Monday, October 31, 2011

Halloween Pumpkin Contest Entries


I didn't even know it was possible to have lines like that on a pumpkin.  Seriously, half of deviant art can't do that even with photoshop (and believe me, I see a whole lot of scribbles every day doing the drawfriend posts!) 

In case you didn't notice it already, it's time for pumpkins.  Below the break you will find a whopping 74 of them.  


Source


1 Joh Wee



2 Mike


3 Fenix


4 Jelly Bean


5 Cloud Lightning


6 Source


7 Ian


8 Kat



9 Techno Tiger


10 Jack


11 Cameron


12 Jelly Bean


13 Source


14 Maddynamite


15 Source


16 Source




17 Source


18 Kevin


19 Source


20 Beatledude64 (Twilight), Willseph (Applejack), and KenRaves (Trixie).


21 Source



22 Spacepsy


23 DashXfox


24 Doug. E. Stile


25 Alyssa


26 Misterlolrus


27 ???


28 Jayvee Emily Chandler



29 Ethan


30 Source



31 Theo


32 Etch Feather.


33 Amanda K



34 kimuri42 and ambi13



35 Solar Powered/Demon Jigglypuff


36 Source


37 Emery


38 Source



39 Source


40 Source



41 Mars26986


42 Cmoreno


43 Source


44 Ajax


45 HavikM66


46 nick


47 Jade


48 Benoit


49 Source



50 Graphite Luck


51 Snickrot


52 Source


53 Jessica Farrell


54 Source


55 Alex



56 Source


57 ChronoPony


58 Fenix


59 Jay6


60 br0wnr4bb1t


61 Sara


62
Trevor (aka TheGreatAndPowerful Trevor)


64 Brian


65 Brandon


66 Nocholas


67 Zaz


68 Sydney


69 emilee


70 Tai


71 Eric


72 Nemmisis


73 Derpidety


74 Leaf Growth



75 Bibliodragon


76 Sarah



77 Teachers husband!




164 comments:

Tylendal said...

Witchcraft. That's the only possible explanation for these jack-o-lanterns being so creepily good.

Videogame9 said...

@duckhunter Pumpkins overpowered your first.

MagicLlama said...

"Posted by SethistoX"?

Telofy said...

Congrats to your first X!

wackyteen said...

WHY IS EVERYTHING BELOW ME, BLACK?

Teridax1234 said...

Derpy Hooves being the first pic is well deserved.

TenchiFreak5 said...

Mad props to all these guys.

I attempted a Trixie pumpkin (a real simple one too), and it was an epic fail, so to see these guys do much more technical stuff is kinda scary.

EphemeralBlue said...

Holy. Hell..

You're right, I couldn't do this with Photoshop! Never mind actual pumpkins!

Ozimul said...

First pumpkin is best pumpkin.

Octavia said...

Some real serious carving skills on some of these pumpkins. lol And yes, Seth... uhhh... X? lol Dat interesting name variation. But you can get really nice lines on a pumpkin, especially with the right carving tools. :P Pony pumpkins are the BEST pumpkins! :D

ThePonyNation said...

These are, amazing to say the least, great job everypony!

Detoxicity said...

@MagicLlama
Wah? Who's SethistoX? Some kind of doppelganger?

Ink said...

So... Beautiful.
Seriously, some of this pumpkins are hard core. I am impressed!!! Great work everypony! <3

Nyte_Crawler said...

I can't believe some of these.

#58 came out amazingly well. I mean it looks near correctly colored.

DRTJR said...

Wow, shame that they have a shelf life but, still alot of thoes are celestia trier work, good job and keep on poning fellas(and fillies).

TenchiFreak5 said...

I just took a closer look at the Derpy one. Holy hell that one has some complex carving done on it.

Videogame9 said...

@Detoxicity Probably Phoe or something.

Or Seth just wants a cooler name.

Padster96 said...

These are fantabbydosi! I'd love to see the faces on the people who don't have a clue about what these all are :D

CheeseDeluxe said...

...HOW ARE THESE SO GOOD!?

My god, professional grade much?

