Overview
- Illustrator Alexis Franklin shared a time-lapse proving she painted the brief Miranda Priestley fast-food meme that appears in the sequel at director David Frankel’s request.
- She told NBC News the digital painting took a few days to finish and that she was fairly compensated for the commission.
- Many moviegoers assumed the on-screen gag was AI-made, reading it as part of the film’s send-up of today’s internet media culture.
- Franklin said she aimed for a cheap, plastic 2010s meme look, and features like blurry menu text led some viewers to mistake it for machine output.
- Despite her process video and long public portfolio, some still claim the image was AI or faked, a sign of growing hypervigilance that can undermine credit and income for working artists.