Hey Pixlbit, so yesterday I was talking about buying a pumpkin. I don’t know why I wanted to carve a pumpkin, considering the last time I did was in elementary school. So the crafty bug bit, so I spent some time getting a pattern ready.

This is the pumpkin I bought, and promptly named him Walter. I bought some pumpkin carving stuff because the folks on YouTube said I needed these things. I also bought a zester (is that a word?) to scrape off the sides of Walter.

This is my pattern. Originally I wanted to do Kratos but I figured only a couple of people would understand it and most likely someone will probably ask who’s the bald guy.

I made a smaller version just in case the original was too big.

The little poker the carving kit came with is garbage, so I switched to a steak knife. The smaller pattern I tried didn’t come out too well so I went big.

The steak knife worked well, you just had to have some touch or else the blade goes in a little too deep. I traced my design and it was all zester from this point. I read that it was easier to use clay cutting tools but I have no idea where my tools are (you folks who had to buy expensive books in college, I had to buy a ton of random art supplies. College made $$$ off of me). I figured the zester was basically the same thing. Anyways after scraping, some choice words, and cutting out some spots I finally finished it…and it looks like a skeleton, HAHAHAHA.

I like to think that maybe the pattern is too big because it curves but I like him. Walter did well and now I have a pumpkin. I don’t know if I want to go through all of that again just to get a cleaner version. This basically means I’m thinking about it.

Anyways I thought I’d share my pumpkin experience, have a good one Pixlbit!

That’s all for now, more later!

-Chris