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Published: 2010-10-31 06:04:08 +0000 UTC; Views: 1817; Favourites: 56; Downloads: 24
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I wanted to do three more pumpkins this Halloween after doing the Summer Wind adaptation (Scott Pilgrim, Yotsuba, and a Neil Gaiman & Morpheus combo). Unfortunately, my index finger is still numb and so I can't do much.So instead, I did a simple one of the doom of the dinos. Three cheers for speculative histories! Huzzah. Huzzah. Huzzah!
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I know, right? So sad.
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damn you ball of fire
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wOOtz. my master plans has come to fruitions.
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Thanks so much! I enjoyed your pregnancy scare myself
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Love the humor, and it's straight to the point.
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Haha, thanks. I wanted to do something rather comic this year ^_^
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This is funny! Nice job on the meteor.
I just finished mine today, and I feel your pain. (Carving a pumpkin is like delivering a baby: every year, I forget the pain and ask myself why I don't do more than one, and when I finish carving, I remember why.)
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Thanks. Because of the lighting, a lot of the meteor detail got blown out, but it *does* make it look that much more fiery ^_^
And yeah, it's pretty rare the year that goes by that I don't, at the least, cut myself. I made it through my first pumpkin this year with no cuts and was all excited til I realized the pad of my index finger was swollen and numb. Carving the second oneβthis ode to the death of the dinosaursβI ended up slicing right into the top of my middle trying to free a stuck knife from the pumpkin flesh!
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In the 14 years that I have been carving pumpkins, I have so far managed to avoid cutting myself. Because I use a RotoZip engraving tool for the scoring, the results would be pretty bad if I slipped and cut myself.
What kinds of tools do you use?
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Here's a picture of my set of tools. [link] Pretty much all my injuries are due to fatigue. After carving for several hours (especially if I do back-to-back designs) my level of patience tends to wane and I just get too careless.
I haven't been carving quite as long as you (only since 1999), but I've had a lot of fun with it over the years. I've gradually gotten better at it, but it can be hard since the lessons learned in one year have a whole year in which to be forgotten by the time I next get to carve a pumpkin. In a way, carving pumpkins is something new every time.
Here are some of my own designs over the years: [link]
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AGH! ew! i know the feeling. the hot glue gun is my friend. until I start to use it every time and get like... 9th degree burn.
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The only time I feel like a suffering artist is when I'm actually using the tools of the trade
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in the epic battle of wrangling the art out of the thing... battle scars that you live to tell about.... and stuff
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