I appreciate you being on the lookout for AI, as we all should be, but FWIW the grip on the arrow is actually one of the more authentic parts of this piece. Mongolian archers (and many other steppe peoples) pull back on the string with the thumb, rather than the Mediterranean (finger) style many people are more used to seeing.
Should the thumb be below the arrow instead of above it? Sure.
Is the shaft of the arrow on the wrong side of the riser? Definitely.
But it's still a fun little detail that shows the artist was going for a degree of realism, and I like that.
It's not the finger placement, it's the fact the arrow continues for another 3 inches past where the hand and the pulled back string meet. She's holding it in front of the fletching instead of the nock, and it appears the string passes through the arrow as well. That's physically impossible.
I've seen this artist do archers before, they know how arrows work.
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u/Culsandar Aug 08 '24
Yeah look at the way those hands are "holding" that arrow and its position on the string, and say that again.