> He's definitely the most prolific 3D artist, ever.
That is either false, or it's true in a way that is meaningless.
There are artists who have spent every day creating art. Daily art exercises and sketchbooks are commonplace. Some work in 3D, some have been working far longer than Beeple has.
If you mean "Beeple has been publishing a discrete piece of art, publicly, every day for longer than others", then I dunno, maybe? I'm not sure why that's anything to be proud of, or why anyone would aim to do that, but it might be true.
If you mean "he's created more pieces of 3D art than anyone else", then no, he's outstripped by literally thousands if not tens of thousands of people. The "winner" is probably some unknown previz animator working in an outsourced animation studio in India or China somewhere. :)
...of course, you might say "that doesn't count, I don't CARE about the stuff those guys do. Well, maybe I don't care about the stuff Beeple does.
> It's not a coincidence that he, of all people, managed to sell 69 million dollars worth of cookie-cutter crap.
It very likely isn't a coincidence. https://amycastor.com/2021/03/14/metakovan-the-mystery-beepl...
> most of them are busy creating escapist stuff that will never get the attention of the art scene. To that end, skill just doesn't matter.
And I don't think the art scene thinks very much of Beeple, so I'm not sure what that proves.
