/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>2309262
No one ever said realism is easy. The image in question is not realism. Realism requires design choices of the artist, simplification and grouping of the tonal range, edge control, harmonizing the color palette, using detail as means to guide the eye to the focal point(s) and leaving out detail where it's not needed etc.

Why the fuck do so many noobs constantly confuse photorealism and hyperrealism with actual realism? I mean, I would understand it if you were some random idiot posting on /b or /v/ or something, but if you are on /ic/, chances are that you are an artist or aspiring artist yourself, or at the very least are interested in art and yet you still don't understand something as basic as the difference between photorealism and realism?