I find that the line between them is extremely thin really. It's not like comparing XNALara images or images rendered in Blender and the like.
SFM and Gmod both share virtually the same engine and stuff and both can achieve results just as good as each other in the right hands.
I find it confusing when someone has less interest or dislikes looking at SFM images over Gmod, or vice versa. Obviously if it's more to
do with the user interfaces or how posing works in either programmes that iritates said individual then fair enough, but yeah, just find it
bit weird when people have such stances. I personally can enjoy looking at images made in either SFM or Gmod.
Though I must admit the SFM community does have a bit too much TF2 stuff for my liking, but usually it visually all looks quite eye pleasing.
But thats just what I think. If you go on DA and type SFM, you'll see stuff that can make your eyes bleed, and likewise the same can be said
with gmod. At the end of the day, both programmes are entirely dependant on the user (which is a stupid obvious thing to say but you know what
I mean).
I have completely stopped looking at the SFM section on Facepunch because its about 95% (or more) TF2 content, which is all the same to me. I unsubscribed from the SFM subreddit as well due to the same issue. I'd see people post cool things, and get downvoted and drowned by more generic TF2 poses. I cannot describe how many pictures I've seen of the Spy standing in a black room with a volumetric light on him, titled "The Spy". The rest of the pictures are "hey guys, look at my loadout," or dragqueen scout pictures.
I wouldn't mind if the sections got merged, but I don't know of a fair way to keep the zounds of TF2 bullshit out.