Oct

25

2006

Pumpkin Carving Madness

Author: Jeffrey

I got a little carried away this year with the [tag]pumpkin carving[/tag]. I have tried some pretty creative things in the past, but I decided to go a little beyond this time, well … for me anyway. I thought you might like to see the results. I’lll show you the process I went through.

I started with this picture of Mel and I:

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Then I erased the background and reduced it to black and white with only 3 tones, like this:

jeffmelpumpkin2small.jpg

Then I traced the image onto the pumpkin and carved it out to different depths. The dark areas remained as the skin of the pumpkin, the midtone areas i carved to about 1/4″ deep, and the lightest areas to about 1/2″ deep like this:

jeffmelpumpkin3small.jpg

And here’s what it looks like lit up. You have to use your imagination here, hard to take a picture in the dark:

jeffmelpumpkin4small.jpg

Overall, I was pleased with the results. What do you think?

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9 Responses to “Pumpkin Carving Madness”

  1. Maya~Papaya Says:
    October 25th, 2006 at 10:49 pm

    YAY!! Whoooo hooooo You put up the pic I wanted!! =) Looks so awesome…seriously…for real!

    —Your crazy indian sis

  2. mom Says:
    October 26th, 2006 at 6:54 am

    This is great Maya told us about it you’ve outdone yourself this year I love it.

  3. undulatinggears Says:
    October 26th, 2006 at 8:43 am

    Wow. Can you make one for me? In English Walnut”

    I’ve sold two big chucks on my brand new web site already. For the unitiated that’s an accessory for a lathe not a throw away adult diaper.

    DAD

  4. undulatinggears Says:
    October 26th, 2006 at 8:50 am

    questions:

    1; do you know anybody that ought to be invited to my exhibition in November and December?

    2; could you spare a minute (or twelve) to help me polish up my web site? (two sales already)

    3: I can’t remember the real question I wanted to ask…Oh Links! How about it?

    Failing Father Figure

  5. Jeffrey Says:
    October 26th, 2006 at 9:56 am

    I have already linked to you at http://www.chickandduckmfg.com. you can see it in my blogroll on the right. There .. now you have 2 links. Would you like to write another story for “from dad’s shop” and put it on my blog?

  6. Lynda Says:
    October 27th, 2006 at 9:20 pm

    Okay, that is incredible.

  7. mel Says:
    November 2nd, 2006 at 4:56 pm

    heehee your so cool! and your all mine!

  8. Anji Says:
    November 5th, 2006 at 1:03 am

    It really is incredible, pity pumpkins don’t live forever.

  9. Aunt Louise Says:
    November 17th, 2006 at 12:12 am

    Hey, I liked your pumpkin carving. It didn’t look like it was easy to do. The artistic gene lives.

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