Tanner G said...

Some of these are just mind-blowing. Wow.

colt45ws said...

Seth's Evil twin brother?

SkaFox64 said...

#6
#28
NO PAINT DAUBS
*dah dah dah daaah dun*

Celestia said...

I was going to list the ones I liked but as it turns out I liked almost all of them, they are fantastic.

I really like the way that 0,1,15,16,17 and 21 have been done (and any more along those lines) since thats as far as I got before I realised I would be forced to skip every second one and still have a huge post.

They have some really really detailed carving on them, far better than what I could have done.

SuperGiantRobot said...

Ditzy has a cute ass.

Hell, I admit it.

TheIdlingRev said...

Some of these guys can carve a pumpkin better than I can draw...

Nemmisis said...

Mine looks terrible next to most of em. Ah well, had a lot of fun doing it.

Samuel7897 said...

Wow some of those are fantastic. I'm always a sucker for derpy :)

NDupree93 said...

Damn Bronies, you talented!

ThemsAllTook said...

Anyone seen my jaw? I think I dropped it on the floor somewhere around here...

slizardmaster said...

Wow, these are some really awesome pumpkins. Especially like 24, 45 and 76. 58 is typical pinkie breaking the 4th wall looking stuff.

Mike said...

These pumpkins are probably better than I could have done.

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GabuEx said...

Oh my goodness these are amazing. :O

Bastoff said...

Oh my goch, not nearly enough credits could be given to all of the amazing people who made these.

ScootaDash said...

#45 the faces have been doubled

Ford said...

Most of them put mine to shame!

This post is SO AWESOME! /)^3^(\

Flutterfan said...

SethistoX? Strange, oh well, these were incredible, although, it would have been nice if they were all lit and with the lights off, which the majority were, but...uh, whatever you wanna do is fine...

Snowy Flanks said...

Never have gourd looked so good to me

John said...

And this is why I love Halloween. You people are amazing, you are!

Superwalnut said...

They are all so good... >.<

Reyn said...

Wow. Those are amazing! I didn't think such things were possible with pumpkins.

ZeroCereal said...

You sure some of these (number 58) weren't made by the real animation team? Because these are beautiful.

Sethisto said...

I didn't want to clog my picasa folder with pumpkins, so I used my Trixie account.

Jelfes said...

There's so much win here.

Chandler said...

Pumpkins are apparently amazing art forms.

I am stun.

Harwick said...

Oh dear lord, these are awesome! I was grinning the whole way down the list! Those first two are absolute marvels, and I love the multi-sided displays (and especially the projection of the Nightmare Moon out the back of #45). I love the scenes people chose to do as well, from the Mare in the Moon, to Pinkie's Evil Enchantress dance, to Rarity and Applejack's spooky hooves and the taunting children at the end. Crazy Twilight, cutie marks... So much Luna! And so many excellent pictures of the ponies just being themselves to boot.

Sweet work one and all... thanks for sharing!

Tyranoman said...

Its... Its beautiful! *sniff*
There all fricking awesome! *throws money at screen*

xkappax said...

These are all brilliant! I can't even tell which one I like the best. It takes a lot of skill to do this! And thank you for including my Lyra pumpkin! ^___^

Confluttershy said...

all I can say is: WHOA!
These are all awesome-sauce, all my money to those who made them!

Aqua Bolt said...

58 is so incredibly good I seriously stopped and said "what" out loud three times before continuing.

karrotline said...

these r so amazing O.O

Maskerade said...

Holy horseapples! That's quite a few pumpkins!
Too bad all of the pumpkins being sold in my town were rotten...

Floof Cat said...

I wonder how many folks needed multiple tries to get their pumpkins right with all the detail work put into them... In any case, I hope the animation team end up viewing the gallery - seeing the work the fans put in would be yet another pat on the back to the team's hard work.

C-Puff said...

At times like this I wish we had Halloween in my country :(

MagicLlama said...

@Sethisto

I thought your trixie account was just "The Great and Powerful Trixie"

Dill said...

This is ridiculous!!! I hope you send these pics to Studio B, they'll love them.

