Sneering Pumpkin With Crescent Eye and Diagonal Cheeks

From pumpkin to porch

1. 1

   Hollow and dry

   Remove the lid from the back and scoop to a wall thickness of about 2 cm. Dry the face before sketching. Mark the center line of the pumpkin lightly with a grease pencil to help place the asymmetric eyes at the correct heights.

2. 2

   Mark the mismatched eyes

   Draw one narrow crescent eye on the sneering side, roughly half the height of the other. Draw the larger angular eye on the opposite side. The crescent's flat edge should sit near the top, simulating a drooping lid.

3. 3

   Mark nostrils and mouth

   Place two small oval nostril holes centered between the eyes. Draw a crooked smile below, curving up more on the angular-eye side. Mark four teeth along the top lip, rooting each across its full base width, with roughly equal gaps between.

4. 4

   Mark and confirm cheek holes

   Sketch six short diagonal holes, three per cheek, all angled in the same direction as the sneer leans. Check that no cheek hole shares a wall less than 10 mm thick with the nearest eye or mouth edge.

5. 5

   Cut in order

   Cut the angular eye first, then the crescent eye, then the nostrils, then the mouth working tooth gap by tooth gap from the outer corners inward. Finish with the six diagonal cheek holes.

6. 6

   Light and display

   Insert an LED light and view from several steps back. The crescent eye should glow with a half-lit quality that reads as a lowered, contemptuous lid. Adjust the LED position to maximize this effect.

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