Presale Tickets

I’ve always been fascinated by the stylings of the old carnival and circus adds like the original P.T. Barnum or Buffalo Bill posters. They were always framed with these beautiful ornate little features that started as French leafing, but over the years, as more and more renditions of them were produced, they became these cartoonish features that you couldn’t see without instantly thinking of the circus. I love that! Graphic accents of a past time in the amusement industry have always been a styling that speaks to me as a designer. The contrast of this vintage, hand-done styling against crisp lines and vibrant colors really takes me to a playful exciting place visually. The opportunity to design the pre-sale tickets for Helm & Sons Amusements really allowed the marriage of all of my favorite graphical elements into one design. The team at Helm has been using variations of these pre-sale tickets for over a decade now and have printed millions of copies that have ended up in the hands of people up and down the Pacific Coast.