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Paintings and drawings inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium.

Paintings and drawings inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium.

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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    Bilbo Baggins by Michele Mantoani

    1 Comment
    2024/11/07
    13:26 UTC

    45

    Treebeard by OPierce

    1 Comment
    2024/11/07
    12:28 UTC

    117

    The Nazgul, oil painting by me

    3 Comments
    2024/11/07
    10:11 UTC

    146

    Gandalf & Balrog, by Xavier Collette

    3 Comments
    2024/11/06
    21:43 UTC

    655

    Eönwë by @wrroniec

    6 Comments
    2024/11/05
    19:10 UTC

    469

    Lord of the Rings Election Parody by zuzushopping

    30 Comments
    2024/11/05
    16:42 UTC

    151

    Pippin & Boromir Comic about Courage by tsuyonpu

    4 Comments
    2024/11/05
    13:10 UTC

    424

    The Ring-bearer Hunter by Allen Michael Geneta

    2 Comments
    2024/11/04
    18:17 UTC

    537

    The twilight of Laurelin (Morgoth and Ungoliant) by Álvaro Fernández González

    4 Comments
    2024/11/03
    20:29 UTC

    364

    Every hobbit must obey his wizard. by Alexey Gorboot

    1 Comment
    2024/11/03
    10:24 UTC

    419

    The witch King of Angmar by Anato Finnstark

    1 Comment
    2024/11/02
    22:57 UTC

    107

    Ori by Mike Daarken Lim and Daryl Mandryk

    1 Comment
    2024/11/02
    20:53 UTC

    982

    Aragorn by me

    I painted this on Procreate, it took about 2 hours from start to finish!

    9 Comments
    2024/11/02
    19:09 UTC

    256

    House of Beorn by breath-art

    2 Comments
    2024/11/02
    18:03 UTC

    782

    The Nazgul, by IllionAelerion

    7 Comments
    2024/11/01
    22:43 UTC

    340

    Gandalf Returns by Steven Crowe

    1 Comment
    2024/10/31
    15:34 UTC

    333

    The Chaining of Melkor by Roger Garland

    4 Comments
    2024/10/31
    02:50 UTC

    344

    Balrog pumpkin by Georgian Avasilcutei

    1 Comment
    2024/10/30
    20:17 UTC

    1,035

    Black Rider in The Shire by Denis Gordeev

    7 Comments
    2024/10/30
    02:00 UTC

    410

    Mallorn in The Shire by Ted Nasmith

    3 Comments
    2024/10/29
    00:19 UTC

    653

    Eönwë by wroniec

    2 Comments
    2024/10/28
    21:30 UTC

    211

    Ent by Kaytlyn Cota

    1 Comment
    2024/10/28
    16:25 UTC

    511

    Illustration by @_sanji7

    3 Comments
    2024/10/27
    15:47 UTC

    250

    Aragorn, son of Arathorn. By me @martinmooretattoos

    So Viggo has a hell of a tough face to tattoo 😬😬 Hey, I’m a tattoo artist from South UK, this was really enjoyable but surprisingly difficult!

    I have tons more Lotr tattoos on my Instagram @martinmooretattoos

    6 Comments
    2024/10/27
    11:27 UTC

    460

    Arwen and Aragorn by NaomiVanDoren

    1 Comment
    2024/10/26
    14:17 UTC

    628

    Gandalf in the Archives of Minas Tirith by Anke Eissmann

    3 Comments
    2024/10/26
    02:01 UTC

    110

    Saruman by DenisM79

    1 Comment
    2024/10/26
    00:26 UTC

    522

    Túrin and Gwindor at the Pools of Ivrin by Ted Nasmith

    2 Comments
    2024/10/25
    15:36 UTC

    204

    Edoras by DenisM79

    1 Comment
    2024/10/25
    14:38 UTC

    410

    Asfaloth & Frodo Escaping The Black Riders by Anke Eissmann

    3 Comments
    2024/10/25
    02:25 UTC

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