is this really AI generated? the artist doesn't seens to do AI stuff and nothing seens to suggest it is.

I didn't see any evidence suggesting the image was AI generated, or that the artist uses AI. Not sure why it got tagged as such after I posted it -- perhaps user error?

yup, definitely looks like human brushwork to me.
These days, it can be hard to tell, though, so it's understandable that people make mistakes-- I know I certainly have missed things that were AI, and been suspicious of things that on closer inspection turned out to be human. so, it's always good to have multiple pairs of eyes on something, so we can catch each other's mistakes.