As I was scrolling through I saw #45 and actually shouted 'YES!'

Gayettix said...

The first one wins all my internets. Seriously, check out his gallery, so much win there!

Jolttix said...

@C-Puff
Have you some nightmare night then. :D

Sketch said...

Woot, my twilight got up there. It could have been better, but it was my first time trying this kind of thing.

Still, fun :)

#50 btw

And good lord some of these are amazing.

Pyron said...

To a lot of these I have but one thing to say. Sorry. No paint daubs!

archiveit said...

Wow, so much awesome work here. Love the first Derpy one, and a bunch of others as well.

Carving my pumpkins for the contest has given me a real appreciation for the work that goes into these.

TomA62975 said...

I quite like the name SethistoX. Suits you somehow. Awesome pumpkins, being british and all we don't take as much pride with pumpkin carving. At least up in St. Helens we don't so I don't get to try stuff like this but this stuff rocks!

The Lotus Tea Dragon said...

They're all fantastic, but I keep going back to #58. That one just knocks me for a loop! So well done!

PonyPonyPonyBrony said...

Wow! So many really great ones; tought to say which is my favorite! But here's a list that really stood out to me

0:SO GOOD! This deserves the title image. Funny, well done. Hilarious!
13: Fun! I like this method, the outliney thing is fun.
17:Great job copying the original and making Scratchy look eeeeevil.
24: EEEEEEEEEEEVIL! The eyes here are just so good.
27: Gorgeous flames and a beautiful phoenix.
29: The filligree on this piece is incredible.
42: The stars in the mane are just great.
45: On this one too. It's a great piece.
49: Squeee! The music of the gourds!
52: Basic, but beautiful.
53: Scary pinky is adorable.
58: If I had to make a choice this would be in the running. It is so good. It is so. so. good.
And of course 76. Great in its terrifyingness.


Top four:
0
24
53
58


All of you fabulous pumpkin carvers should be so proud. You did a great job. =)

BaconFromScratch said...

These are all so amazing! I must join in this fun next year. The fun must be doubled!

ScrubPony said...

That Derpy pumpkin was pretty epic.

Also, does #28 have the trollface as 1st prize?

SgtGarand said...
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ForeverOdin said...

O_O These are INCREDIBLE!
I love this fandom so much.

Ish said...

Creator of #35 here, that thing took 8 hours to carve and is already nearly spoiled but by Celestia, it was worth it.

SgtGarand said...

Sigh, guess my original comment didn't go through..or maybe replaced when i replied to it to correct a typo?
Not typing that out again... but, great job everypony! I am both impressed and somewhat jealous.

#0, #58, and #76 has blown my mind

mandrac said...

you forgot some
http://ponyvillegazette.com/2011/10/25/twilight-sparkle-pumpkin-carving/
http://ceemdee.deviantart.com/art/My-Little-Pumpkin-263940838

archiveit said...

@Ish Nice job with it. I thought I was being creative when I carved that image, but it looks like it was actually a pretty popular choice. I guess great minds think alike. My Celestia didn't make it on the list, but my other two did (#49). That Octavia/Scratch took 21 hours.

Ezio Clarke said...

27, DAT PHILOMENA!!!

also, i thing number 45 would be more EPIC if it was Luna in the front, and the nightmare moon siluete in the back

still, ITS A VERY AWESOME PUNKING!!!

Texas Almkrona said...

PUMPKIN IS THE BEST PONY!

bronydash said...

Man, these are awesome. I wanna do one next year now! :D Thanks for throwing this together an great job to all the pumpkin carvers out there.

mrmantacos said...

I made applejack going OoooOOOooOOooO in a pumpkin, i was good too.... Couldn't post it though :(

Sareth said...

My pumpkin started out as a crazy Twilight then became something else...

Voodoo-Tiki said...

How do people do these?!?!?!? My pumpkins always look like I punched them in the face.

Cloudynights said...

You all deserve a massive round of applause, all of these are amazing! One Hundred Ponies for each of you!

ryan7251 said...

