Best Of MetaFilter

nobody posted the beautifully minimalist Hirayama Fireworks' Illustrated Catalog of Night Bomb Shells from the 1890s, via the Yokohama City Library.

Crested Tit, by Roy Scholten, from his 50 birds project.

JY14-VACHAGAN NARAZYAN, Small Victory, 2005, 7.75in x 13.5in, oil on canvas

cupcakeninja posted about Ukrainian painter Vachagan Narazyan, whose dreamlike paintings "offer imaginings of fantastic journeys both horizontally (representing physical experiences) and vertically (representing intellectual and spiritual learning ) to take place in a space between heaven and earth."

image by Marco Verch on Flickr

Faintdreams posted the neato Free Mixed Media Art Supplies Compatibility Chart by artist, designer and educator Nela Dunato: "the most detailed free art mediums compatibility reference!"

Irises by Vincent van Gogh

adamrice posted The Getty Makes 88,000 Art Images Free to Use However You Like, featuring a huge trove of images released under a CC0 license.

There is a cat named Fraggle Rock in this world! Come check out the illustrated diary (shared by Pallas Athena) of the adventures of settling in to their home, as told by the artist 'AM'! 🐈🐈‍⬛

Screenshot via bleuje.com

Oh, look, it's a rabbit hole! Or vortex! Or swirling, snaking, spinning, curling, looping, rippling, throbbing, tumbling, bubbling, pulsating, erupting sinkhole of digital diversion. AlSweigart posted random computer and mathematical animations by Etienne Jacob.

Ritesh Babu's choice for best of the year:

chavenet posted Comics were real good last year, a short list of lists for best comics of 2023

Image created by the artist Come spend some time in the dreamy, surreal imagery of artist Ted Chin. AlSweigart has made a post about artist and is inviting discussion about what you think and feel about the art

via Wikimedia, Tanbo art, Inakadate, Aomori Prefecture. Acala from the 2012 work “Hibo Kannon and Acala”. Viewed from village administation building

Wow! Athanassiel posted about rice paddy art — huge and incredibly clear images made by planting different strains of rice seeds.

image via generationamiga.com

Z303 has crafted an amazing megapost on demoscene history, techniques, creations, social scene, and more.

The majestic Snowyoctopowl, perhaps?

In case you missed it, Brids, Sfish and other Amals, a fun browser toy by dng that mixes up Victorian animal illustrations to create amazing new hybrid animals every time you click.

The Dinner Party, installation artwork by feminist artist Judy Chicago

In Ask Metafilter, bunderful is seeking subversive art and resources: "I’m looking for visual art that is anti-establishment, subversive, created for the female gaze, ugly, non-pretty, or outsider..."

"nice to see someone leaning in to the core imagery of the loon as a red-eyed nightmare being by really focusing in on the eye part to the exclusion of the rest of the bird; I feel like this is the one Minnesotan who's going to be straight with me about the Horrors" – taquito sunrise.

Minnesotans are submitting their new state flag and seal design ideas, and Mefites have opinions.

Scene from The Black Gold Tapestry Come view this breathtakingly beautiful embroidered story of oil in human history, created by Sandra Sawatzky, in this great post by 'They sucked his brains out!'