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.
"I'm going to rain hate on folks who won because I don't think they deserved it, but look, I rained love on these popular artists. That makes it fine."
That may not be your intent, but that's what I read it as.
as discussed, just because two are big names does not mean all of them are.
and in general it’s weird that you seem to think that i would like an entry specifically because it is from a “big name,” rather than any of the other factors that would cause an artist to find success selling UMAs to begin with.
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subthread op
(Anonymous) 2023-08-28 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)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.
Re: subthread op
(Anonymous) 2023-08-28 09:51 pm (UTC)(link)"I'm going to rain hate on folks who won because I don't think they deserved it, but look, I rained love on these popular artists. That makes it fine."
That may not be your intent, but that's what I read it as.
Re: subthread op
(Anonymous) 2023-08-28 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)popular artists are popular for a reason
Re: subthread op
(Anonymous) 2023-08-28 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)and in general it’s weird that you seem to think that i would like an entry specifically because it is from a “big name,” rather than any of the other factors that would cause an artist to find success selling UMAs to begin with.