Though I was worried about a test I would have the next day, pumpkin carving just sounded so fun that I still attended anyways. Since the last time I carved a pumpkin was probably over ten years ago, I only vaguely remembered the procedure on cleaning out the pumpkin and how to carve it. It was really fun scraping out all the fiber-y stuff inside and the seeds and I ended up bringing the seeds home to roast them. I wanted to try a more difficult design and ended up really liking the idea of carving the image of Charmander, the flame-type Pokemon. I found a picture of someone else’s Charmander pumpkin online and tried to mimic their shading by cutting out varied thicknesses out of the pumpkin. It was somewhat difficult because I didn’t have a scraping tool and was just using the same knife that we used to cut into the pumpkin which didn’t have much maneuverability, so despite the fact that my pumpkin definitely didn’t look as clean-cut and well-shaded as the one I based mine off of, I was really proud of how it turned out!
That’s amazing! Charizard was my favorite Pokemon growing up, but I would always choose Charmander as my starter Pokemon in leaf-green. It looks really good, and it’s great to see another fan creating art out of their love for Pokemon.
I like it!
I loved how you carved your Charmander! Usually, people would think to carve the entire skin out but you “half carved” out the stomach and eyes which made the pumpkin have more dimension. I really liked it!
That carving is actually amazing. It’s impressive that you managed to carve a Charmander despite not even having a scraping tool! 10/10.
I was able to attend this event as well, and I fully understand how difficult it is to neatly carve a pumpkin and make such a creative design. Also, I loved seeing the Charmander outside of founders every time I came back to the building.