/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>6706030
>there is no answer to the old question
Because no one wants to admit, think about or point out that they're simply having a shallow emotional reaction to a stimuli. Because they either don't want to perceived as the bad guys, or admit that they aren't as cultured as they deluded themselves to be by consuming what other people and media memed as high quality.
It's the same shit with food; so many rave about wagyu beef or high end restaurants, but those are just memes.

Anon, why do you like porn? Because it makes your peepee feel good.
Why do you like realistic artowork? Because it makes your brain peepee feel good.
These are things that no one dares question themselves about; "What is it exactly that makes me like the shit i do?"
Because if people started an introspection, they'd either kill themselves or stop consuming, and no one wants to risk quitting consuming or risk a hit to their ego in any way.
>>6706035
And why are you using that process?
>>6706040
Generally speaking the stick man is an analogy.
Someone who is fixated on delivering what is considered by the consumer base to be of high quality, is scared of failing or to be perceived as a lesser i.e. drawing worse than what is deemed consumable, because they pursue art for the sake of validation and social standing, whereas someone who actually draws out of a genuine interest, will be content with making """lower quality""" works and not give a shit what people think.
If this helps you understand better;
High-quality-works aka hyper-semi-realism are soulless
Everything else that is of lower-quality is soulful