Not sure I would call AI, but it is strikingly easy to mask out the leaf with a design and leave a blue sky behind with Photoshop or similar. Especially compared to the absurd amount of diligent work required to cut a real leaf.
Now, the creation of the cute design could be a skilled vector artist or AI, but to me it doesn’t scream AI.
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Not sure I would call AI, but it is strikingly easy to mask out the leaf with a design and leave a blue sky behind with Photoshop or similar. Especially compared to the absurd amount of diligent work required to cut a real leaf.
Now, the creation of the cute design could be a skilled vector artist or AI, but to me it doesn’t scream AI.
Middle option: the design was made digitally (by “hand” or AI), and then they used a laser cutter to cut the leaf.
The lines of the drawing definitely feel a bit too perfect for it to be fully manual, they scream “vector” to me.
Edit: I see now it was the surprise third option, they’re Japanese and it’s meticulously hand crafted (probably also folded over a thousand times).