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I'm not sure that effort alone is a good enough metric. Some great art actually does just kinda flow out sometimes, to the point where artists often talk about feeling like they're just a channel that the art flows out of.
There's great art that's been born in 30 minutes as a silly afterthought of the artist, and also great art that took the artist's entire life.
I would love to see how many hours of practice and repetition each artist had put in, before the moment they experienced that flowing for the first time.
Sure, there are levels of inspiration and skill, but there's still work to bring it to fruition. There's also the artist's eye to see a sudden masterpiece for what it is, and even stop before they make it less. One could say that someone using digital tools has to have that ability as much as any artist to be successful.