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That image is strictly within the capabilities of any decent artist, and it has that hideous brown tint that every chatgpt imahe has these days.
Sure political cartooning has become more democratized slightly, but very rarely will this shitty slop rise to the top over real artists.
yes it has that shitty Ghibbi style or whatever it is called with the obvious sepia background. it's not even good animation
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Sorry to break it to you, but uh, yeah it does.
https://x.com/JudiciaryGOP/status/1833154509222129884?lang=en
https://x.com/WhiteHouse/status/1905332049021415862?lang=en
Turns out demand was elastic. The ability to respond to the current thing in minutes with trivial input costs changes the game. Memes were a big part of Trump's 2016 win, but this is the next level.
but Ghibli is a dead giveaway . The concern over fakes is that they are subtly indistinguishable from a real-life event or the original image (e.g. slightly slurring someone's speech to convey inebriation) . Those examples you give are obvious fakes. Those fakes go viral for the novelty factor, not because people are confused or are mislead. Also, those are based off of photos, so there is no artist.
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