as the person above me said, with the exception of 888, none of those artists have a strong history of wins in festivals?? and only auroshen and 888 are artists i’d consider especially big names in UMAs in general, even if others in the group have shops running.

this is purely my own personal opinion, and it's based on the standards I listed + a general (albeit still subjective) sense of quality in rendering and lineart. and honestly I chose to provide it as a kind of palate cleanser to my being an admitted hater in the op! just wanted to give some positive shout-outs as well.