this post was submitted on 15 Aug 2024
312 points (97.9% liked)

Traditional Art

4218 readers
250 users here now

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.


founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 
top 25 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Is that John Carter and Dejah Thoris, from Burroughs' Martian Tales series?

Absolute gigachad with excellent taste if true.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I read Death Dealer when I was a kid just because of the art on the cover. Learned about Frazetta that way. It's been many years, but I remember the Horned Helmet. Fucking nuts!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

And neither is from the 1980s.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yea I don’t know it’s what it looks like to me. When are they from?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

John Carter: 1970 Death Dealer: 1973

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

the Econoline is from the 70s too (80s Econoline for reference, the hood is the giveaway)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Apparently there is a Frank Frazetta foundation made by his family with a YouTube channel called Frazetta Girls

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

Conan the BarbariVan

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 month ago

I bet they play Rush non stop.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

Put more vans in art galleries! I want to see an airbrushed wizard on four wheels in the Louvre.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Free rpg zine van if I ever saw one

[–] dumbass 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Lol, did you wake up today and go yeah its a van postin day today!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

It really is the best day

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Oddly enough I was just reading a book last night that made a joke about the bikini armor women have on fantasy airbrushed vans. Scott Meyer's Magic 2.0 series is hilarious if anyone is looking for a light-hearted read.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

I hope that one day the only fuel burning vehicles in the world are cool as shit ones like this.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Artforum declares: sick AF

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Mom had a black van airbrushed with dinosaurs. Little me loved that thing. Like this, it was tacky but extremely well done.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Nice art. But this is not a van that you want to see anywhere within 500 feet of a school or playground.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Oh I'm very much aware. In fact somewhere in my collection I've still got some death dealer art tucked away.

I'm just saying that back in my day, those vans were being typically driven by thirty to forty year olds with handlebar moustaches and mullets who would hang out around the highschool macking on the underage girls.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Those are super cool and there’s so many!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

His work is truly iconic.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I'm about to buy a Toyota Sienna, and now I'm mega inspired to get it airbrushed

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

I mean, cool-van art is neat, but it'd be cooler if it was actually painted on there and not a photoshop. Also: side pipe exhaust is reeaaal convincing there.