er - i'm not sure you understood me. i'm not saying that you shouldn't attempt to be as good as you want to be. all i'm saying is, you see plenty of crappy art, (whether it's painting, 3d, music, cooking, tv, whatever) wherever you look, so obviously someone is getting paid to make crappy art. and in any case it's all a question of taste.

and no i don't think good draftsmanship is always the key. something might look like it's 'bad', yet still be successful. i think south park is much better animation/art than half the stuff i see pretending to be.