/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

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It was the same way with concept art just 5 or so years ago. This issue isnt so much smut in and of itself, it's that smut has (strangely enough) become a quasi-pop version of art, a way to 'soullessly' pump out subject matter
that appeals to a common enough denominator of the online art-viewing community to claim success in some way. I think what lends credence to this is people hate NSFWfags for the same reason they hate Illya. CSR isnt a bad artist, just like Ilya isnt a bad artist. They're both (i would say) decent formally speaking. They can make artwork 70% of the time that doesnt look like shit and every now and then they produce something that could be called appealing. The issue is that these dudes are known names in the online sphere when there are plenty of incredible artists that nobody has ever heard of. They're second rate artists skill wise (admittedly still a respectable rank) but they seem to garner a far greater level of praise/reward than they deserve (at least according to the aggrieved artists lol. but thats another discussion). I think a similar comparison can be made with Fan art during the mid 2000's to the early 2010's, where a lot of industry people were jaded by the idea that some amateur online goon could draw fanart of an IP (sometimes they themselves help create lol) and gain massive followings and with that the respect, $$$ and recognition that follows. So its not so much implicit of NSFW art (thats existed online for decades and SFWfags never complained until it because the absolute machine of an industry it is today lol [I think the same phenomena is seen with instathots and sex work...])