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yeap its art..
actualy as Im developing now Im starting to call myself a "photoshop artist"
I make craft things (used to when I had time for clients
) for a living and people called me an artist, I often corrected them saying some of it is art...ie the original designs and the ones I slaved over are the art ones.. but most of it I refered to as craft.. ie the ones I bulked out and painted by numbers sort of thing on.
I suppose we could do the same with photoshop, simple image enhancment or skin smoothing stuff, and such could be refered to as craft, and many biorusters are master crafters.
And then there are many biorusters that create a world of beautifull art, to refere to them as anything less than an artist is a sin.
"How can we change peoples perceptions...."
Always aspire to keep it original, and encourage others to do the same. Signing work may also help.