Austin visual artist Taylor W. Rushing is a self-described “lifelong Willie superfan.” He even has a Willie Nelson tattoo and a dog named Willie. So when he saw the poster for Willie Nelson’s upcoming Fourth of July picnic, he was crushed to realize it used AI art instead of a design commissioned from a human […]
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After Willie Nelson’s Fourth of July Picnic used AI art in its poster, a Texas artist is pushing back with love
Austin artist Taylor W. Rushing says he hand-created an alternative poster out of a lifelong love for Shotgun Willie and a desire to protect the outlaw country artist’s ‘visual legacy.’
