/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>6615219
>They could literally paint anything but they unironically choose to invest hours and hours to paint some pots and pans.
>They could literally paint anything
You are wrong OP, it takes one set of skills to be a good figurative painter and another to put together wild designs of alternate realities and fantastic creatures.
Sure you those two have the same base of light, form, perspective, color, anatomy etc., but illustrator won't be able to produce as quickly as many varied designs with as much thought put into them, just like designer won't be able to reach as high quality and speed with depicting subjects and composing them into cohesive and moving.

On that note, have you noticed how many amazing designers are basic bitch at putting their designs into a scenario.
Why? Because that's not where most of their focus and expertise lays.

TL;DR: OP underestimates work that goes into design. Why spend extra hours designing that you could use working on something you're good at. Time is money.