvings, Armor Crafting and more.

What's not allowed: Digital art (anything made with Photoshop, Clip Studio Paint, Krita, Blender, GIMP or other art programs) or AI art (anything made with Stable Diffusion, Midjourney or other models)


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[–] GCanuck@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't.

[–] rainbowbunny@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Reminds me of the movie Arrival

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 1 points 1 day ago

Where do you think they got the idea from?

[–] chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago

Hi Earth, your order has arrived!

2x4 (km) Space-dried Lumber For Megastructure
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 points 1 day ago

Xbox Series S. Now in black.

[–] Wolf314159@startrek.website 2 points 1 day ago

The Visitors is so existentially haunting.

[–] A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago

Vogon ships are yellow chunky slablike somethings, huge as office buildings, silent as birds. They hang in the air in much the same way that bricks don't.

[–] colourlesspony@pawb.social 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Alien Exec. to Alien engineer: Design me a ship that packs with 100% efficiency.
Alien engineer: You got it boss.

[–] Sergio@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

Alien Exec: Awesome, now, commence Operation Tetris!

[–] Gork@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago

They came in regular forms