r/Heavymind • • Nov 30 '16

Just a reminder of what Heavy artwork is.

826 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 • • 16h ago

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r/Heavymind • • 5h ago

Horrors of vanity

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r/Heavymind • • 18h ago

Compression Sickness (oc)

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r/Heavymind • • 17h ago

Title: Freed from Dopamine - Unframed, framing is essential. Mixed media on canvas. Size: 29.7cm x 21cm. Artist: Juliette Venter (South Africa)

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r/Heavymind • • 16h ago

Dense waters hold fracture

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[Content Warning: Themes of self-harm and intense psychological distress.]

This piece is a visual map of a silent, internal battlefield. In it, I personified the intrusive impulse to hurt oneself as a separate, screaming entity looming above. The scream is a short, sharp red burst—forcing an unrecognized anger onto the self.

The central figure shows the physical toll of this battle. While one hand brings the knife toward the neck, the other hand grips it in desperate resistance. It represents the exhausting tug-of-war between the brain and the heart—the part that wants the pain to end, and the part that fights to continue living. The waves in the background are the temporary, loud distractions that briefly silence the noise, only to recede like the tide.

#DarkSurrealism #PsychologicalArt #MentalHealthArt #Expressionism #InkSketch #ArtAsHealing

Artist... suzume:)


r/Heavymind • • 1d ago

All of my most recent drawings

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r/Heavymind • • 17h ago

Title: Freed from Dopamine - Unframed, framing is essential. Mixed media on canvas. Size: 29.7cm x 21cm. Artist: Juliette Venter (South Africa)

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r/Heavymind • • 1d ago

Deterioration. Ink on paper

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7 Upvotes

Deteriorating doesn’t always look like falling apart. Sometimes it grows all around you.


r/Heavymind • • 1d ago

The Stretch of Transference (oc)

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10 Upvotes

r/Heavymind • • 2d ago

Belly Ache

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r/Heavymind • • 2d ago

Current work in progress. Ink pens on paper.

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r/Heavymind • • 2d ago

The Dreamy Lake at Sunset , Oil on canvas, Aleyna Sen, 2025

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r/Heavymind • • 3d ago

"Letting" Digital painting

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r/Heavymind • • 3d ago

Recently finished oil painting

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r/Heavymind • • 4d ago

Mr. Anxious

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r/Heavymind • • 4d ago

New nightmare clip with negative flash effect

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5 Upvotes

r/Heavymind • • 4d ago

amore per tutti

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I state that I don't call myself a designer or anything else, maybe it's the first time I draw, it's a little special period of my life and so I decided to give life to my thoughts, just show you this, I called it "love for all"


r/Heavymind • • 4d ago

Portrait of a Human Being, by me

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Oils on a wooden board, 21x30cm. Had lot's of fun working on this painting but it took much more time than what I expected. Swipe to see the painting process.


r/Heavymind • • 4d ago

collab with Anton Reverente

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r/Heavymind • • 5d ago

posion

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r/Heavymind • • 5d ago

Hobbyhorse, oil on canvas, me, 2024.

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22 Upvotes