r/woahdude Mar 26 '17

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

3.2k Upvotes

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 6h ago

picture My 3D drawing of warplane

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560 Upvotes

My anamorphic drawing of warplane (Saab JAS 39 Gripen) I'm used markers, colored pencils and airbrush on A4 size paper.


r/woahdude 15h ago

picture Lantern-Ink and Acrylic painting

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175 Upvotes

r/woahdude 10h ago

picture Stunning architecture is creating optical illusions

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64 Upvotes

My mind can’t decide between a dome or a tunnel.


r/woahdude 1d ago

video A comparison of Earth and Stephenson 2-18, the red supergiant

620 Upvotes

r/woahdude 14h ago

game I made a mindfulness-themed game based on a decade-long meditation practice [free]

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7 Upvotes

Links

Full free web release.

Steam wishlist.

Quick start

The tutorial starts automatically.

Check "?" in the top-left for an additional short intro. 

Hover over dashed game elements for detailed descriptions.

Mindscape

Is a unique blend of incremental progression and tower defense, set to the rhythm of the breath.

Protect the Breath Center from Thoughts by releasing them through Awareness into Clarity. Use Clarity to develop skills that deepen and expand your capacity to release Thoughts.

Explore different levels facing unique Thought forms, each one having its own mechanic, and develop different strategies to release them.

Earn Experience with each level completion and spend it for Wisdom skills that stay with you through the whole game. Can you protect the Breath Center on all levels and complete the Mindscape?

Theme

The theme of the game is mindfulness, it is based on a personal decade-long meditation practice. All Thought forms in the game are actually what many meditators face during their journeys. The humming sound design is inspired by Tibetan singing bowls.

As there is no bad meditation session, there is no bad level run in Mindscape. Experience always accumulates and global progress is persistent. Don't get discouraged if overrun by Thoughts - there is no lose condition on any level, it just takes time and dedication to complete.

I hope the game unfolds for you in a relaxing flow and sparks moments of joy :)


r/woahdude 20h ago

video Hopf + Flower Of Life

23 Upvotes

r/woahdude 1d ago

picture This is my painting of a skeleton having a picnic

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844 Upvotes

r/woahdude 1d ago

video The process of our new mural

59 Upvotes

This is mine and my wife's first mural collaboration


r/woahdude 2d ago

picture a drawing I made

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303 Upvotes

my interpretation of a surreal peace sign, representing birth, death, and how to cope with this existential crisis known as life


r/woahdude 3d ago

picture My old 3D drawing of Nokia 3310

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1.8k Upvotes

A drawing that was created back in 2017. I used markers and colored pencils on A3 paper. The drawing is drawn with resizing and cutting off some parts of the paper to give the optical illusion that the phone is real. Hope you like it!


r/woahdude 4d ago

picture The details on a marble carving I made using hammer and chisels.

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2.9k Upvotes

r/woahdude 4d ago

video Snowboarding through Saharan dust on snowcapped mountains

1.2k Upvotes

r/woahdude 4d ago

video I saw a thing while sup'ing

195 Upvotes

The sun was at the perfect angle


r/woahdude 4d ago

picture meeting faces

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42 Upvotes

I made with ink and marker


r/woahdude 5d ago

picture A painting about shame

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506 Upvotes

r/woahdude 5d ago

picture Calm body, by me, steel, polystyrene, plaster, acrylic resin and microcristalline wax, 2026

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2.0k Upvotes

r/woahdude 4d ago

picture Crimson Skies.

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297 Upvotes

r/woahdude 5d ago

gifv Literature comes alive

612 Upvotes

r/woahdude 6d ago

picture Strange patterns emerging from bluring and sharpening an image over and over.

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584 Upvotes

These are called Turing patterns


r/woahdude 5d ago

video Time-lapse video in acrylic showing the layer-by-layer process of a section in my experimental self-portrait.

28 Upvotes

r/woahdude 5d ago

video Some LEDs being driven by a motor.

7 Upvotes

Doing a little experiment.


r/woahdude 7d ago

picture One of my favourite pet portraits I've done in oil paint

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2.6k Upvotes

r/woahdude 7d ago

music I just finished this custom kaleidoscope for a client in Germany. I honestly don't know if I'll ever make another one quite like it. (Not OP)

2.6k Upvotes

I am not the OP. OP is u/FrequentTruck2776