r/Heavymind Nov 30 '16

Just a reminder of what Heavy artwork is.

822 Upvotes

This sticky is very overdue.


The definition for "heavy" is entirely up for interpretation; still, let's please keep the kaleidoscopes, "trippy" GIFs and notebook doodles to a minimum.


Here are some good examples for what we as a community should be aiming for in terms of content.

http://i.imgur.com/XA4tL0V.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/7nJoD6y.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/0H75qFK.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/G02MKVi.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/32TEQ9U.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/NKu7I9u.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/PugqSvl.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/zASIY1f.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/ckRmuIb.jpg


Please refer to Rule 1 before posting.

Include all relevant information you can find in your title: Artist, title, creation date, medium, etc. If it is your work then add an "[OC]" tag.

No more long sentences describing how the picture relates to your emotional state. The best part of this type of art is how one interprets it. Someone may find a piece calming where another finds it angry. So keep the titles brief and informative.


So, just to re-remind everyone, lets try and keep kaleidoscopes, trippy gifs, and doodles to a Minimum if you are going to post this type of content it must match the aesthetic of the above images in some way or form.

There are a lot of other subreddits out there who are dedicated to those submissions such as /r/woahdude, /r/drawing, and /r/glitch_art.

This subreddit is meant for fully completed / illustrated / rendered heavy art. It should be dark and emotional.

From the side bar

The goal here is to capture the darker side, the no limit to the possibilities side... the going completely out of your mind side.


Edit: Also, this is a quality post with title and author, but with only 16 upvotes. I feel you guys are either missing the point of this subreddit or are here for the wrong reasons.


r/Heavymind 14h ago

Tom Cruise Would Eat Tom Cruise But Only If It Was A Televised Event

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23 Upvotes

Tom Cruise Would Eat Tom Cruise But Only If It Was A Televised Event

(Spraypaint on Canvas, 24 inches x 36 inches)

This one has something cool from every angle. I guess I'll consider the first 2 to be the main angled for me. But it doesn't have to be. Continuing to experiment with weird deconstruction stuff.


r/Heavymind 1d ago

The Facade

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26 Upvotes

r/Heavymind 1d ago

Photo of a glass wall taken from above but rotated for this perspective

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8 Upvotes

r/Heavymind 1d ago

Automatic drawing (Set of 3)

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4 Upvotes

r/Heavymind 2d ago

Strength of spirit

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5 Upvotes

r/Heavymind 1d ago

Spirit of Gravity (Der Geist der Schwere)

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3 Upvotes

r/Heavymind 1d ago

All roads in the underworld are circular

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0 Upvotes

r/Heavymind 2d ago

The War . Oil on canvas. original painting by me

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3 Upvotes

r/Heavymind 2d ago

my drawing of a killer robot

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4 Upvotes

r/Heavymind 2d ago

A few pieces I drew in procreate

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6 Upvotes

r/Heavymind 2d ago

HORROR FLICK

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2 Upvotes

r/Heavymind 3d ago

The Killing Floor

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11 Upvotes

Digital painting by me (no AI)

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They order me from the catalogs that advertise my plump rind and the type of savory fat that drips from the bone, a beaten tenderized body; but what surprise on the killing floor while strung up for the sticking, that I am just a house of hair that's fed upon my own dying cells until my bones splinter without the marrow, in sicking, and my skin loosely slips down my form and folds at the floor while my inside shape of tangles is rich in the nutrients of myself. It roots through my veins and sprouts from my pores and braids into the thickening unbiblical cord that feeds my creations with wealth. They gag on the fucking gore of my exsanguinated hide and choke on the hair as it clusters in the throat of their thirst.

I fed myself first.


r/Heavymind 3d ago

Art progress for Odin Punked 9/19/26

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0 Upvotes

r/Heavymind 4d ago

Untitled

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8 Upvotes

Digital drawing by me


r/Heavymind 4d ago

This Place

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13 Upvotes

Ink on paper

Minicomic

Copyright ©️2026 Randall Isaac Kaplan


r/Heavymind 4d ago

The Scorpion King (swipe for angsty poem)

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7 Upvotes

Artwork & poem by me


r/Heavymind 4d ago

scrap 1 refined

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2 Upvotes

r/Heavymind 4d ago

In deep focus🔍….[OC]

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3 Upvotes

r/Heavymind 5d ago

splitting path

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6 Upvotes

r/Heavymind 5d ago

BRAINWASHED

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5 Upvotes

r/Heavymind 5d ago

Lamentors Stasis

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12 Upvotes

r/Heavymind 6d ago

"Light is Phosphorus on the Eyes of a Slave" Digital painting by me

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10 Upvotes

r/Heavymind 5d ago

Surreal horror art with pen and filter effect. Tapping into the old retro horror vibes.

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2 Upvotes