Quote Originally Posted by Bobby66 View Post
Maybe even if they removed I would just keep self imposed restrictions. I still have my own preferences, and if it came down to a vote between the two I would vote for more restrictive and unique gear.



You are free to fell that way, I came from a poor family I use to have to make due with dollar store art supplies. Now that I have the money to use professional grade supplies I appreciate the depth at which the tools allow me to go even still sometimes I prefer to work and create something awesome with cheap dollar store supplies. Do I prefer the cheaper stuff hella no but it is still nice to create something cool with less.

In short I most likely would still self impose my own restrictions.
This is a fallacious argument and you know it. What you are describing is a closer allegory to learning how to draw with a No. 2 pencil before having access to a Cintiq tablet, whereas in both scenarios you still have the full creative freedom that a real world scenario would entail. A gross oversimplification of the glamour situation likened to your example would be more like "You can paint, but your only tool is forever limited to testor cerulean blue. You can never use other paints or colors because reasons."