Mr. Peanut is getting old

 I recently became an owner of a new pair of glasses (I had lost a previous pair) and thought it'd be a laugh to let you all see what I look like with them. That's not what this blog is for though! So, to go along with the theme of 'Spectacles', I bring you Mr. Peanut in need of a thicker monocle OR a pair of glass all his own.

Part 1

1. Thumbnails. This process was relatively simple. Just focusing on one character made it easy to think of a single pose. Since this weeks word was 'Spectacles', I wanted the focus to be on his make-shift glasses; essentially two hand held monocles.

2. I sketched out the pose I liked best, on another sheet of sketchbook paper then with a sheet of Carbon paper I traced my sketch onto a 9x 12 sheet of peterborough board. 

3. After the sketching, I took to my gouache paints and 'blocked' out his body.

4b. After the paint dried, I retraced his monocles, mouth, and cane.

5. After painting the rest of his body, I used fine liners to outline the details

 Part 2: Digital 

6. I used quick selection and command + J to create a new layer with the selection.

7. Clicking on the image in the layers tab, I selected Mr. Peanut and brightened the entire selection.

8. After introducing a background of peanuts, I used the Gaussian Blur filter to 'unfocus' the image.

9. I then add a drop shadow overtop to allow a bit of depth.

Final

Mr. Peanut has gotten very old and is in need of new glasses. Just to give you a taste of what he sees even with his two monocles, things are still quite blurry.

I hope you had a laugh or at least a smile at this one. My next blog will be the final in my first series of Conceptually yours. 

'Untamed'  is your clue! Let your imaginations run rampant with ideas!