Whoa Nelly, lets not let this go off the rails....

The term 'cheap pinup art' wasn't coined by me, it refers to images of pretty girls rendered over a picture, or no background at all... 'Cheap' refers to investing little or nothing in your scene other than attention to materials and fidgeting with lighting(which isn't 'nothing', but its pretty close.)...'so-so' is as good as it gets citing shortcomings of previous term, no matter what you do there's going to be no real illusion of depth to your image . Its common terminology not meant to be derogatory. I guess whats common in one venue may not be recognized in others...

I could easily throw in other terms that would be apropos to what is common here without pointing at anyone specifically, but the group as a whole  (full of oneself // drowning in ones self-importance // strutting around like a peacock in full bloom shouting 'look at me, look at me, I'm all that and you're not' // cannibalizing-hijacking threads to sell product // anyone ever heard of the term 'brown nose'?) but, I wont go there.... Wouldn't want to bruise anyone's ego in the guise of 'constructive criticism'...LOL

Back in the day this forum was about people with common interests gathering to share tips and tricks to make better art... free stuff galore... It wasn't about any individual or cabal of 'special people'..... Those days are long gone, everybody's trying to out-sell everyone else ...

  I'm pushing 70 and it never ceases to surprise me how quickly fine outstanding people, given some semblance of authority become tyrants (giving side-eye at some of the Mods).

Y'all have a great day.