Is it just me or is this incredibly creepy on some fundamental level?

Vyrien said:
Is it just me or is this incredibly creepy on some fundamental level?

It's you.

JakeBob said:
It's you.

'Twas us

maybe it's the artist's style?

It's the eyes. It's a realistic approach of a cat's eye on human face. Also I think it's because of the anime size eyes on a fundamentally realistic facial proportions, which end up making the eyes look creepily large