I love all of this art:)

richardulz said...

58, the colors work amazingly well.

Big Love said...

I wish I wasn't so busy this Halloween! I was totally going to do something for this, but I didn't even get time to carve a pumpkin. I am one sad brony now. On the bright side, these are really well done. Probably much better than what I would have been able to do.

Biopony said...

Awesome! Too bad we don't celebrate halloween where I live.

WWRDD? said...

#58 Really caught my eye WOW!

Jiyuukage115 said...

Cutie Mark Crusaders Pumpkin Carvers! YAY!

Stargazer said...

holy colt, we got some tallented pumkin carvers....

Gratlofatic said...

Awesome! Best Nightmare Night ever!

Holly @ Domestic Dork said...

Awww...was so hoping to see mine up here. :/

TheLudite said...

Nearly all of these are excellent, with very good motifs. Still, my top 3 (in no particular order):

24: Those eyes! The most extreme use of lightning/chiaroscuro out of all of them. Very effective overall.
45: The detail is simply stunning. Nice, soft transitions. Clever usage of the pumpkin medium: I love the shadowgraphy-image projected in the background!
58: Yes, it is great. I think it was actually painted for effect (not that I'm complaining). The smoothness of the edges and the tonal consistency are definite highlights.

Muthesquirrel said...

Wow, those are...epic. I hope the MLP staff saw them and were chuffed. =)

Arcane Scroll said...

That first Ditzy Doo one was amazing!

My attempted Littlepip was an epic failure, it collapsed in on itself. Maybe next year :)

frith said...

These are all amazing. 0_0

AffeTrollkarl said...

Pumpkins! Y U so bloody awesome?!
Especially #1^^

TheLudite said...

Actually, the first one is really good as well. Yet another example of creative use of the material! I just kind of blanked out on it, since it was already spotlighted...

Spitfyre1 said...

These...these are brony artists at their finest *sniffles*
In the words of Pinkie Pie, "You know what this calls for? A PARTY!"

Videogame9 said...

I walked around the neighborhood asking for free candy.

Mac3030 said...

Wow, those are some awesome pumpkins. Happy Halloween!!

ssj4raditz said...

The most epic of brohoofs to all!!

Edwin B. said...

LOL, #28 First place goes to 'drum roll' the troll

ElectricZoNe said...

Those pumpkins are Bitchin!

SgtGarand said...

Ooh #77 must have been added recently.

That's clever, cute, and very well done.

HUZZA FOR PUMPKINFRIEND #1!!!

EngineerBrony said...

24 - Badass Dashie! I love it! He's got those Twilight Eyes down pat!

Aranarth said...

If I only had a fraction of the talent of some of these people. If only...

Planetary Genocide said...

Holy fuck that first one was amazing. That person must've like, CNC'd it or something

Leaf Growth said...

While mine didn't turn out how I hoped (rushed to get turned in on time), I still like it. So many great carvings in this collection. Definite favorites were the first and 58.

DPV111 said...

Someone should R34 that pumpkin.

catnipfairy said...

These are all better than what I can do. Definitely voting for #0, that stuff is ridiculous! And 21 was a close second :)

Preston Keller said...

What we need here on EQD is a costume contest of some sort. Maybe not so much as a contest, but more of something that was seen during the Ponies Around the World Event.

Dorian said...

These people carve pumpkins better than I draw on paper. -_-|

BWO Kilroy said...

Some of these are AMAZING!

Willow Pony said...

How may i put my pumpkin in here?

Sindri said...

I bet I could do that.
Assuming that I had a few weeks, high precision machining equipment, and three of the artists displayed above...

Seriously, how did these happen? How is it even possible to make a pumpkin do that?

Videogame9 said...

@Willow Pony See that button at the top of the page that says "submit"?

Click it.

Timber said...

I gotta give the win to the Vinyl Scratch pumpkin.

Joseph El-Khouri said...

45, 58, and 77. Definetely

Niccole said...

Oh wow. Creepy twilight is even creepier on a pumpkin!

Duskfly said...

Whoa... just, Wow! These are amazing. All of them are. They're just fantastic.

