If the artist can draw like this then why in the world would they release that abomination of a miku drawing? Did they need engagement so badly that the only way to get it was to ragebait?

iori98 said in comment #2625670:

If the artist can draw like this then why in the world would they release that abomination of a miku drawing? Did they need engagement so badly that the only way to get it was to ragebait?

Bad publication is still publication.
And some type of art is popular to certain kinds of people; that applies both to fetishes and style, just as there are people who can jerk off to cartoon-style drawings and ones that can only can jerk off to manga-style drawings.