"Have a Happy Halloween you will," says the Yoda Pumpkin

A Yoda Pumpkin was calling to me.

I had made a Darth Vader pumpkin a few weeks ago, but it didn't make it to Halloween before it was ready for the compost pile.

So another pumpkin was purchased.  And the subsequent gutting commenced.

First, the taping on of the outline.  This is actually harder than it looks.  This is a flat outline going on a round structure.  Map and Globe makers of old had the same problem, if you think about it.  Plus trying to get the paper lay flat doesn't always work.

As you can clearly see from the picture below.

The next step, and possibly the most painstaking is the outlining with the punch tool.

Then you carefully remove the paper to see the results of your outlining.

Then you start carving.  And along the way you hope you don't take too much of a chunk out.  Below is the first part to come out. So you step back and evaluate your progress.

Then after awhile you've cut out all the pieces, you step back and admire your work.  And of course, take a picture.

Then you wait a little while, until it gets dark, put in a light.  In this case, my cellphone, and take a picture.

Then you experiment and turn your cell phone light green, and it subtly looks a little more like Yoda.

Then you add in a little Lightroom enhancement.  To make him even more green.

Next year, I'm buying more pumpkins and making more characters.  I guess I'll take a day or two off from work.

Happy Halloween.