Gothic & Macabre
The Haunted Carnival
Eerie sideshow art to color and unwind
Step right up to a world where curiosity meets the macabre — eerie sideshow characters, twisted wonders, and vintage carnival art from a time long forgotten.
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- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Page size
- 8.5 × 11 inch paperback
- Best tools
- Colored pencils, Fine-tip markers, Gel pens
- Alcohol markers
- Recommended with a protective sheet behind the page.
Eerie ringmasters, fortune-teller wagons, striped tents, and midway lights strung through the dark.
Vintage poster-style compositions with ornate scrollwork frames.
Twisted wonders and sideshow curiosities transport you to a carnival long forgotten.
Step right up — curiosity meets the macabre
The Haunted Carnival pitches its tents where the midway lights flicker a little strangely. Inside: grinning ringmasters with skull-topped canes, fortune-teller wagons promising wonders beyond belief, carousel horses that look almost alive, and strings of glowing bulbs against the night.
The style borrows from vintage circus posters — ornate scroll frames, banner typography, and stars — so finished pages feel like antique show bills.
Inside you’ll find
- Eerie sideshow characters and twisted wonders
- Vintage carnival wagons, tents, and midway scenes
- Ornate poster-style borders and banners
- Single-sided pages to help reduce bleed-through
- Large 8.5 × 11 inch format
Grab your favorite tools, embrace the strange, and bring the carnival to life. Enter if you dare — leave renewed.
Tools that work well with this book
- Colored pencils
- Fine-tip markers
- Gel pens
Using markers with this book
Carnival scenes glow with saturated marker color — keep a protective sheet behind the page to protect the next design.
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