The skill for "realism" is still relevant despite the prevalence of photographs imo. Fantasy or science fiction art for example. If you can make real something

The skill for "realism" is still relevant despite the prevalence of photographs imo. Fantasy or science fiction art for example. If you can make real something that doesn't exist... that's something photographs can never do. I feel there's a lot of snobbery among artists and collectors and they look down on this kind of thing tho.