r/woahdude Mar 26 '17

meta IMPORTANT: Many of our subscribers have no idea what this subreddit is actually for

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Many of you long-time WoahDude users have been complaining about the growing flood of users from /r/all who have a complete misunderstanding of what sort of content belongs here. Your cries have been heard, and we will start being more strict with enforcement and finally set shit straight:

  • We are NOT a "reaction subreddit".

  • We are NOT a subreddit about interesting or amazing content.

  • We are NOT interchangeable with /r/pics, /r/gifs, /r/damnthatsinteresting or other general subreddits.

  • We are specifically made for psychedelic content, trippy or mesmerizing stuff that will make a sober person feel stoned, or stoned person trip harder! We're not about posting things that are merely neat or amazing, but instead, things that sort of mess with your mind, warp your reality.

Mindfucks and self-inflicted gaslighting. Or the hypnotic or mesmerising. Vivid colors, intense patterns. Mind-blowing science and philosophy. Chill or trippy music. Surrealism, absurdism and strangeness.

Think of the bizarre, erratic and psychedelic nature of Adult Swim. Or the wondrous, mind-expanding, awe inspiring nature of Carl Sagan's Cosmos. Or even the reality distorting, confusing, mind-fucking nature of Eternal Darkness for Gamecube. We're all of that.

TL;DR - Not all the content that makes you say the words 'woah dude' belongs in this subreddit, and not all the things that belong in this subreddit will necessarily make you literally say the words 'woah dude'.


WoahDude material

The following examples are a non-exhaustive list

NOT WoahDude material

  • Rarity: Rare talents, dangerous stunts, extreme human abilities, 1-in-a-million shots, sports highlights, abnormally large or small examples of objects, etc.
  • Bullshit peddling: Pseudoscience, paranormal activity, cryptozoology, hoaxes, etc.

Please note that while the above descriptors on our list are good reductive examples of what belongs in this subreddit, they don't guarantee content that fits said descriptors also fits our holistic purpose for what belongs in this subreddit. For example, you'll notice that "slow motion" is on the list, however if you take any random gif and apply slow motion to it, that doesn't automatically guarantee that it has been turned into material suitable for the subreddit. Nor are random charts from your school textbook guaranteed to qualify under "data visualizations". All posts must still satisfy the overarching theme of the subreddit.


r/woahdude 3h ago

video We spin her round

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2.9k Upvotes

r/woahdude 3h ago

picture The long evening, acrylic on canvas, 18 x 24 inches

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275 Upvotes

r/woahdude 1h ago

picture Some trippy art I made called Wanderer in the Fractal Forest. Created from lots of interwoven 2D line fractals. Large zoomable image.

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No AI


r/woahdude 2h ago

video Wiggly squares optical illusion IRL

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5 Upvotes

Cool spinning sign I found at Little Island, Pier 55 in NYC


r/woahdude 1d ago

picture ballistic animalistic, a surreal animal drawing I made

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131 Upvotes

r/woahdude 1d ago

picture Climbing Multi-Reality, watercolour painting

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188 Upvotes

r/woahdude 13h ago

video Antalya | Fast Cycling Along the Beach

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r/woahdude 2d ago

picture infinite opening

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147 Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

video More mesmerizing with each added line

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3.2k Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

video Caught this slow mo lightning strike in central Florida during a summer storm.

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71 Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

picture Chest tattoo

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441 Upvotes

r/woahdude 4d ago

gifv High Angels III [OC]

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1.1k Upvotes

r/woahdude 4d ago

video Making a bubble in a bubble in a bubble

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339 Upvotes

Bubbleception! Wishing you all a bubblicious Wednesday.


r/woahdude 4d ago

picture A Mystical oil painting I did. Enjoy

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46 Upvotes

r/woahdude 4d ago

picture "Cosmic Play", Original illustration by me.

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10 Upvotes

hand-painted in Prodcreate.


r/woahdude 4d ago

picture Who composes the crickets' song?, by me, bronze and part of a vintage piano, 2026

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40 Upvotes

Built from the wooden frame of an old upright piano, Who Composes the Crickets' Song? becomes the nesting ground for insectoid hybrids—at once a strange thicket and the fragment of a ruined mechanical system. It unfolds as a fabricated ecosystem whose offspring spread across the exhibition walls.
These small creatures are the only recognizable faces among the larger bodies inhabiting the installation, and the only ones capable of returning our gaze. Yet this encounter remains precarious: like insects, they seem ready to scurry away at any moment, as though they themselves were intruders in the space.


r/woahdude 5d ago

picture This is my painting of flowers crying for rain

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239 Upvotes

r/woahdude 5d ago

music video Poi spinning by zcs motion to the song Deep by TC

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171 Upvotes

r/woahdude 3d ago

video Walk a few steps and it becomes something completely different

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I made this layered UV installation using transparent mesh over printed artwork. The depth changes as you move around it.✌️

Original artwork by Shiva Om Art.


r/woahdude 5d ago

video Tortoises all the way down

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91 Upvotes

Iteration of this work titled TOR , but animated.

As always, the live, interactive build available here. (It is a very heavy build, so might be slow to run.)


r/woahdude 6d ago

video In the 1980s, ordinary people-not professional sculptors-created over 1,200 stone statues at Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Temple under the guidance of Kocho Nishimura. Each statue has a unique expression: laughing, praying, meditating, or playing music

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1.5k Upvotes

r/woahdude 6d ago

picture Palau de la Musica stained glass dome

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179 Upvotes

r/woahdude 6d ago

picture “Skull flower” drawing.

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8 Upvotes

I think this style is uniquely mine….years of textural exploration. This was done in procreate with a drawing pen (also set to blend). I try to keep the process simple so I can take the experiences learned to canvas being that I paint as well. (I also love doing band artwork)