In Blackest Night...

Anything worth doing is worth overdoing right? So as I was working on the pumpkin carving and thinking about the Green Lantern theme I decided that the pumpkin could really stand out if it was lit by an emerald light; the Lantern's signature color.  Using a few glow sticks to replace the candles really gave the pumpkin a unique and very Green Lantern look.

In Brightest Day...

It is a Halloween tradition of mine to create a custom pumpkin carving which fits within the theme of my Halloween costume; this year I choose Green Lantern.  Like everything else, pumpkin carving is an opportunity to practice industrial design skills.  In this case: figure drawing and line weight.  I found a picture of a similar pose on the internet and sketched out the basic armature on the pumpkin in red.  Then I went back over with a Sharpie to define the areas that I wanted to cut.  After that it's all about taking your time and cutting very slowly.