In an era where the line between machine-made and man-made blurs with each scroll, a quiet but powerful shift is rippling through the world of creativity. What started as a buzzy experiment with artificial intelligence has turned into a cultural sensation: the digital re-animating of artistic styles, like the otherworldly dreamscapes of Studio Ghibli or the resplendent brushwork of Raja Ravi Varma. With a few lines of text and the assistance of AI programs, users are creating images that replicate the signature hues, compositions and moods of revered masters in seconds.

The “Ghibli Effect,” while not the first, ended up being one of the most defining AI art trends in recent history. Before it, there was the series of style-transfer tools that transformed selfies into Van Gogh swirl paintings or Picasso-like portraits. But Ghibli-style imagery — with its filtered forests, soft lights and gentle melancholy — struck a more responsive nerve. It weren’t just a look, it’s a feeling. Soon after, another wave followed: ordinary people with the opulent brushstrokes of Raja Ravi Varma applied (by AI, with near-mythical grace) to their photos. Social media fed galleries of these digital homages — entrancing, accessible, unnervingly beautiful. However, as such trends........

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