>On the other hand, if he had spent 5 months on photoshop at any point in the past 20 years,
On yet another (third) hand maybe not. It is like saying. "Yeah look he can bike 100 miles _but_ just imagine if he had his drivers' license, he could have driven 2000 miles!". Yeah maybe he could. But it wouldn't be the same story.
> The art is (would be) much better, and useful without the story.
Not matter how much we try it is always tied to the creator. The same doodle can be made by me, but if an elephant does it OMG it is amazing, sell it for $200k! If you don't see the creator or know how they are, it is tied indirectly to them via understanding of the work went into it. For example, maybe I don't know the name but if someone shows me a a large pointillist painting it will be impressive and the work put into it is part of it.
On yet another (third) hand maybe not. It is like saying. "Yeah look he can bike 100 miles _but_ just imagine if he had his drivers' license, he could have driven 2000 miles!". Yeah maybe he could. But it wouldn't be the same story.
> The art is (would be) much better, and useful without the story.
Not matter how much we try it is always tied to the creator. The same doodle can be made by me, but if an elephant does it OMG it is amazing, sell it for $200k! If you don't see the creator or know how they are, it is tied indirectly to them via understanding of the work went into it. For example, maybe I don't know the name but if someone shows me a a large pointillist painting it will be impressive and the work put into it is part of it.