To add a different approach to this thread...I give my personal opinion for what it is worth. True, it is the artist that gives credence to a work regardless of the tools. However, IMO, the truth of art is in the telling of the story ... if it doesn't tell you something it falls short of true art. Take the author as an artist, he/she can put together hundreds of pages of words but if they don't entertain or tell a story...they have not reached the artistic level. I feel the same about graphic arts.