Once again, this becomes an "artist" vs "writer" type of discussion.
And as both, I will have to say this: the type of quality is different because these are different fields. The type of research done by an artist is different than the type of research done by a writer. The type of edits and revisions done by a writer are different than those done by an artist.
Not to mention how we bring in practice, hard-work, effort, AND experience -- quite frankly, we really cannot and should not try to generalize or sum it all up.
Too much focus is on the "which one is better", when really, we should be focusing on the "who".
The problem is the type of people who do the unpaid collabs and the LACK of experience they have. I feel the problem here is that some of these arguments allude to people having experience (both writer and artist). Everyone here has a point in some way if we are talking about experienced people
However -- the fact in this forum is that a lot of people asking for unpaid collabs aren't experienced or they're still trying to gather some and don't really understand the implications of what they're doing (or they do and don't care).
They're young, they're new to writing and drawing, they're new to everything (they might even be selfish ad just want things for free), but they want to become the next best seller.
It's really just a type of naive (maybe selfish) person. And from my angle, it's the type of person we often hear say "ugh, drawing's too hard" without an ounce of practice, so they opt to be a "writer" because it's "easier". It's an insult to both writers and artists as a whole.
Honestly, from my perspective, as a writer and artist, that's the real problem.
We're all talking from the point of experienced people and we're kinda thinking that the people we're dealing with have had some type of experience.
But we're dealing with others who don't have what we have. Even in a lot of the arguments, we've noted a lot of them don't have completed works, scripts, or the likes. And it's because they are not experienced.
So with that, we can't clump up artists and writers together or even defend them because it's not that type of argument.
It's not about whether or not a writer hasn't put in the work. If they're experienced and hard-working, it will more than likely be shown in their product.
It's not about whether or not an artist has spent enough hours drawing a piece. If they're experienced and hard-working, the proof will be more than likely shown in their product.
It's dealing with a type of person doing these collabs (and kinda hiding behind the title of "writer" or "artist").
We have to address the elephant in the room and encourage them to get better.