The reason why American artists deride something like &quot;photo to painting&quot; (even though Tony Soprano from the Sopranos and others commission portraits all the time), is that they don&#x27;t see it as creating art. And that&#x27;s mostly true. People are getting photos turned to art for the effect. Any deviation from the photo right now is due to artist error, and not creative interpretation.<p>Adding technology to the mix means more accurate renditions, and I don&#x27;t think people would care because they&#x27;re getting it so that it doesn&#x27;t look like a flat canvas print.