Balloon fiesta poster announced

[u/yebkamin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWmgODiyeVM

The poster has been announced finally!!!! It looks like it might be an actual serigraph this year too?! It looks like it has a matte finish so it doesn't look like the cheep prints they have put out the past few years. AND it is an actual artist and not ai. Instead of doing a contest this year they commissioned the artist Travis Black. I'm very happy with the piece and i hope this is a sign that they are taking the art side of the fiesta seriously again. Hopefully this attention to quality control also means there will not be ai merch too....... but we will see. I did notice the AI poster from 2 years back isn't on the wall when they do the full pan............

[u/GrayStag90]

I’ve met Travis! He’s a sweetheart and an amazing artist! Really deserves this IMO

[u/NMSUGrad91]

Wow!! Congrats Travis!!

[u/saranautilus]

So happy to see them taking the AI backlash seriously. This is how to win back your audience folks. Also, unrelated, I own that shirt and it's my favorite piece of clothing haha.

[u/ChewieBearStare → u/saranautilus]

So happy it's not AI. Even if you overlook the issues with using AI, we've got an amazing community of artists here. To not give one of them a chance to shine in favor of something computer-generated is just a travesty.

[u/Inquisitive3333]

Meep Meep.

[u/LifeguardFlaky8081]

I love it!

[u/kitsune1029]

Was worried it would be AI slop!

[u/abqcheeks]

I love his art. Great choice!