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Paintings and drawings featuring monstrous or fantastical beasts.

Paintings and drawings featuring monstrous or fantastical beasts.

The Imaginary Network Expanded (INE) is a network of art sharing subreddits ranging from broad in subject to very specific. It is the goal of the INE to share, inspire, discuss and appreciate static image paintings, drawings, and digital art while maintaining artist credit and source links.


Rules (See All):

1) Submit credited, sourced paintings and drawings.

a. Follow title format: Art Title by Artist Name. Add no other info, except if to tag as OC.

b. Comment with an artist published website link. We want to drive some traffic to the creators!

c. Traditional paintings and drawings only. No videos, screenshots, photography, audio, multi-panel comics, content generated or AI-assisted submissions.

d. Posting your own work? See our best practices for submitting OC.

e. Requests, meta, and discussion should be posted to /r/ImaginaryNetwork.

2) Make quality submissions.

a. Do repost something that was posted to this subreddit less than three months ago, or is currently in the top 100 posts of all time. Use the search function before you post.

b. No collections, galleries or other multi-image submissions. Instead, submit your favorite image and link the rest in the comments.

c. Don't look spammy. Do not post to the same subreddit more than twice a day. No more than one crosspost per day.

d. Low resolution images may be removed. Images that contain too much background, text, or advertisement may be removed. Images must be submitted in the correct orientation. Submissions should not be more than 25% text. Text should not be necessary to understand the context of an image.

e. The scope of this sub is based on "what you see in the picture." The subject needs to be identifiable by the art alone, without descriptive title or any knowledge of lore.

f. Content should first glorify the subreddit subject matter. Hypersexualized characters should not be a main focal point. NSFW submissions should be limited to approx 1 in 10 per user.

g. Images of or titles mentioning merchandise are not allowed. No submission links to storefronts. Instead, link that info in the comments section.

3) This sub focuses on art appreciation.

a. All comments must be phrased respectfully. No name calling.

b. No dirty birdies or body-shaming. Low effort negativity may be removed.


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    Helliquary Boss by Russell Dongjun Lu

    1 Comment
    2025/01/14
    15:26 UTC

    1,850

    Axolotl by @Yuumei_Art

    13 Comments
    2025/01/13
    17:12 UTC

    229

    Running insect by @tahraart

    2 Comments
    2025/01/13
    14:56 UTC

    74

    Forest Guardian by Labros Panousis

    1 Comment
    2025/01/13
    14:50 UTC

    2

    Puffling - Tumblegob by ME

    1 Comment
    2025/01/13
    14:29 UTC

    180

    Wermling Beast Tyrant by artist Alexandr Elichev

    3 Comments
    2025/01/13
    05:19 UTC

    468

    Commission by MisterTrixter

    2 Comments
    2025/01/12
    15:14 UTC

    511

    Serpent by Rim

    4 Comments
    2025/01/11
    17:20 UTC

    13

    Noctivane - Tumblegob by ME

    0 Comments
    2025/01/11
    14:08 UTC

    298

    Artwork by @washanapple

    1 Comment
    2025/01/11
    08:36 UTC

    250

    Unruly Krasis by artist Billy Christian

    3 Comments
    2025/01/10
    23:00 UTC

    180

    Ohran Venom by Madeline Boni x Madnoliet

    1 Comment
    2025/01/10
    15:11 UTC

    160

    The house on the hill by Leo Brynielsson

    1 Comment
    2025/01/09
    15:16 UTC

    19

    Auralith - Tumblegob by ME

    0 Comments
    2025/01/09
    14:51 UTC

    6

    And, The Beasts From Hell Came Out Of The Atomic Mist / Painting by Gary Wray (me) 2016

    0 Comments
    2025/01/08
    00:50 UTC

    189

    Hunt by Julia Zhuravleva

    4 Comments
    2025/01/08
    16:27 UTC

    31

    Kiss, by me, watercolors and colored pencils, 2024

    1 Comment
    2025/01/08
    11:45 UTC

    285

    Sky Bells Ringing by Himmis

    1 Comment
    2025/01/07
    13:17 UTC

    69

    Tumblegob - Voidflare by ME

    0 Comments
    2025/01/07
    12:49 UTC

    87

    Hellbender - Fury of the Sea

    0 Comments
    2025/01/07
    02:44 UTC

    45

    Tabaxi - Bounty Hunter

    0 Comments
    2025/01/07
    02:42 UTC

    270

    Deer by Josh Pierce

    2 Comments
    2025/01/06
    17:19 UTC

    17

    Giant Horror Beasts More Towards The Old Village / Painting by Gary Wray (me) 2016

    0 Comments
    2025/01/06
    01:43 UTC

    28

    The Golden Crystoceros by Sebastien Desor

    1 Comment
    2025/01/05
    06:01 UTC

    294

    Steel Leaf Champion by artist Chris Rahn

    5 Comments
    2025/01/04
    22:54 UTC

    528

    Kolaghan the Dog by Alexandr Elichev

    2 Comments
    2025/01/04
    14:19 UTC

    6

    Woodland Sphinx, by Jason Stanford (me)

    0 Comments
    2025/01/04
    12:33 UTC

    106

    Forest Song by Peter Ferguson

    1 Comment
    2025/01/03
    17:54 UTC

    334

    Aragamago by Guilherme Da Cas

    2 Comments
    2025/01/02
    21:52 UTC

    26

    Lustreclaw by ME

    0 Comments
    2025/01/02
    14:48 UTC

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