I actually think Disco Elysium helped popularize the style a bit just before the AI-image boom stuff.

I saw someone on Twitter say that user is doing a bit

reads like an obvious bit imo

Not yet, but I suspect that at some point in the future it will become standard practice to document your process of making art exhaustively to avoid being called a “prompt engineer”. It’ll be like streaming your speedrun attempts - if you’re respected enough in the community you can get away with not doing it, but if you just show up one day with a good run but no documentation it’s a little sus.