Squid Bull Monster Jack-o-Lantern
My SquidBull Jack-o-Lantern
I call him SquidBull. I submitted this adorably fierce little guy to a pumpkin carving contest and won second place.
I had a lot of fun carving this pumpkin, and I'm pretty happy with the result. He'll greet my trick-or-treaters this year with his snarling teeth and friendly disposition.
Kab's Squid-o-lantern
My Design
My pumpkin pattern was inspired by a graphic used by the former squidoo.com website. Whoever designed this great monster did an awesome job. I love him!
I thought he looked very Halloween appropriate with the horns, and he had nice teeth that are always a jack-o-lantern classic feature.
I call him Squid-Bull.
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My Pattern
I turned my pattern greyscale (because I'm way too cheap for color ink) and then outlined my cuts with a thin sharpie so they would be super clear.
I changed my initial plan of having the oval of his mouth completely scraped away because it was clear as I was working that that would look messy. I wanted the jagged edges of his teeth to stand out more. So instead, I just scraped an outline of the oval. I also scraped an outline of the edges of his horns and tentacles where they crossed over the big circle.
The Progression of My Squid-o-Lantern - A Photo Story
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Guestbook
such a inspiring and really awesome lens, thank you for sharing
Very Nice
nice pumpkins
What a fun design! Big congrats on the King of Squidboo win! Well deserved.
Congrats on your Squid-o-lantern win! I love the squid monsters.
Genius! What a superb Squid O'Lantern! Bravo. Congratulations on being a fellow King of SquidBoo! x
It's a beauty ... Happy Halloween!
Great carving idea...just love the Squidmonsters. Congrats on being one of the Top 40 finalists!
Kab this pumpkin is great. Photos, too. Love your idea. Congrats. I was just in shock to make the list. Hope you win.
I love your Squid-o-Lantern! Congrats on making it to the top 40 and good luck! One of my lenses was chosen, also.
Applause, Applause! This is wonderful!
This is really too bool (cool with a boo). Love the squid monster carving. Glad someone else does this so I can enjoy their work without the mess.
really cool pumpkin, like squidbill, he's a hoot!
wow great work love the Monster Design lens roll to my pumpkin carving
This idea was really really cool. And the pumpkin came out great. :) Congrats.
Impressive carving!
I think you must have found THE most perfectly shaped pumpkin I've ever seen, and your photo display with the flowers and gourds is adorable! Thanks so much for participating in the Squid-o-lantern contest!
Great pumpkin carving, Kab, and an excellent choice of design. Love it!
Ole! Excellent!
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@anonymous: Thanks! It took about an hour and a half all total.
Great carving Kab - how long did it take you?
Neat idea, I might have to enter this next year. I haven't carved a pumpkin in years.
Great carving. Happy Halloween and safe Trick or Treating.
Brilliant - and I even got to see how you carved it - with what you had. I've heard of really specialist pumpkin carving setups, and just think how can anyone compete with that - it's ice to get such a result with the basics.
Very clever. What an fantastic Squid Monster jack o'lantern.
Love this monster pumpkin! Great idea and great description of the process!
GREAT (and cleverly done) design, Charlie Brown.... er, kab! And your descriptions and photos of your Squid-o-Lantern are excellent. Best of luck in the contest -- looks like a winning entry to me!
That's an awesome Squid-o-Lantern! Even better since you grew it yourself, it sounds like!!
Excellent pumpkin carving, Kab!
Fantastic theme of a Squid Bull pumpkin.
Very nice job! This is the first entry I have looked at, but I would say the other two are going to have a hard time topping this one! Great job! I really really mean that too!
ThomasC
Great job.. Nice design. I like it :)
I love it so cute and such a good idea!
Nice job,
Robin :)
I love it! What a good job.
Great job. Looks awesome.
A mighty fine Squid-o-Lantern, Kab!
I love it! I think the monsters were born to be carved into pumpkins.
Good luck in the contest! I like the photo gallery showing your step-by-step progress. Great tips!
He's lovely and he got my vote!
Fabulous job and great documentation! Blessed! Good luck in the competition!
Nice job on your pumpkin carving, and I agree. That little monster makes a great Jack-o-lantern. Good luck to you!
Fabulous Design! Good Luck in the Contest!
Great idea using a monster on your pumpkin. Good luck
Good Luck!
Brilliant work here good luck
This is awesome! And what a great carving. I need to try and take part in this :)
I really love your use of this monster..and now I too know how to use a pattern. Blessed by an Angel...and I hope you and Kiva win :)
Super job on this!!!
Wow! That's a really sharp-looking pumpkin... and I love the glow beauty shot!
Looking at that, I really understand how to create and use a paper design! (I somehow managed to miss this magical advancement in the technology of pumpkin carving until very recently)
Impressive carving skills! Good luck..tough competition there with Greegeek and Christine!
Fabulous pumpkin, and love the step-by-step photo instructions!
Not only is your pumpkin way cool, but your instructions are even better. Great!
I like him :) Good luck!
Love your Squid-bull. Great work!
Super cute! Good luck in the contest!
Love it!
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