Some love it some don't I guess it's the same thing everywhere, we should allow ourselves to respect other people's opinion like what
Midori-chan said, and that's it. tbh I actually never imagine we're having this kind of conversation in non ayu topic :p
Nevertheless, I agree with SM spending so much on EXO, regardless on what people think as 'cheap' we'll never know how much exactly they spend on that group and as far as I see what SM did with them is rather expensive in terms of promoting a rookie group. They kinda went 'all-out' with them imo.
I initially opposed the idea of subgroup in SNSD but I don't really care about it in the end lol I agree with
Utena that the concept is interesting and we might give it a try. I'm not a professional artist but I think they could pull a better one even in the least thing, but it's already there

and yes there are great graphic artists in tumblr; but it doesn't mean that they're better than the professional ones or the other way around. Best is something relative for everyone.