I've never in my entire life of professional digital media and development known an artist who would ever use gimp. Because it is utter feces.

No, you've not known anyone who used it mainly because industries do not spend $600 on software per seat and then later admit that It was barely better than a free tool, even if that were true.

You claim not to be trying to squabble but an objective observer would conclude that's the only thing you've done here.