It’s a comic book style because it’s a ripoff of a comic cover somebody else posted in the thread.

Like could have started as a tracing and changed a few details ripped off.

Tonwildly oversimplify it’s a longer exposure but since the shutter is open for longer you need a smaller Aperture so you need a camera you can adjust shutter speed and f stop.

Smaller hole open for longer lets in the same amount of light and then anything that moves like the water will have motion blur.

Would explain the platform hooves giving his calves so much definition