r/Art is a serious discussion space about art and artists with mature substantive norms. Practice, curriculum and medium-specific rooms help beginners and specialists.
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How to choose
Stay on Art for serious critique/discussion within its rules. Use drawing for mark-making practice and gear talk, learnart for guided learning feedback, and PixelArt for that medium.
Starting point: r/Art
r/Art
— Art
- Members: 22.6M
- Directory rank: #29
- 7-day growth: +5.1K
This is a subreddit about art, where we are serious about art and artists, and discussing art in a mature, substantive way. Please READ THE RULES at https://www.reddit.com/r/Art/wiki/index BEFORE commenting or posting. Be on your best behavior. DO NOT talk about art sales in ANY…
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r/drawing: reddit's refrigerator door
- Members: 5.8M
- Directory rank: #143
When to choose it: You are practicing drawing or talking technique/gear for marks on a surface.
Why it is here: Topical sibling with public description welcoming discussion, technique, gear and artwork.
How it differs from r/Art: Practice-friendly drawing focus versus Art’s serious discussion framing.
For artists who want to improve
- Members: 1.7M
- Directory rank: #631
When to choose it: You want open learning resources and guidance.
Why it is here: Listed among art-learning siblings. Public description: free open art learning resource for feedback and guidance.
How it differs from r/Art: Education-first versus exhibition/discussion-first Art.
r/PixelArt
- Members: 2.7M
- Directory rank: #412
When to choose it: The work is pixel art specifically.
Why it is here: Listed as related to r/Art in our directory. Public description welcomes all pixel-art posts from beginner to pro.
How it differs from r/Art: Medium niche versus general art.
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Members and public descriptions come from SubMouse's safe-for-work directory (as of 2026-11-02 UTC); 7-day growth measured from 2026-10-26. Posts/day and culture claims appear only when we have them — missing fields stay n/a. Directory rank is listing order. Communities outside the published Top 100 open in the info tool instead of a full community page. Guide updated 2026-11-06.