Connected Beetlejuice Portrait Pumpkin With Striped Suit

From pumpkin to porch

1. 1

   Prep and scale the stencil

   Choose a large, tall pumpkin for this vertical composition. Print the stencil so the portrait fills most of the front panel. Apply green hair paint and any collar color before taping the stencil down, using the pencil outline of the hair shape as a guide.

2. 2

   Transfer and mark root points

   Tape the stencil and pin-transfer the arch boundary, portrait silhouette, all root contact points, eye and mouth positions, and jacket stripe locations. Use bold marker dots on the hair, shoulder, and base root points so you stop precisely at each one when cutting the arch.

3. 3

   Cut the background arch

   Cut the open arch background that surrounds the portrait, working from the sides downward. Stop at each root contact point and verify the retained portrait is still firmly attached before continuing around the curve. The arch is the largest single cut and establishes the main glow source.

4. 4

   Cut the eyes and mouth

   Once the arch is complete, cut the eye holes and mouth opening through the dark retained face. These cuts now have the glowing background behind them, which makes their glow particularly dramatic. Keep solid rind between each opening so the face structure stays solid.

5. 5

   Cut the jacket stripe cutouts

   Add the jacket stripe openings within the retained portrait body. These are medium-width rectangular slots separated by solid rind strips. Use a thin blade and cut them from the top of each slot downward. The solid rind between stripes is the main structural contribution of the jacket zone.

6. 6

   Final details and lighting

   Touch up any painted hair or collar details that were disturbed by handling. Insert an LED puck and position it toward the arch opening to maximize the backlit portrait effect. The dark retained portrait against the bright arch background is the design's signature look.

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