Hyper-realism / Photorealism stamp

Alright now, let me explain.
I have nothing against hyper/photo-realism. We've all seen that. If it's well done it is an incredible eye-candy, the first moment is always like "woooow", "wad da fuuuuck", "how did they doooo thaaaaat?" - the answer is simple, with A LOT of careful observation, and TONS of persistent work. Heavy work. What about talent? Well, umm, you know, persistent work is more important. Can everyone do it? Abso-fucking-lutely NO! It's far not as simple and/or easy as it sounds. And it does require talent.

HOWEVER.
What am I up against? Definitely not the artists who practice this eye-candy art. I am not even against the fact some of them do only that and nothing else. It's their own business, everyone is free to do as they please, as what they want, especially in art. I'm the last person who would ever want to put any restrictions on any artist (even if I could). I've also done (more or less) realistic referenced drawing quite a lot, matter of fact I often amuse myself with it. However doing that and only that seems to me like a waste of talent. These people do have talent, lots of it some of them. Turning themselves into photo copy machines just doesn't seem quite reasonable. We have scanners and printers, guys, don't worry. If we want copies of those photos, we can get them, as many as we want. Of course it looks different if you have drawn it, dedicating endless hours of your labour, your talent.... yes, it definitely looks different, better, ALIVE (most of the time). However, I'm seeing how this fuckbook-enhanced world turns copycat-ism into a cult. Into a pointless religion.
Don't stop doing photorealism. We need eye-candy here. Just think about it.


Feel free to use the stamp, just it if you do.