Okay so the pony is not mine. This is a character named Rarity from the G4 My Little Pony series “Friendship is Magic”. If there are any bronies/pegasisters in our audience then you already know this. I saw an image of an amazing group shot of the mane 6 carved into a pumpkin and knew I couldn’t do it. But Rarity is my favorite pony so I wanted to try and carve her image into a pumpkin. First I chose this image from Google…
It seems pretty simple. Much more simple than the group carving. Since I don’t have in-process photos, we’ll skip to getting the basics done.
An incredibly sharp knife (not shown) was a big help with all the curves and a chopstick made easy work of the sparkle in her eye. It was a multi-day project because sleep and work kept getting in my way. But today I finally had it gutted and worked on making her body lighter than the rest of her (as she is a white unicorn).
Two LED lights, a candle and an iPad flash later and here she is! It looked a bit better with the two LEDs and a flash light. I lost the nose and ear bits but otherwise I am really happy with this. I really like the way her tail came out, even if it doesn’t show up in this image too well. And I know I’m almost a week late for Halloween but I wasn’t about to throw my pumpkin away!
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