You're right, I was too tired last night. If you look at the pixels (besides the obvious rigid faces) there's noise and splits in the lines and markings in the contrary direction of a would-be brush stroke. So yeah defo AI generated either partially or they tried to correct it a bit after.
It literally looks like a different cat in the second picture 😅
Yes that too. To be fair, artists can struggle with consistency and many AIs now do not.
I think for me it was something about how the cat was technically well-“drawn” both times but weirdly off model from one to the next. I still see that a lot with AI
For me it's the technique. When someone has a "compact" shape like these it involves a type of construction that would be straight from pencil to pen with strong shapes. But if you look the strong shapes aren't there, it's almost like a trace devoid of gesture which makes no sense for a quick doodle
For high fidelity slow art I can't rely on that though cause when you work larger a lot of people lose the construction by trying to nuance it. But for a doodle, the speed implied doesn't match the technique use. It's "overworked" like a painting but still looks doodly which is weird.