[omnimus]

This honestly only confirms their fears. What you are saying is "yeah we have been photobashing all those artist for a long time anyway now its just much more efficient and automated".

I would be pretty afraid and angry if i was artist too.

[desindol]

We are these artists or better art directors.

[omnimus]

The way VFX industry called everyone artist because they are working in with visuals has always been confusing.

You have many professions who work with visuals and never would call themselves artist - designers, illustrators.

If you photobash all day to generate ideas its much closer to design than to what people would call artist.

Maybe thats a cultural difference but i always thought that distinction is clear. Anyone working in anything pop culture, commercial, “industry” is those other professions. People independly doing visuals (anything really) for visuals sake are called arists.

So when i mention artist i imagine completely different group of people than you.