Yeah its like I had to do a smaller job to unlock masterpiece in the RNG then doing the other job again tricked the system into giving me that one masterpiece before saying oops we were trying to screw ya. Definitely something wrong though. Not only should lvl 10 painter never get normal, but there is no in-between. No nice, no excellent.
I finally got a chance to test and my level 10 freelance artist just produced two excellent items.
I've found that editing rejected work isn't worth it, and I usually sell rejected work and try to get inspired before creating a replacement work. (Brain-boosting yoga, thoughtful showers, cloudgazing, jungle adventure museberries, "inspired" cowplant milk, club vibes, etc., all produce inspired moods.) It seems like no matter how inspired you are editing never improves your work, which kind of aligns with what you're saying.
She did the Character Concept gig, FWIW. I usually pick that or the matte backgrounds because they pay more.
Yeah I usually do those jobs too...just without your results even when inspired. Lol
