>>5889965Well, to be fair, Bargue plates are supposed to be copied;he failed at making something perfectly accurate, but doing it with ink is a challenge on its own, and the result still carries some aesthetic.
>>5889987Same thing as for hyper-realistic drawings: no matter how pointless from a technical artistic perspective, such drawings are beautiful at least to uneducated crowds. So are anatomy-lacking coomies work.
A pair of <random brand> shoes will tear itself appart after less than a year of daily usage, despite high price tag. Can't we, in 2022, make shoes sturdier than wooden clogs? We likely could, but the crowd likes their child-slave-made Nikes. Mr. Smith's bespoke shoes may cost 5 times as much, but will last decades: Mr. Smith is educated, far-sighted, and incidentally owns Nike shares.
