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NEWS: Big GIANT Halloween Contest Winners Announced


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noneko_Mamimi



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 12:30 am Reply with quote
Congrats to the winners! I can't wait to see the pumpkin that won.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 12:42 am Reply with quote
The pumpkin that won is already posted up isn't it? Anyways nice work all...but if I could of gotten hold of a good pumpkin I would of won but since I didn't I can't brag lol...Good job all on the entries most of them look nice.
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GATSU



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 12:46 am Reply with quote
I dunno. The detail in some of the pumpkins makes me think they were photoshopped...
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Jadress



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 12:50 am Reply with quote
Dangit, the "discuss" link on the page with the entries sent me to post in the wrong thread.. didn't know there was a separate one for the winners part. Anyway, I am blown away by the entries! Great stuff!
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ANN_Bamboo
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 12:50 am Reply with quote
GATSU wrote:
I dunno. The detail in some of the pumpkins makes me think they were photoshopped...


Or.... maybe the carver was just that talented?
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shirokiryuu



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 1:05 am Reply with quote
agh. my looks so pathetic compared to everyone else's

at first i thought mine was left out since it's all the way on the bottom..

=_= oh well. i hope they have a contest next year... hehe carving is fun
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 1:11 am Reply with quote
GATSU wrote:
I dunno. The detail in some of the pumpkins makes me think they were photoshopped...


The X-file consipiracies of GATSU. I think the people at ANN.com can tell the difference between photoshopped and real ones.
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noisy_mouse



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 1:12 am Reply with quote
Hm......... I hope I'm not coming across as sour grapes, but the winning pumpkin (to my untrained eye) isn't carved, the skin has been peeled away in places, and colored black in others. That's no fun. >:( I wanna see this monster design carved out! But besides that, these all look so fancy! Good job guys!!!
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 1:19 am Reply with quote
Well My personal favorite in the list is Jesse Schnell
Samurai Champloo.Reminded me of The Peanuts and linus's great pumpkin patch. lol. Used to love watching the peanuts. So nice work Jesse maybe you'll win next time.
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Akukame



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 1:54 am Reply with quote
Peeling the skin away in places is carving, though truly, I am a bit iffy feeling about the use of markers. Takes away some of the fun!

Had I known I could use markers, I would have tried a bit more on my pumpking. Though I guess it didn't say they were against the rules anywhere, and its not like there was much "drawing" on it. It was more of shaded in blocks.

Overall though I was really impressed with alot of the other pumpkins though. That paradise kiss one I think is truly awesome. I think I learned this year, if there is a contest agian next year, I'm definately getting a bigger pumpkin, and trying something more elaborate (mine entry this year was Akiha Tohno).
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Juniper



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 2:11 am Reply with quote
Akukame wrote:
Peeling the skin away in places is carving, though truly, I am a bit iffy feeling about the use of markers. Takes away some of the fun!

Had I known I could use markers, I would have tried a bit more on my pumpking. Though I guess it didn't say they were against the rules anywhere, and its not like there was much "drawing" on it. It was more of shaded in blocks.


Yeah, but if you look at it, the markers are just used to heighten the contrast on the pumpkin. Everything that's not shaded black is shaved out-- so even without the black, it would've looked amazing. The fact that it looks *exactly* like the manga panels is incredible. Even if they just printed out a scan and stenciled it or something, it still takes a *very* talented to carver to be able to work in the details so smoothly.

I bet if it was just marker on a pumpkin, ANN would've seen right through it, but as it is, it's just there to enhance the carving.
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Akukame



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 2:35 am Reply with quote
I didn't mean to sound like I was saying the carving on that pumkin was bad. The carving was still amazing.

Though it wasn't only used for contrast. Though rather minor, it appears to my eyes that it was used for the swirly eyes (not quite sure or not on that part) on the left and the hair on the right panel (in both faces). Had it just been for contrast, it would have been better to have taken the picture in a darker room.

Though another question on my mind is are the pumpkins in that paradise kiss picture the fake pumpkins? And again, I'm not trying to degrade the carving, but I'm just wondering how he got the pumpkin to shine so brightly through the skin. No matter how thin I got my pumpkin, theres no way the skinned part would glow like that.
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RedComet



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 6:27 am Reply with quote
The Laughing Man one and the Alucard ones were my favorites.
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Dachande



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 10:33 am Reply with quote
I'd just like to point out a little error in the listing of contestants. The one by Adam Hungerford and the first one from Lindsey Nathaniel are the same pumpkin. I know because ?I was there when Adam carved the pumpkin. Lindsey did do the second one with her name. You can see my foot in the corner of the pic.
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Annie_Jr



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 10:40 am Reply with quote
The winning pumpkin is......whoa!
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