What's your pumpkin?

[A Maybe Baker]

I haven't figured out the design I'll be carving this year, but I always enjoy it. One of mine from the past few years is my current avatar. I've done sports for a bit, but I might try something else this year.

Any of you carve? If so, what will you be doing this year?

 

[shortkut]

My wife and daughters are drawing on ours as we speak. I’ll post images later tonight or tomorrow

 

[A Maybe Baker]

My wife and daughters are drawing on ours as we speak. I’ll post images later tonight or tomorrow

Do you each have your own? I love family pumpkins.

My wife and I share one and each grab a side. We position it so depending on which side of the street you come down you'll see either hers (usually Bob's burgers) or mine (usually sports).

 

[shortkut]

We only have one and they’re each taking a side

 

[A Maybe Baker]

Looking forward to seeing the results!

 

[Kat]

How early do you all usually carve them? I remembered doing them in mid October, but I googled and saw they're usually only good for a few days.

I'm not sure what I'll be doing this year yet, but I did buy these things:



The bottom one is one I've done in a previous year:

 

[A Maybe Baker]

I'm normally about a week in advance. I really like your second picture there by the way.

 

[finlandguy]

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Those are from like 6 years ago. I haven't done anything too special since. Just a random simply spooky face when the kids didn't care to do anything. If I get inspired I do something, but not always.

 

[Tubby23]

The pumpkin carving is about the one part of Halloween I could see being really fun.

 

[Crystal]

We don't do them, but given there's a five year old in the house, I'm sure we'll have one at some point.

 

[Nae'blis]

The kids usually do one each, will post when they're done!

 

[A Maybe Baker]

Bump from last year


Could be better. It was the first one we did with much shaving instead of just carving. Accidentally took a bit too much off the top as well.

 

[A Maybe Baker]

Looks a bit better with actual candles instead of the led flashlight.

 

[Kat]

Bump from last year
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Could be better. It was the first one we did with much shaving instead of just carving. Accidentally took a bit too much off the top as well.

It is absolutely wild to me that you would denigrate that pumpkin carving. I saw that and my honest initial reaction was that I didn't even realize that pumpkin carvings could look like that. I'll have to try shaving like that next year.

 

[canadaguy]

The kids usually do one each, will post when they're done!

Dang they sure taking their sweet ass time

 

[Nae'blis]

Dang they sure taking their sweet ass time

Well, you know, kids these days....

 

[A Maybe Baker]

It is absolutely wild to me that you would denigrate that pumpkin carving. I saw that and my honest initial reaction was that I didn't even realize that pumpkin carvings could look like that. I'll have to try shaving like that next year.

There are a few things we wish came out a bit better for sure. Overall happy with it though.

We're potentially going to try and get a discount carving kit in the next few days to get ready for next year. This was done with all stuff we already had (steak knife, grapefruit spoon, and a box cutter).

Somer came out looking a bit high as well lol. But she's still recognizable. From this picture with the image reversed.

 

[Mark]

Looks a bit better with actual candles instead of the led flashlight.
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Dude, that turned out awesome. You had help, didn’t you? That doesn’t suck enough.

 

[A Maybe Baker]

Dude, that turned out awesome. You had help, didn’t you? That doesn’t suck enough.

This was a tag team effort between the two of us this year because of the complexity of it. Normally we get one side of the pumpkin each, an example of a past one of mine is my av. Actually all of my avs have been pumpkins I carved.

 

[Mark]

This was a tag team effort between the two of us this year because of the complexity of it. Normally we get one side of the pumpkin each, an example of a past one of mine is my av. Actually all of my avs have been pumpkins I carved.

That’s some impressive coordination. The last time my other half and I carved a pumpkin for the youngest, my job was basically to gut it. I have zero artistic skills in that respect.

 

[A Maybe Baker]

That’s some impressive coordination. The last time my other half and I carved a pumpkin for the youngest, my job was basically to gut it. I have zero artistic skills in that respect.

She's definitely better at art than I am, but then again she was trained in oils growing up and her parents' house is completely covered in things she and her brother painted (that are all very good).

I can get by as better than average somehow. I guess I mostly did pencil work while growing up, but I only ever got displays at school when I actually took an art class (so not often).

 

[Mark]

She's definitely better at art than I am, but then again she was trained in oils growing up and her parents' house is completely covered in things she and her brother painted (that are all very good).

I can get by as better than average somehow. I guess I mostly did pencil work while growing up, but I only ever got displays at school when I actually took an art class (so not often).

I’ve always been fascinated by people that can take something in their mind and put it to paper, because my brain just doesn’t work like that. The most I can do is write riffs and stuff like that, but I never looked at writing music in the same way since it’s much more subjective than something visual. My girlfriend does various makeup stuff, for example, and she just did a “Halloween look” which basically turned half of her face into a sugar skull. I had no idea what she was doing the whole time, but when the final product came together I was impressed. I can’t draw worth a shit, but, gimme a room to paint and it’ll look like a professional did it.

Halloween face paint for reference: