Illustration cost a lot because it adds a lot of value to products in a marketplace.
Having the right art on your book, card game, etc can worth a LOT of money.
That’s why companies pay $10,000 for a jpeg.
I have charged clients anywhere from $2,000-$20,000 for custom illustrations in the last few years.
All this discourse over prices is coming from kids who don’t have mortgages.
the genAI witch hunt has made people think they understand drawing more than they actually do
its painful to see
theyre just randomly pointing at things