Clowns 101 Typology Poster

 Using research to help me find objects that clowns often use allowed me to create a playful poster with a sinister twist.

Clowns are associated with bright colours and lots of props, including balls, big shoes, balloons and bow ties. All of which I've included in my drawings.

 As well as bright coloured, soft and squishy objects, clowns are now more often associated with fear and violence (sometimes seen in circus performances with acts such as fake suicide and beating each other with hammers).

I wanted to include this in my designs in a subtle way.

Having plans of making this as a screen print meant I stuck with minimal colour, choosing primary colours so it was closely related to clowns.

Using minimal colour allowed the more violent objects in the poster become more subtle, meaning you have to focus on the different elements of the poster to reveal the more sinister side of objects/props that clowns have been seen using.