Pumpkin Carving Contest 2022

Pumpkin Carving Contest 2022

In October, talented pirates sharpen their swords and go pumpkin plunderin'. Why, you ask? So they can get carving masterpieces to decorate their ships, homes, workplaces, or gardens for Halloween!

Time to get carving!

• Deadline: 11:59:59 game time October 31st, 2022
• ENTRY THREAD HERE

Winners!

1st place: Purrinator on Emerald

2nd place: Missyfiercer on Emerald

3rd place: Lelani on Emerald

Honorable mentions: Bekkyjo, Oliyehoh, and Greecefeva receive a lovely bouquet of black roses

Prizes

• 1st prize: choice between orange/black parrot, orange octopus, or orange monkey.
• 2nd prize: choice of standard sleeping pet (pig, piglet, tortoise, or turtle - no chocolate-colored sleeping pets).
• 3rd prize: an (adjective) Pumpkinseed sloop painted orange and black.

Honorable mentions will receive prizes such as orange or black trinkets, clothes, or furniture. Additional prizes may be added depending on participation.

In addition to the main judging, it has become traditional for OMs to look through the thread and award eggs or dolls to entries that particularly please them!

What do you have to do?

• Obtain a real pumpkin. If pumpkins are unavailable where you live, you can try any type of gourd, squash, etc. If those aren't available, you may use a melon.
• Create a Puzzle Pirates design for your pumpkin.
• Carve the design onto your pumpkin.
• Create a card (or slip of paper) that includes your pirate name, ocean, and the year (2022).
• Take at least two "creation" pictures while carving your pumpkin to prove it's your own work. Include a card with your pirate's name, ocean, and the year in EACH photo (no photoshopping).
• Take at least one lit and one unlit photo of your pumpkin, again including your pirate's name and ocean on a card to show it's your own handiwork.
• Host your images on Imgur. You don't need to make an account--just upload them. You may also use any other platform that doesn't require an account.
• Submit your entry with a minimum of four photos per entry (two creation, one lit, and one unlit) in the entry thread in YPPedia, along with your pirate's name and ocean.
• Double-check your entry to make sure you have four working links to each entry and that it follows the template below.
• Only the lit image needs to be uploaded to YPPedia; the others are links.

Entry Template:

== Pirate Name / Ocean ==

* Creation Link: (URL)
* Creation Link: (URL)
* Unlit Link: (URL)
* Lit Image:
[[File:Example.jpg]]

Judging Criteria

Judging will be based on the creativity and cleverness of design, the quality and detail of carving, and the overall effect of the lit pumpkin. Take care of shadows, flashes, focus, and detail.

=> Remember, the LIT pumpkin is the photo being used for judging.

Other rules

• Only one entry per player
• Only one pumpkin per carving
• Carvings must be original and your own and may not be designs submitted to other contests
• You will not get any credit for decorating or dressing your pumpkin in ways other than carving - and if it detracts from the carving itself, you could even lose marks.
• Feel free to use or modify commercial patterns, but you are unlikely to score highly on creativity if you do so!

So, what arrr ye waitin' fer? Get carvin'!

Questions about the event? Use the discussion page!