[SuperSonic]

not to sound like a total idiot but how do you do scrape aways ive always wanted to try it but i dont even know where to start

[sodajazz]

You just scrape away the orange fleshy bit of the pumpkin St0ney has a step by step tutorial so you can see the whole process

Might make more sense for you to see rather than explain it

[SuperSonic]

seems like too much work for me lol

[Tkaraoke]

Depending on the pattern it's not really all that time consuming and the outcome is stunning. I did my first "scraped" pumpkins last year and they were a hit.

[Zombie Pumpkins!]

Scraping is great (well, an absolute requirement, actually) for the multi-tone shaded style of carving. But it's not necessary for my style of patterns, which can be cut-through to let out the brightest light possible.

So while taking more effort and being less bright, there are a couple benefits to scraping away the design with one of my patterns. They look good in daylight and they last a bit longer before shriveling up.

I'll occasionally do some selective scraping though, to add depth or lighting effects to certain parts of a design. For example, I scraped E.T.'s hand, but cut out his finger to make it look brighter. I also scraped the Bald Eagle's beak on a watermelon last year, to give it a different tone that the rest of the bird's head. See examples below:

[Tkaraoke]

I don't know how you get your lines so clean on your carvings. You must have a surgeon's hand! LOL

[The Captain]

I have a surgeon's hand, I keep it in a jar above my desk

[Tkaraoke]

I have a surgeon's hand, I keep it in a jar above my desk

*bonk*


ROFLMAO!!