This is the first of four posters commissioned by Vodafone to decorate the VIP area of the Vodafone Comedy Festival. The posters feature the stellar line-up of standup comics on the festival playbill.

These are a few of the vintage circus posters I used as reference for the look that the client had in mind.

Here's the initial sketch stage. Some of the characters were switched about, or their poses changed, before I started on the final artwork.

A few shots of the posters in their natural habitat. Thanks to James Yeo at Debut Art for these, and indeed for the job itself.