Jordan 3 and the elephant print: why is it the detail that "gives away" the most replicas?

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From QC threads, the elephant print gets flagged more than anything else on J3s:

  • Lines too thick or too bold. Noticeable.
  • Print placed too high on the heel or toe panels. Noticeable.
    An old general flaw thread already called it the biggest J3 flaw years ago. It’s a long-running problem. The approach is the same as in the Jordan 4 QC thread: separate real flaws from colourway variation.