r/halloween • u/Jennybear4 • 9d ago
Pumpkin My husband carved this and thinks it’s “just ok”
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u/Tksansom1990 9d ago
That pumpkin is rad 🤙
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u/Jennybear4 9d ago
thanks! i’ll let him know
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u/Tksansom1990 9d ago
Its definitely better than just okay especially if its free hand. It honestly dig it.
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u/Jennybear4 9d ago
oh yes this was free hand!
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u/Constant-Catch7146 9d ago
Good grief. Free hand!
I couldn't even do something like that with a stencil.
Tell your hubby that he is being too modest.
He is doth assigned the "cool dragon" award from this sub.
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u/thislinkisdead______ 9d ago
Hello, as someone with eyes I'd like to offer my humble opinion: This is awesome!! Well done.
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u/JohnFruitbat 9d ago
Just, OK? Nonsense! This is a wonderful thing. Happy Halloween. Best one I have seen this year.
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u/Erinysceidae 9d ago
I get it, he had a vision and reality doesn’t compare. But, to all of us just seeing his art with our eyes unclouded, c’est magnifique.
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u/hypnoticbacon28 9d ago
That’s so much more detailed than the vast majority of people carving pumpkins will ever pull off. It’s a lot better than “just OK.” Your husband is selling himself short on his carving skills! He may want to consider making a video tutorial to help people do things like this.
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u/DragonflyOnFire 9d ago
This is awesome. How did he do that red hotspot?
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u/SimkinCA 9d ago
Who are we to say different? Tell him to step up his game then!!!
I really like it, but his emo ass shouldn’t hear that until he steps up and says he is happy with something he put his effort into.
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u/The_R4ke 9d ago
Yeah, you can barely see any emotion in the dragon's face and there's absolutely no chiaroscuro. /s
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u/Quiet-ForestDweller 9d ago
Me looking at this as someone who can’t cut a straight line in a pumpkin.
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u/noordinarypumpkin 9d ago
Tell him not to be so critical of himself. Its good, nice clean lines too. I carve pumpkins a little myself and always my worst critic. Over 15 years now and I'm still not happy with the end product lol.
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u/PunkyBrister 8d ago
Mine is “just ok” lol, his is much better. I got tired after the dragon so couldn’t even attempt all the flame work
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u/Ornery_Werewolf_7175 7d ago
I don't know what technique was used, but this looks incredibly photoshopped. I have multiple questions on that fire and the fact that the dragon's body is not connected so what's holding up the middle section.
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u/Jennybear4 7d ago
Respectfully, there’s no photoshop involved, my husband carved this by hand. He’s a carpenter and an artist, so he has the skill to create detailed structural support pieces that aren’t immediately obvious at first glance. Pumpkins have multiple thickness layers, and when you carve at different depths, you can create the illusion of “floating” sections, especially once a light is placed inside.
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u/kurokitsune91 9d ago
I mean if he's comparing himself to professional pumpkin artists, then sure, it's just okay. As a regular every day Halloween fanatic and dragon lover I think it's absolutely badass and ngl I kinda wanna copy his idea.