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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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    Treebeard by Marco Giorgianni

    1 Comment
    2024/12/03
    15:21 UTC

    336

    LĂșthien Sings The Halls Of Morgoth To Sleep - Alan Lee

    16 Comments
    2024/12/03
    03:31 UTC

    151

    Radagast the Brown by artist Alexander Mokhov

    2 Comments
    2024/12/03
    01:51 UTC

    714

    Smite the Deathless by artist Alexander Mokhov

    8 Comments
    2024/12/03
    00:38 UTC

    69

    Fell Beast Sketch by Matt Katz

    1 Comment
    2024/12/02
    15:56 UTC

    246

    Smaug by Liiga Klavina

    1 Comment
    2024/12/02
    15:09 UTC

    190

    Galadriel and Nenya by GingerOpal

    1 Comment
    2024/12/01
    16:20 UTC

    19

    Gandalf the Grey by Andrei Moroianu (me)

    0 Comments
    2024/11/30
    17:32 UTC

    310

    Legolas by Nia Kovalevski

    2 Comments
    2024/11/30
    22:31 UTC

    96

    Drogoth by CK Göksoy

    2 Comments
    2024/11/30
    10:45 UTC

    744

    Ents by Alexey Gorboot

    4 Comments
    2024/11/30
    08:32 UTC

    381

    Illustration by Ralph Bakshi

    7 Comments
    2024/11/29
    10:03 UTC

    572

    Morgoth by Victor Anceaume

    3 Comments
    2024/11/28
    17:56 UTC

    16

    Death of Lord Azaghal by me

    1 Comment
    2024/11/27
    20:13 UTC

    409

    Witch-king by Carlos Fonseca

    3 Comments
    2024/11/28
    00:07 UTC

    294

    Legolas by Liiga Klavina

    1 Comment
    2024/11/27
    17:26 UTC

    362

    Morgoth by EKukanova

    8 Comments
    2024/11/26
    16:35 UTC

    1,124

    Baby chick Frodo and Gandowlf in the Shire by MarissaSketch

    9 Comments
    2024/11/26
    02:50 UTC

    315

    The Temple of Melkor by EKukanova

    2 Comments
    2024/11/25
    14:22 UTC

    194

    White Lady of Rohan by Liiga Klavina

    1 Comment
    2024/11/25
    01:05 UTC

    220

    Fighting the Balrog by breath-art

    1 Comment
    2024/11/23
    16:54 UTC

    43

    The Golden Watch

    0 Comments
    2024/11/23
    13:52 UTC

    786

    The Two Towers by @CDING_tintincat

    2 Comments
    2024/11/23
    11:45 UTC

    421

    TREEBEARD by Antonello Venditti

    3 Comments
    2024/11/22
    15:25 UTC

    230

    Legolas and Gimli - undying friends by Marvin Blattert

    1 Comment
    2024/11/22
    01:27 UTC

    529

    Morgoth & Ungoliant by Mallory R. E.(@enfantdelapluie)

    3 Comments
    2024/11/21
    18:21 UTC

    112

    Morgoth by Toherrys

    3 Comments
    2024/11/21
    15:37 UTC

    139

    The stern dwarves and the hobbit listen to the words of the sorcerer. by Alexey Gorboot

    1 Comment
    2024/11/21
    13:56 UTC

    777

    Durin I, the Deathless by Artigas

    10 Comments
    2024/11/21
    00:38 UTC

    224

    Durins Bane by Sarah Rainbow

    1 Comment
    2024/11/20
    18:16 UTC

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