The Rough & Ready Sideshow series from photographer Jason Mitchell and digital artist Stacey Ransom reinvents the vintage cabinet cards of yore with a colorful whimsy that is both alluring and bizarre.
To create the intricate details of these circus portraits, Ransom & Mitchell sew costumes, build sets and fabricate props, then digitally paint the final touches that couldn’t be done in studio.
— Cult Of Weird
I love the vintage freakshow/sideshow/circus look and the principle of it making you want to look twice at everything. I have an undeniable penchant for whatever is slightly creepy, bizarre or both and I’d also like to work this into the look of my project, at least where illustration and type styles are concerned. I don’t know if this is forcing it, but the normal/weird dichotomy going on (ha ha) might be something worth exploring too, at least in the visuals.