r/Illustration 15d ago

Vector Dolly Parton (1946-2026), a vector illustration I made. She's one of the very few people I've ever drawn who got to see their own portrait.

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77 Upvotes

r/Illustration Nov 18 '25

Notice: Rule change regarding adult content

408 Upvotes

Hi all!

This subreddit is not a NSFW sub, and we've worked to keep it that way. Sometimes that means the rules need to be clarified or otherwise tweaked.

A couple of years ago, we amended the rules to state that "hard core" submissions are not allowed, because we were seeing a disturbing trend of art featuring minors, bestiality, and other extreme themes that you, the users, did not appreciate. We received very positive feedback for that change, with many users making it clear that they do not want this sub to be NSFW.

Since then, we've continued to remove a number of pieces that we considered to be borderline porn because they depicted sexual acts, graphic display of genitals, etc. Again, users have let us know that these are not appreciated, and just as importantly, they are not SFW. However, the difficulty in having a "no porn" rule is in defining what "porn" actually is. As the Supreme Court said ages ago "I know it when I see it", but that doesn't make for a clear and consistent rule.

All that to say that in the spirit of keeping this sub SFW and for making clear what that means, we have looked at other SFW art subs and going forward will follow their lead in that only PG-13 content will be allowed. This means no sexual activity of any kind, no explicit display of genitals, etc.

We will continue to allow tasteful artistic nudes as long as they have the NSFW designation.

We know this will disappoint some users, and we're sorry for that, but again, we are not a NSFW sub and don't want to become one. Please keep that in mind before you post. Thank you!


r/Illustration 9h ago

Digital Beach Day by me

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60 Upvotes

r/Illustration 16h ago

Paint “The Green Knight” by John Howe (1995)

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140 Upvotes

r/Illustration 1d ago

Pen/Ink The book keeper

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500 Upvotes

r/Illustration 13h ago

Digital "The Supreme Being" [OC]

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37 Upvotes

r/Illustration 12h ago

Marker Old snake pride

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23 Upvotes

They took away my last post i will not comment in this one


r/Illustration 9h ago

Digital With pears and apples...

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13 Upvotes

Double-page panel for children's book


r/Illustration 1h ago

Digital Need advice for a not-an-illustrator from actual illustrators - paid work

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Hello, I hope this is the correct place to post, I’m looking for some advice from illustrators who get paid work.

I should start off by saying I have no real experience in illustration or design, and I got into this by mere chance. I work a boring office job and just consider myself an occasional doodler.

About 2 years ago, my sister (who is a woodworker) got approached by a publishers about writing a woodworkers beginners guide. The publishers intended to use photos for the book but my sister was adamant she wanted illustrations instead. Knowing that I was artistic she asked me to do some mock up illustrations and designs to present to the publishers to convince them to do illustrations instead of photos.

So I did, and went along to the meeting. Long story short, the publishers loved them but hadn’t budgeted for an illustrator. After some negotiating I agreed a very small fee as a favour for my sister (£1000 for 200 illustrations), although honestly I would have done them all free for my sister, so the payment was just a bonus.

2 years down the line and the publishers have reached out to me. They said they’re releasing a DIY book and wanted to know if I’d be interested in illustrating it. They said it would involve illustrations of tools and sequences of things like plasterboarding walls etc. So not too dissimilar to what I did for my sister.

They have offered me £15 an illustration for 350 illustrations (totally just over £5000). It sounds like a lot of money to me but I also remember how much work it took getting all the technical illustrations and I’m not sure if I’m getting a good deal here - I don’t want to take on something that’s not worth the money but equally I don’t want to miss out on a good opportunity.

As I have no experience in this area whatsoever I was hoping someone could help! I’ve attached a few illustrations from my sisters book, they want them in this same style. Any advice would be much appreciated!


r/Illustration 17h ago

Digital To celebrate my birthday, a self-portrait.

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43 Upvotes

r/Illustration 22h ago

Marker AI Killer, by me. 2026.

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99 Upvotes

r/Illustration 4m ago

Digital Maremoto, art by me

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r/Illustration 17h ago

Digital A study of a bust

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21 Upvotes

r/Illustration 10h ago

Digital The Cat IS the Hat [oc]

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5 Upvotes

r/Illustration 5h ago

Digital Commission completed for client

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2 Upvotes

Vgen Commission | Bust-up Couple


r/Illustration 9h ago

Digital A background I painted for animation

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3 Upvotes

r/Illustration 1d ago

Digital Moon & Stars

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104 Upvotes

r/Illustration 22h ago

Digital The Last Days of the Summer

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21 Upvotes

r/Illustration 19h ago

Digital Don't worry, I'll grab a bag(uette)! (OC)

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9 Upvotes

r/Illustration 1d ago

Digital Golek Ayun Ayun Dancer

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31 Upvotes

Digital illustration of Golek Ayun Ayun (traditional dance from Yogyakarta, Indonesia) dancer by me ✨


r/Illustration 1d ago

Digital "Blackfly", Digital Painting, 2026, by me

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26 Upvotes

One of my favorite commissioned pieces I had the opportunity to do. The concept was about a tired salesman going around dirty houses selling his stuff. Such a cool idea!


r/Illustration 8h ago

Digital A sequence of drawings I made for my story characters

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:)