A pun-based piece that plays with the idea of a pencil shaving.

Typically, when one hears of a pencil shaving they immediately think of the tiny wooden debris left over when sharpening a pencil. This image offers a new perspective – a pencil shaving his face, much like a man would shave his face.

This portfolio features various stages of this project’s development. Listed below are some supplementary details.

• Final printed version of the image. 8-Color Silkscreen Print.
• Initial character and face studies.
• Additional character and face studies.
• Initial layout sketch.
• Reworked layout sketch.
• Sketch focusing on the hands of the figure.
• Additional hand study.
• Vector version of the image – This image provides a basis to how the image should have ended up printing.