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)

make sure to check the rules stickied to the top of the community before posting.

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[Meta] should articles be allowed? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by NexiusLobster@lemmy.world to c/traditional_art@lemmy.world

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Asking this because I saw an article being posted today but the fifth submission rule (which is part of the pinned post on top) states:

Post only images. No gifs, videos or articles.

the rules were written (and partially ripped off from r/art) towards the inception of the community, at a time when I naively believed we'd be flooded with all kinds of posts in need of tremendous filtration, but that proved to not be the case.

Do you believe in the promotion of art regardless of the medium?
Do you wish for a strict image only showcase of artworks?
Do you favor the traditional_art taking a more forum-like path by encouraging texts and articles?

Just like how the video issue was settled, I'd like to open the article issue to the floor and let the viewers decide what's best for the community moving forward.

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[–] Deebster@programming.dev 16 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I don't think I'd ~~find~~ make the time to read articles so personally I'd prefer just having the art here (and of course articles can be linked to from the post body - but would probably be overlooked).

[–] KnightontheSun@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I’m inclined to agree, but would not argue against having one day a week where it might be permitted.

Edit: To those that might disagree: I believe it is more important to grow the community at this stage rather than focus on purely posting images. If there are those here who wish to read and learn about art, we should accommodate as many as we can. One day a week would accomplish this, IMO.

[–] NexiusLobster@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

I don’t think I’d find make the time to read articles so personally I’d prefer just having the art here (and of course articles can be linked to from the post body - but would probably be overlooked).

It is settled then