The pumpkin-based Giant Squid, pictured above, is one of my favorite entries on ExtremePumpkin.com, a site that my Halloween-obsessed husband recently found. Other favorites include E.T., a giant Tiki head, and this creepy skull. Check it out for ideas and inspiration.
I personally hate pumpkin-carving because I can never get the pumpkin to look the way I want it. This relates to my larger challenge as an artist of not mastering the tools I need to execute my vision, which results in many ideas being trapped in my brain and/or journal. But the idea of learning those tools – like Photoshop, for example – is so unappealing. Is that something any of you can relate to? Words of encouragement?
In the meantime, enjoy the pumpkin gallery. Here’s another good one, for fans of The Nightmare Before Christmas…
Added 10.27.09: Tom Waits Pumpkin
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Creative Halloween Costume Ideas
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Re: tools…
Personally, I like to adjust my vision down to my personal limitations on various toolsets, then working back up to the grand vision.
In this vein, after 20 years of guitar playing, I can now finally play the solo for Poison’s Nothing But a Good Time to my level of satisfaction.
As we’ve discussed in other forums though, I tend be more of a pragmatist, while you tend to be more of an idealist. :)
On a pumpkin note, I stick to making pumpkin emoticons these days. Simple and geeky.