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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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3- [Change as of 4/12/2026] Posts may be art images, or articles about traditional art. Article posts MUST be tagged [ARTICLE].

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.

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[–] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 months ago

Not sure I consider him "traditional art," but I've always loved Wilson. He was probably my favorite cartoonist growing up.

[–] Linktank@lemmy.today 0 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Is there something to "get" about this image?

[–] themoken@startrek.website 3 points 2 months ago

From the date I was thinking Vietnam, but with the ruined city on the horizon maybe it's about mutually assured destruction / nuclear war.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Linktank@lemmy.today -3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm familiar with it, but this image just doesn't say anything to me.

The guy is an idiot? So what.

[–] Protoknuckles@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

I read it more as a political win that ends in destruction isn't a win for the grunt on the ground.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

America likes to say they won the vietnam war, when in fact they lost. Thats the joke here.