My Legend of Zelda Jack-O-Lanterns

Well, I haven't managed to find my memory card with my Jak and Daxter ones, but as the title of this post says I have some new Zelda-themed pumpkin carvings to show off. I did two new Jack-O-Lanterns this year based around a couple of the main characters from The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker (one of my favorite Gamecube games) and it's sequel The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (probably my favorite DS game). I have one of Link's face and one of Tetra's face and I'm happy with how they both came out. Well, here are some pictures of the finished works (again captions refer to the picture above them).

A close look at my Link Jack-O-Lantern in the dark.

A close look at my Tetra Jack-O-Lantern in the dark.

A look at my Link Carving and pumpkin in the light.

A look at my Tetra carving from a bit further back, where you get a better look at the pumpkin.

My Link and Tetra Jack-O-Lanterns side by side.

I actually did them on Halloween night and here it is two days later and they're kind of a mess already. This is how it is with these type of carvings though. Tetra was a bit tough at times and due to her hair continuing down on either side of her face, after one day I had to start using a fork to prop up her face so it didn't just fall into the pumpkin. Her little curly hair thing at the top started falling down a day later, too. Also, since I started doing my own designs, I don't think I ever popped out a piece as big as Link's hair. That fact combined with some silly decisions I made on what parts to cut first (not sure what I was thinking) made it rather hard to cut out his hair without breaking another part (though luckily I didn't break anything). In the end, they both came out well without any mistakes. It's really satisfying that first night when you see your creations come together even if it is a bit sad to see them kind of fall apart the next few days. But I got plenty of good pictures, so, I'll always have them to remember my carvings with. Anyway, I hope you liked them and hopefully I'll be back on here with more at some point in the future.

My Sly Cooper Jak-O-Lantern

The past few years for Halloween I've made a video game themed Jack-O-Lantern. So, with Halloween approaching I thought I'd share some of my creations before the holiday arrives and then I'd add my new one around Halloween this year.

First, I'm going to share my Sly Cooper Jack-O-Lantern from last year. This one is based off some art from the series and is a rather simple design (I didn't have much time last year). The front features a silhouette of the thieving raccoon with his cane in hand. The back features the symbol/icon that was used as Sly's calling card and for various other purposes in the games. It was made to shine light up on the wall and display the symbol against the wall behind the pumpkin which it did, but I couldn't get it to show up in photos, so, I just shot the carving with the pumpkin turned around. Anyway, here are some shots of my Sly Cooper Jack-O-Lantern. Hope you guys like them (Note: the captions refer to the pictures above them).

A shot from a bit further away of the front.

A closer look at the front.

This is the back. Like I said before it projected this icon up onto the wall, but I couldn't get a good photo of it, so, I just took a shot of it from the back. The one eye looks a bit messed up, but that didn't affect the projection, so, I didn't go crazy changing it.

This is a shot of it with the lights on just to show it is indeed a Jack-O-Lantern which isn't as apparent in the other shots.

Well, what do you guys think? Feel free to leave a comment below. I'm going to follow this post up with my Jak and Daxter one from a few years back. So, keep an eye out here for that one and some of my new creations for this year.