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Paintings and drawings featuring scribes, librarians, philosophers, alchemists, researchers, and scientists.

Paintings and drawings featuring scribes, librarians, philosophers, alchemists, scientists and all others in the pursuit of knowledge.

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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  • /r/ImaginaryScholars

    22,479 Subscribers

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    Guildwallin the God of Learning and Teaching

    1 Comment
    2025/01/30
    14:38 UTC

    11

    Kids book concept, 'The Red Cat' by Tim Molloy

    1 Comment
    2025/01/30
    14:13 UTC

    173

    Harry Potter by Sergi Brosa

    5 Comments
    2025/01/29
    16:27 UTC

    75

    The Mathematician by artist Tim Molloy

    2 Comments
    2025/01/27
    18:42 UTC

    61

    Goblin in a Workshop by Anastasia Sekmen

    1 Comment
    2025/01/26
    21:16 UTC

    88

    Demon Scholar by Serge Tsvelykh

    1 Comment
    2025/01/24
    14:37 UTC

    13

    《Magic Association》 by Nancy Yang

    1 Comment
    2025/01/23
    15:07 UTC

    71

    OPUS The Day We Found Earth by Skyfire (天之火)

    1 Comment
    2025/01/21
    13:58 UTC

    29

    Bookworm by Ewa Alimowska

    2 Comments
    2025/01/20
    16:21 UTC

    28

    Fresh Material by Anna Khmara

    1 Comment
    2025/01/20
    01:56 UTC

    106

    Art by eethok

    1 Comment
    2025/01/16
    14:46 UTC

    26

    Nora by Ewa Alimowska

    1 Comment
    2025/01/16
    14:40 UTC

    56

    old picture by zhen zhen

    1 Comment
    2025/01/15
    20:27 UTC

    6

    Die Präparator (The Taxidermist) by Anton Machek

    1 Comment
    2025/01/15
    15:32 UTC

    61

    Night owl Linhardt by @WRainbow13

    1 Comment
    2025/01/15
    05:13 UTC

    74

    Aloth by kudriaken

    1 Comment
    2025/01/14
    13:59 UTC

    127

    Ash by @tamitami020343

    1 Comment
    2025/01/12
    10:35 UTC

    87

    Hextech by XQ Xue

    1 Comment
    2025/01/10
    15:09 UTC

    12

    Daily Draw 0126 By Amarynceus(aka Avatar Z Brown)

    1 Comment
    2025/01/09
    18:02 UTC

    49

    Artwork by René Aigner

    1 Comment
    2025/01/07
    17:27 UTC

    8

    Dwarf Apothecary by Tulio Brito

    1 Comment
    2025/01/07
    16:04 UTC

    72

    Smart One by Tulio Brito

    1 Comment
    2025/01/06
    18:08 UTC

    39

    The Laboratory by John Collier, 1895

    1 Comment
    2025/01/06
    15:07 UTC

    43

    Late evening by Alexandra Pavlovich (AncientKing)

    1 Comment
    2025/01/03
    19:00 UTC

    75

    Mad Scientist by b0wie

    1 Comment
    2025/01/03
    17:06 UTC

    9

    Elliott by point-maitimo

    1 Comment
    2025/01/03
    15:07 UTC

    25

    The Pedant by Thomas Rowlandson

    2 Comments
    2025/01/02
    21:58 UTC

    43

    Interstellar Researcher by Ivo Campelo da Silva

    1 Comment
    2024/12/28
    17:06 UTC

    58

    Book Elf by IllustoryArt

    1 Comment
    2024/12/27
    17:04 UTC

    73

    Christmas 1900 Success magazine cover by Joseph Christian Leyendecker

    1 Comment
    2024/12/25
    20:24 UTC

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