I didn't even know pumpkins can be a great canvas use for curvatures. Well done all of you.

Baron said...

I can't even carve a regular pumpkin... :0

Now I know why I stick with writing.

PerfectlyNoire said...

They're all amazing, but numbers 1, 24, and 58 are the best.

ChaosDX1 said...

These force me to redefine 'awesome' as they are well beyond what I previously thought it meant.

br0wnr4bb1t said...

Derpy = Halloween...

...and thx for including mine! I picked up some ideas for next year from these highly creative submissions.

DashAttack said...

I think they all win.

There are way too many badass carvings to decide on just one.

s said...

Oh my Celestia, 58...

Barring that, the Discord one. Where is all teh Discord love?

banannagram said...

Posted by SethistoX

WTF.

ShoutingRyan said...

76.
76.
76.
76.
76.
76.
76.
76.
!!!

Curttehmurt said...

I tried doing Rainbow Dash's Cutiemark, it was no where near as good as any of these

Great And Powerful Trevor said...

Carver of #62 here. Next year I plan to do something much more detailed, now that I have some ideas for how to do this kind of carving. Sadly, the picture I submitted with mine of my girlfriend's Pinkemina Diane Pie didn't get posted, which is too bad because it turned out very well. A lot of these are just amazing to see though, really need to bring the a-game next year.

*goes and gets all the pumpkins the local store is giving away so they don't get thrown out and starts practicing*

Ragneki5880 said...

And suddenly, pumpkins.

Macon Mixx said...

I love so many of these! 76 and 45 are probably my favorites, but there are so many good ones! I thought 29 was very well done, and 30 is hilarious as a pumpkin.

Sandman said...

Holy Crap!
That First Derpy.

The rest of them are freaking awesome as well.

Baked Bad said...

58. wow my fav amazing. 49/2 runnerup.

Framwinkle said...

Doh! I forgot to send mine in.

http://www.framwinkle.com/MyArt/myart/2011Pumpkin.jpg

Of those posted, though, I think #58 is my favorite. It's just so Pinkie Pie!

coolpowers said...

They are all the best. Though the Pinkie Pie ones are besterer.

Simple said...

Pumpkins... how do they work?!

Jay6 said...

Wow, #76... I guess you painted yours a bit? Pretty awesome. I only had a carving knife, and used a highlighter to highlight areas to carve. (Mine is #59) Pretty awesome job! Love #0 too.

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Viola said...

I absolutely love: 1, 3, 13, 15, 17, 21, 24 and 36, 45, 49, 53, 60, 61, 64 and 77! Amazing work! Including the opening image! All I did was carve a 4chan smiley, lol.

DJ Kat said...

My face hurts from smiling so much.
I guess I don't do it too often, but DAMN these are impressive.

I'm having a hard time not saving all of these pictures. O_O

Senior Waffles said...

I am so jelly of you guys. These were all really good, some of them exceptionally good.

archiveit said...

You know, I hadn't really looked that closely earlier, but #48 is actually pretty funny if you look at all the ponies carefully.

Lucky Hoofover said...

0 is best vote for detail.

24 is favourite of mine.

Kovu said...

0, 37, 38 & 58 are my favourites. My top pick is definitely the first one, though. All really good. o.o

/give pony 354 said...

...How is this level of expertise even humanly possible?
There is only one explanation!
These were not done by humans, but by ponies!
Because ponies are awesome and can carve pumpkins without logic.

kurradragon said...

Awwwh, and I even made one and missed out on the contest because I didn't even know there was one on... :<

Scootachicken said...

Man these are amazing!
I made a derpy hooves with sunglasses, I shoulda sent it in, but I forgot..
I can't really tell if mine looks good.. I guess it's nice for a first time.
All these make me feel horrible about myself though :P

lombax8 said...

Is there going to be any sort of vote on this? A pick five favorites vote would be nice

minty said...

The magic of pumpkin carving..

Rusty Star said...

#58 Looks like it's ready to pop out into our world!
#76 Ok, I wan't planning on sleeping tonight...

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