I couldn't wait until Halloween!

in Sketchbook3 years ago

Halloween is on Sunday but I could not wait!
What are you carving this year? I see that pumpkin price has been dropped, so I might get another one!
So Today I wanted to share how I made this Pokemon jack-o-lantern!
My this year's design is Flareon and Vulpix, they are both Fire Pokemon and I also carved Gengar as jack-o-lantern because he is ghost Pokemon!
I used some cool tricks for the light, so I hope this blog might be helpful when you make your own for this year.

Here is a video ↓

Tip #1 : buy flat faced pumpkin!
It may be sound strange but it is so much easier to carve and write design on it.
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Tip #2 : Draw a design with water pen
You can easily wipe it of with wet paper towel after you are done carving

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Tip 3 : Cut the top with 60 degree angle

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Tip 4 : Made the pumpkin as thin as possible.
So the light can see through it.The lighting contrast will make the difference in the end.

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Do regular carving steps

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#Tip 5 : Put long toothpicks to hold light
when you flash the light from the top, the light will come through evenly so your design look better!
I love using this trick because it does not cause any fire and lights are pretty powerful so your jack-o-lantern look so much better than using cancel inside.

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I celebrated Early Halloween by Pizza after I was done making pumpkin 🎃

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If you have any tip for carving pumpkin, please share! I would like to do that again before Halloween!

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Awesome creativity!

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Thank you so much for your helpful advice! You have been a huge help since I came back! I just posted with the tag you recommended. you are my Steemit /hive-sensei !

the pokemon is really lit. . awesome

Thank you so much :)