I think there is a disgruntled feeling, even for me, to see an image that took a few minutes to create being passed of as artistic. I agree that this is a common viewpoint but I'm not sure why. Have you ever seen a Japanese Sumi artist at work? An ink drawing of a bird might be executed so quickly that you could almost miss it if you blinked. But before committing ink to silk the artist may have spent years contemplating the essence of "bird". Regarding art, for me content is king. If a piece that was created in mere moments speaks to me then it is not necessarily an indication of laziness or lack of skill. Instead, it is a concrete demonstration of doing more with less. While this cannot be said of all quickly executed pieces such artistic abilities should not be lightly dismissed. Placing a higher artistic value on increased effort or time does not seem so very different to me than placing higher value on creating a 3D image from scratch versus using a premade model. Effort or time involved are more reflections of craftsmanship than innate artistic ability. While such things are not without value they are not what determines whether something is a work of art or not. One of the most interesting things about artistic expression is that it cannot be easily constrained by rules. This has certainly not prevented us from inventing new rules at every opportunity but to do so risks reducing art to a mere sequence of procedural executions. To truly understand Art is to fully understand Man. Somehow, I think we are a long way from achieving such understandings. That's my story and I'm sticking to it... - Jack