All Things Beautiful and Bright

Background: Van Gogh Zhanna Vitkovskay Just a blog dedicated to golden yellow All images used in original posts are in the public domain!

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012 Butterfree (2022) Illustrator: HYOGONOSUKE

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I always thought Reddit was a place where people could share things they created.A few days ago I posted one of my original paintings. People loved it. We had wonderful conversations about art, emotions, and how everyone saw something different in the same sunset.

About two hours later I was permanently banned from r/MadeMeSmile for “self-promotion.”

I accepted that different communities have different rules.But then something even stranger happened.Soon afterward, a moderator from r/pics started going through my account. Not just the new post—many of my older painting posts disappeared as well. One after another. Then I was permanently banned there too.

Maybe it was the same moderator. Maybe it wasn’t. I honestly don’t know.

What surprised me wasn’t even the ban itself. It was realizing how much power individual moderators have over what millions of people are allowed to see. One decision can erase years of posts from a community and instantly cut off your ability to participate, even if those posts had been happily sitting there for months or years.I’m not saying moderators shouldn’t have rules. Communities need moderation.But it does make you wonder where the line is between protecting a community and allowing a single interpretation of the rules to completely reshape what people can share.

The funny part?

I wasn’t advertising anything in those posts. I wasn’t posting prices or asking anyone to buy anything. I was simply sharing my original paintings because I enjoy discussing art with strangers from around the world.

Anyway…

Here’s the painting that apparently caused all the trouble. 🎨

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Evening at the Iris Field (1993) by Timothy Easton (British, 1943 –), oil on canvas

[thelostcanyon]

Looking north along a fence line toward Rincon Peak, J-Six Ranch, Cochise County, Arizona.

[thelostcanyon]

Winter storm clouds moving in from the southeast, J-Six Ranch, Cochise County, Arizona.

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three kitties :)

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[mayhw]

Okami Amaterasu inspired by Mucha's style

[raidesart]

City Lights :) Spent so much time on this one (180 process images, when my other illustrations have around 100). Really went out of my comfort zone and painted a cityscape. It was challenging but I'm really happy with the result! 🙂 Hope you like it too!

I ordered some foil prints of this painting and they look so great - will have them with me at gamescom later this month. :D

[dominiqueramseyart]

Maned Wolf

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There was a lot of stuff I was supposed to do today, but instead I've made this:

[mourningkite]

Underground is a weird place

[fuckyeahchinesegarden]

hangzhou, zhejiang province, china (photo by 拾叁药, MelonSeeds)

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Lemon drop🍋 ...mobile wallpaper size LINK!

[marthajefferson]

The International Space Station (ISS) crosses in front of the Sun’s roiling chromosphere, captured in extraordinary detail by photographer Andrew McCarthy. source

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Frances Featherstone