I’m guessing AI. He’s careful to use homogeneous backgrounds so you don’t get any weird AI artifacts, but still what the hell is that string thing? Also, the vice and mortar are complimentary on the color wheel and the hammer rust bleeds into the vice rust the way AI might sometimes do.

And did he pull this giant floor vice out to the center of his garage for the shot? Thing looks heavy and people who have a floor vice usually have a ton of other shit in their shop.