Using Photoshop, I started with a photo of a famous person to create my clown. If you can't figure out who that person is, check out Who Was That Clown? on my blog.
"The fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown." ---Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996)