[owenversteeg]

Comments here are interesting. Of course it’s a copy, he was 12. For pretty much of all of human history, to make art you would first consume large amounts of it to develop taste and then make many copies to develop skill and style. The average modern-day artist (writer, painter, poet, etc) does this far less than ever before, to the point where we have forgotten that’s how learning works.

[bigbuppo]

I would say they still do this... it's just called "fan art" now.

[turbonaut]

A certain type of modern day artist voraciously consumes art in order to develop its taste, skill and style. More so than ever in history.

The names of these artists are less traditional, however, eg Nano Banana.