Controversy arose on social media this week over this year’s Moonfest’s poster—which depicted President Donald Trump in a haunting form.

But the artist behind the picture defends his work for the annual West Palm Beach Halloween festival.

Craig McInnis, a freelance artist, said the idea of Trump on the poster came up when he and other Moonfest events workers were brainstorming ideas. McInnis said this was his second time drawing a poster for the event.

"It was just an idea that fell onto the table," McInnis said. "We weren’t thinking, ‘Oh let’s get people upset with this poster.’ It wasn’t a play to stir the pot."

As for the Trump poster, McInnis said he was "going for effectiveness," and Trump’s distinguishing features made the sketching easy to dramatize.

"Some of the best artists and comedians get inspiration from an unoriginal idea, and use it to the best of their ability," McInnis said.

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The Moonfest poster shows Trump with a pig-like face and snout with horns, holding a devil fork and wearing a diaper. When The West Palm Beach Downtown Development Authority (DDA) shared an image of the poster on social media to promote the event, some social media users took offense.

Raphael Clemente, executive director of the DDA, said the post was taken down because it could have construed political affiliation, which is against their policy as a publicly-funded organization.

"We support Moonfest and will promote the event, but not the image," Clemente said.

McInnis said the majority of reviews for the poster were positive, and the negative comments came from social media.

Moonfest event coordinator Kristen Dagata said the poster was thought up as a political satire, and that a previous Moonfest poster poked fun at the Democratic Party.

"It was just for fun," Dagata said. "We did posters like this in the past and had zero questioning."

Of the social media response, Dagata said many people took a liking to the drawing by posting funny costumes and even comedic pictures of previous presidents.

"I know times are changing with social media, and people are becoming more sensitive and can get their comments out easier," Dagata said.

Dagata does not feel the poster will affect the turnout for Moonfest and is still expecting around 20,000 people to attend on Oct. 28.