>>19134130it can be art, absolutely. it can also be pure slop depending on who is involved. on the one hand you have people who know what they're doing, like Jun Kasai, Shlak, Eric Ryan or Madman Pondo, and for guys like that it's definitely an art. then you've got absolute shitters like John Wayne Murdoch or Joey Janela who are just retarded masochistic spot monkeys and who are a danger to themselves and others. I can't really think of someone like that as an "artist". So I would say it can be either a fine art or a bucket of slop, and it all depends on the skill of those involved.