Pumpkin 2008
image © 2008 mleiv
Medium: Pumpkin
Size: 12"
I am gonna try to take a twilight picture tomorrow if the pumpkin lives that long. My camera sucks at really low-light shots like this. :P
The image was a little too complex and the carving was a little too clumsy on this guy for my tastes. I prefer the traditional clean-cut, no midtone chunky cats of years past. But this design will make a nice painting later. :)
I was a highwayman this year (went to my costume ball on Saturday). Inspired by Black Adder's "Amy and Amiability." The event photographer was a French aristocrat and I swear, if I was socially well-adjusted in any way at all, dammit, I would have snuck up behind him with my pistol and demanded he hand over all his valuables. *sigh* Missed opportunities.
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2006: http://mleiv.com/pumpkins_2006/
2007: http://mleiv.deviantart.com/art/Halloween-Pumpkins-2007-69206355
2009: http://mleiv.com/pumpkins_2009/
The image was a little too complex and the carving was a little too clumsy on this guy for my tastes. I prefer the traditional clean-cut, no midtone chunky cats of years past. But this design will make a nice painting later. :)
I was a highwayman this year (went to my costume ball on Saturday). Inspired by Black Adder's "Amy and Amiability." The event photographer was a French aristocrat and I swear, if I was socially well-adjusted in any way at all, dammit, I would have snuck up behind him with my pistol and demanded he hand over all his valuables. *sigh* Missed opportunities.
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2006: http://mleiv.com/pumpkins_2006/
2007: http://mleiv.deviantart.com/art/Halloween-Pumpkins-2007-69206355
2009: http://mleiv.com/pumpkins_2009/
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mle: Please share the pictures of your Highwayman costume...you always make the most kick ass costumes of ANYBODY I know.
Well, I didn't technically make this costume. I bought all the parts at various stores and then altered them to suit me. :P I don't have any photos from last Saturday, but I'll see if I can set one up on Friday before the S.O. heads off to work in his awesome Indiana Jones getup. :)
BTW, I've added a youtube excerpt above from the BlackAdder episode in question (I'll move it to the costume page when/if I add one). You can see The Shadow at the end of it.