What's in a Pumpkin?

C&EN and Andy Brunning give us a little education about the chemistry of our favorite orange vegetable.

The Patch is Gone

Where we used to go for pumpkins -- acres of them -- is all corn now.

Pumpkin Minis Available

Since Hallowe'en 2015 was a bust, this year's miniatures are for sale. Order anything before 2016 and half your shipping cost will be refunded to you.

Set 1

Set 2

Set 3

2015 Minis Progress

What a difference a little paint and a stem makes.

On the Slab -- 2015 Minis

Prizes for the kids this year, in progress.

20 Days, 20 Blocks of Clay

The incredible work of the very productive Simon Lee. Below is just one of 20 made in as many days.

Via Propnomicon

Creepmas Day 13

Day 13 topic: Santa. So ends Creepmas 2014.

Creepmas Day 4

Yesterday's #makingcreepmas challenge was Snowman, and today's is Tree; so why not atone for my lateness by killing two birds with one stone.

Creepmas Day 2

Creepmas 2014 Day 2 Challenge is Gingerbread Man. Have fun smashing a few with this little toy (Flash).

#makingcreepmas

Grinchlike

Dry Erase 8

It Fluoresces Well

Get one while the introductory price lasts!

The Great Ones

The Great Pumpkin - 36x24 Poster

The Great Pumpkin ("Cucurbita Maxima") secretly oversees all witch-hunts and has also been known to devour powerful woodland monsters. The title is won by single combat. On Hallowe'en, the Great Pumpkin selects a single patch of pumpkins and pays it a visitation, where he must accept all challenges...

This monstrously detailed poster illustrates the history of the Great Ones from antiquity to the present. Over a hundred pumpkins in over thirty vignettes fill out six square feet. The drawings and calligraphy were made completely by hand by M.K. Davis. Featured Great Ones hail from the U.S.A., Canada, Ireland, England, Scandinavia, the Alps, Ukraine, Mexico...well a lot of places!

The poster is matte finish in order to glow optimally under a UV light (optional) and to accept UV paints if desired.

Detail images:

GP Poster WIP Update 2

This is going to be huge (36"x24") and detailed. This will explain the nature and office of the Great Pumpkin and feature 30-50 contenders for the title throughout the ages, in styles that are familiar to haunters and some that are new. Lots of ink and calligraphy to put down yet.

The details in these previews are unfinished and larger than actual size. The finished poster will be loaded with details you won't see without a careful look.

GP Poster WIP Update

The details in these previews are unfinished and larger than actual size. 

Great Pumpkin(s) Poster Preview - WIP

The details in these previews are unfinished and larger than actual size. 

Not Dead Yet

Happy Octoberween. Here's two that I just added to the YargCade store for digital download at US letter size (8.5x11), without the big orange X of course. You won't see an anatomical drawing of Jack-O-Lanterns or Murder Mushrooms anywhere else (for now). Click to embiggenize.

Gzadejiin

Character design sketches. 

Halloween 2013 - The Witch Hunter's Barn

The gallery at the Witch Hunter's Barn has been updated with fresh photos from 2013.

And so ends another year. Now back to ruining all my paint brushes.

Pumpkin Photo Set

Pumpkins

These were taken last November (2012) in North Georgia. 41 pix, half rotting and half whole. I just said half whole.