Animals that look like anime characters. Inspiration can come from anywhere

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Question is, are these ai generated images? Cos the similarities??

Am sure this post may have been gotten from a source which would have been helpful for future research work.

Certainly, there is what we called Referencing in animation, from character drawing to background scenery and to action or pose, so it will not be a bad idea if the characters stems from real life reference and to AI, I don't really know if its a blessing to the creative industry or not.