A busy Clown at Work

This project was a self-led picture book based on a short story that I wrote. I am a person with a smile on my face. I love the way I look but during work, I had to keep myself serious so that I could do what I have to in a way that was as expected. After a while, I had a feeling of a loser who has lost her smile for nothing. I got mad at myself, and then I illustrated a character, A clown with a drum that spreads smiles in the air, and animals coming out of his drum madly, and performed on a smiling stage, the stage for making a busy life happy again.

This book was aimed at an audience of children in Key stage 1 and explored the themes of workaholism following the character of a clown and his drum who is trying to find his smile. I wanted the book to be both enjoyable and educational for children to read and also visually appealing.