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Jacked-Up Lanterns
Happy Almost-Halloween Hump 🐫 Day! It’s time to break out our pumpkin carving kits and get to work on some scary or funny Jack-o’-Lanterns🎃🎃🎃
Carved In The Dark
So an internally lit pumpkin really has to be carved in the dark in order to get the right effects. ~Brian Bateman
That’s an interesting approach, and I can see why he’d say that.
If you’re doing the fancy pumpkin carving style where you’ve shaved it thin enough to let the pumpkin rind be translucent, you would need a way of validating your results as you go along.
I never got fancy like that.
Triangle eyes. Jagged mouth. Job done.
We kept it simple back in the 70s and 80s.
If you want to see some more advanced techniques, watch the video below.
Carve It
Don’t Carve Your Pumpkin Until You’ve Seen This
It’s interesting how they came up with these artistic embellishments.
I particularly like how he managed to get the eyes to glow red with dark pupils in that pumpkin on the left.
It’s crazy how you can get these effects by going under the surface a bit.
Another great thing about growing up at this time of year was all the spooky shows.
I was always a fan of the Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Charlie Brown’s Great Pumpkin, not to mention the classic monster movies from Universal.
It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown!
Teeth Are Easy
Teeth are easy and fun to do and they add a lot to the expression. ~Jim Olson
I got a lot done this weekend, but none of it was writing.
I have no progress on the writing of One Little Thing 💍 this weekend.
Sometimes you just have to have a crashout weekend.
I was freaking exhausted.
Honestly, I’m always freaking exhausted anymore.
Sometimes it gets like that.
Fortunately, 🍂Autumn🍂 is 🍁🧸☕ Cozy Nap Season ☺️🥧🍂!
There’s nothing more restful to the soul than a marvelous little nap and a big chunk out of your to-do list.
That’s all for today. See you back on Saturday for Halloween🍬🍫🍭
