Art Inquisition: Do You Wanna Carve a Pumpkin?
![Two carved jack-o-lanterns on either side of a closed wooden door on a front porch](https://madartlab.com/files/2015/10/punkinTacoma.jpg)
Happy Halloween, you gorgeously creative folks! Have you carved a pumpkin (or other decorative gourd-like thing) for this weekend’s festivities? Is it awesome and in need of being shared with the world? Did your carving attempts go hilariously awry? Did you know you can now share photos in our comments? I think you know what to do…
You’d like to see a few samples? Okay.
We begin with a process photo:
![a hand holding the top of a cut-into pumpkin with the "guts" and seeds hanging off the "lid"](https://madartlab.com/files/2015/10/punkinProcess-576x1024.jpg)
The finished result. If you trick-or-treat here, say hello to my sister.
![Two carved jack-o-lanterns on either side of a closed wooden door on a front porch](https://madartlab.com/files/2015/10/punkinTacoma-1024x576.jpg)
Don’t feel like getting messy? Stop by the craft store for a foam pumpkin to carve!
![A foam pumpkin carved with a sinister, cut-up face](https://madartlab.com/files/2015/10/punkinFlurghCutup.jpg)
![Corner of a front porch decorated with a black-draped table covered in Halloween decorations: old-timey medicine bottles, a jar of wizard wands, a large skull, a carved pumpkin, and cobwebs](https://madartlab.com/files/2015/10/punkinGeorgeannePorch.jpg)
As for myself, I carved an emoji. Or Cartman. Because I am an ARTEEST, my work reflects my inner self. WOE, I SAY.
![a pumpkin carved to look like a crying emoji](https://madartlab.com/files/2015/10/punkinEmoji.jpg)
Share your own jack-o-lanterns in the comments! Shine on, you crazy punkins!
The Art Inquisition (or AI) is a question posed to you, the Mad Art Lab reader. It appears on random days at 3pm ET… Because NOBODY EXPECTS THE ARTIST INQUISITION!
Very nice! Happy Halloween!!!!