It is time to officially close out the 2015 Halloween season. As a last tribute to my favorite holiday I bring you this year’s pumpkin carving.
Unlike most years, this one didn’t utilize half cuts due to two key reasons. The first reason is basically time. I’ve been revving on high for a while now to get through the party and now back to finishing up Project Auurrrnnoooollld. I am so close now I can taste it – only two real tasks to go and I can finally bring you the fruits of that multi-year labor. The other limitation was a poor crop of images to select from. If you’ve seen my other pumpkin posts you know that I mine every source I can find looking for a high contrast images to use as a basis for my carvings. My favorite web resources are Tattoo sites and, of course, Google Images – this year … not much turned up. Luckily this popped up while looking at a Pinterest board for Halloween props.
Finally something to work with – before I go any further, the rights for this image remain with the owner (unfortunately not sure who that actually is). Okay, back to your regularly scheduled programming. This image has the perfect combination of creepiness and … CONTRAST which is essential for a good transfer to a pumpkin. For a quick test you can simply bring it up in your favorite graphics program and reduce the color count to 3 or 4.
Hit the jump to see how this turned out in pumpkin form!
