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>Similar characters being drawn; the infamous Lucy Guy is an example but also him drawing a lot of the same characters is a common complaint, or too many Patreon OC's. If this is actually a problem though depends on who you are, although I don't think this is a Salt exclusive problem
You're right in that the OC problem isn't exclusively a Salt thing, but he is one of the biggest offenders because of how he does commissions. He'll take a quick paycheck of doing a character sheet of an OC over doing full illustrations of an a legacy character that would require more work, even if it's the more optimal thing to do for with his followers, or to draw new people in. As for similar characters, Juvia is right behind Lucy in terms of being overdone by Salt. I remember years ago on patreon someone saying that they would start commissioning/suggesting for Juvia more to piss off the Lucy haters.
>The whole blob debate, where some folks think his increased focus on very large women has been to the detriment of his work's quality (I sort of agree with this point that he draws too many larger sizes)
I think you're saying this out of personal preference and not the quality of the art itself. If it is about the quality, then care to explain how his bigger sizes negatively effects his overall quality? Just saying "he does them too much" is not an answer.
The other problem with the blob debate is the toxicity of the blob haters. They often tell artists that they don't want girls getting too big, even during sequences when they already got the size(s) they want. Meanwhile blob fans just ask for bigger, without ever saying that they don't want chubby or other smaller sizes.