I don't say users who got merits from theymos for their arts don't deserve it. I appreciated their time to make their arts, with Photoshop, paints, wood, cakes, whatever kind of art; they truly made efforts for their arts.
But with talented artists they can do it much easier than most of us; but it does not make sure they are not good posters. As I said, they deserve merits they earned from their good arts but let's see how they will move forwards in weeks or months to come. They will be motivated and move upwards faster (in ranks and in post quality / contributions) or they will stucked with shitposts after likely satisfying with their new ranks (some of them hit their new ranks). It does not matter because if they won't improve their post quality (than before the art contest), they will stuck again. What I am curious is how they behave after the contest.