[rhplus]

Perhaps they find more acceptance due to the effects of pareidolia, where the viewer is more inclined to say, “Oh yeah, I see it - that’s a face!”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pareidolia

[nandomrumber]

The introduction on that Wikipedia article needs to be updated to include digital compression artefacts.

Cheap 4K dash cams are awesome at creating the wackiest noise in suboptimal lighting conditions.

[harimau777]

Some image artifacts are even common enough to have entered pop culture. For example, if you are a fan of Dungeon Meshi, Marcille's "Sky Fish" familiar is inspired by cryptids stemming from the "rods" that often show up in pictures.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_(optical_phenomenon)

https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Air_Rods

[WesolyKubeczek]

Once you stretch boundaries thin enough, you could argue that all art is about inducing pareidolia. After all, it’s all just cracks on glass/smears of paint on canvas and so on. It matters little whether there was artistic intent or not, if the result looks like a face, it looks like a face. ;-)

[mejutoco]

Figurative art is only part of the vast possibilities of art.