in this specific case, the image is genai, period. I saw enough of the same stuff to distinguish it. It’s the same photocopied style all over. If system3 wanted to show their “handmade” process, they should have shown a pencil draft or so, like they did until 3 years ago. also: what kind of process, someone does it in photoshop (raster) AND illustrator (vector) - it’s supposed to be only a reference for the 3d render, but they added the weird shading.

the series creator said it’s genai too: https://www.engadget.com/2245979/james-pond-creator-is-not-happy-with-the-series-allegedly-ai-generated-legacy-collection/