>>7775731
The 100 year old tradition is spending 9 months on a painting. Digital studios like SIXMOREVODKA spend 180 hours on a Riot Games piece and people think it's an ungodly amount of time. The fact of the matter is that people who don't go through atelier programs or something adjacent underestimate how long something takes to make. Especially if it's big. For some reason people love to buy huge 48x60 inch pieces.

There's a reason why phase 1 atelier training is usually something autistic like 6 bargue plates in a month where they expect you spend 20 hours on each.