Opens: Tuesday, December 9th 6pm EST Closes: Tuesday, December 16th 5pm EST
The warm summer breezes are coming to an end, and there's a distinct crisp chill in the air. As you walk through the woods, you're surrounded by the crunch of dead leaves, the earthy aroma of autumn, and feel a slight sting in the breeze that speaks of the closeness of winter. It's then, out of the corner of your eye, you spot the flash of rich orange among the browns and greys of the woods. Turning towards it, you pick your way through the foliage only to stumble upon a large patch of pumpkins!
Some are large, some are small, some filled with vines, others newly grown; some are rich oranges, while others are pale as cream, others splotched with green. Strangely enough, as you traverse through this patch, you find pumpkins of all shapes, sizes, and colors far from the traditional oranges and yellows! Some of the pumpkins are even carved, with shadowed faces laughing, scowling, and howling out at the world; some don't even have faces at all, but are epic designs made of ones wildest dreams.
Surely, this pumpkin patch is special!
As you walk through it, you realize you're not alone. There are two soquili perusing the patch, pausing now and then to stop and study a pumpkin, before moving on. One is the color of shadow, and the other a soft burnt oranges and reds of autumn. Additionally, there's a great winged pumpkin inspired condor, and a sleek golden and orange coated fox slipping through the rows, and a black and gold swirled mountain lion, pausing now and then to cast judgement. They all seem to be circling the pumpkin patch in search of one to admire.
Welcome to the Pumpkin Patch! Here you can design your very own pumpkin and place it in the patch! These pumpkins can be designed of any color under the rainbow, and can also be turned into a jack-o-lanturn, or simply be covered in designs.
How you create them is up to you!
Interested? Keep on reading to enter!
How to Play To win one of these lovely ponies, you must first design a pumpkin to place in the patch! This pumpkin can be of any medium that isn't Photoshop or some other Graphics Editor. We want a real medium like a picture drawn by hand and a picture taken of it, or a cookie made t look like a pumpkin and decorated, a knitted pumpkin, origami pumpkin, etc. etc. The sky is the limit so long as it's something tangible and something you can photograph.
Put your Gaia name and the date next to it, and then post the code below, and consider yourself entered!
Easy, right?
[size=24][b][color=darkorange]Jack-O-Lanturn, Jack-O-Lanturn, You Are Such a Funny Sight![/color][/b][/size] [b]Username:[/b] [b]Soquili & Familiar Preferances:[/b] Black Mare, Orange Stallion, Autumn Fox, Jack-o-lanturn Condor, Bastet Mountain Lion [b]Why do you think these soquili and familiars are drawn to the pumpkin patch?[/b] Just a little blurb is fine. A word, a sentance or two is just fine. It can be a serious entry or a silly one. [b]Name of Your Pumpkin Masterpiece[/b]: Not necessary. Just in case you titled your piece. [b]What Medium Did You Use to Make it?[/b] Markers, crayons, yarn, cookie dough, baking, frying, bloodwork, etc. etc. [b]How Long Did It Take?[/b] [b]Final Result[/b] [Please post an image to your finished pumpkin! Don't forget to include your Gaia name and the full date so we know it's for this event!
The Rules 1. Follow all Gaia ToS 2. Please post only one entry. You may edit it until close, but know that we may flip through the entries as we get them. 3. If you win a soquili or a familiar before the game ends, please note this in your entry. If you win a pony, you're still eligible for the familiar, and vice-versa. Only strike your form if you win both a freebie familiar and soquili. 3. Don't forget to take a photo with your legible Gaia user name and the date present in the picture! This confirms it was made by you for this event. 4. You can draw a picture for this event, but please don't use photoshop or a digital graphics editor. We want people to show off skills using other mediums. Photography, a bejewelled maker, markers, chalk, frosting, cloth, yarn, candy, whatever floats your boat! 5. This will be a judged contest. The judges will discuss what pumpkins stood out most to them -- there is no criteria for entry. It could be the most colorful, the most pretty, the most unique. There will be a first, second, and third prize. . . and the remaining prize raffled among every one who enters! 6. Have fun! 7. Also, proxies are not allowed. As this is a work to show off our talent, you must enter for yourself.
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Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2014 8:04 pm
Entrants
Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2014 3:32 pm
Totally open!
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dawns_aura
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Posted: Tue Dec 09, 2014 9:49 pm
Jack-O-Lanturn, Jack-O-Lanturn, You Are Such a Funny Sight! Username: dawns_aura Soquili & Familiar Preferances: Orange Stallion Why do you think these soquili and familiars are drawn to the pumpkin patch? in the stillness of the night, the punpkins come alive and dance underneath the moon.... Name of Your Pumpkin Masterpiece: untitled (it's a pendant) What Medium Did You Use to Make it? sculpey iii clay How Long Did It Take? 15 - 20 minutes to soften and shape the clay 2-5 minutes cutting out what needed it and placing it together 2 minutes for texturing 30 minutes baking Total Time: about an hour Final Result please pardon the crappy quality of the photos (my phone camera kinda sucks) one two
Posted: Wed Dec 10, 2014 12:38 pm
Jack-O-Lantern, Jack-O-Lantern, You Are Such a Funny Sight! Username: Roarie Desu Soquili & Familiar Preferances: Jack-o-lantern Condor, Bastet Mountain Lion, Autumn Fox, Orange Stallion, Black Mare Why do you think these soquili and familiars are drawn to the pumpkin patch? There's beauty in pumpkins. I'm just as attracted to pumpkin patches as they are. I get so excited when October comes and I can carve them. Name of Your Pumpkin Masterpiece: Tiny Clay Pumpkin of DOOM! What Medium Did You Use to Make it? Grease Clay. Like the kind you played with in elementary school. My fingers and an acrylic tool for smoothing and creating divots. How Long Did It Take? About an hour or so on and off. Final Result [1][2] [Working] It should be noted that I'm insane and the thing is indeed hallow and two toned with the inner wall being lighter. Why? I have no idea. Realism? The lid can also be removed...carefully.
Jack-O-Lanturn, Jack-O-Lanturn, You Are Such a Funny Sight! Username: BelaLucina Soquili & Familiar Preferances: Orange Stallion, Black Mare, already won a familiar Why do you think these soquili and familiars are drawn to the pumpkin patch? This is the best place to pick out a pumpkin, as there are so many different ones to choose from. Also, there are undeniable traces of magic in the air here. Name of Your Pumpkin Masterpiece: Itty-Bitty Carousel Pumpkin Ornament What Medium Did You Use to Make it? Baby pumpkin, sharpies, and an ornament hook. How Long Did It Take? About 15 minutes. Final Result: [X] Extra: My 3 Pumpkinswhee
Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2014 10:41 am
Jack-O-Lanturn, Jack-O-Lanturn, You Are Such a Funny Sight! Username: Thalea Soquili & Familiar Preferances: Orange Stallion, Black Mare, Autumn Fox, Jack-o-lanturn Condor, Bastet Mountain Lion Why do you think these soquili and familiars are drawn to the pumpkin patch? Black and orange pumpkins coat the field, Providing a mystery to those who have appeared. The mare and stallion know the meaning of the Patch, As they gaze upon the batch. It is a secret that they will keep and never tell, for it would break the night’s spell.
Name of Your Pumpkin Masterpiece: Pumpkin Siblings What Medium Did You Use to Make it? Plastic ornaments and paint How Long Did It Take? About Three hours (Had to wait for the paint to dry and I kept having trouble with making them look like actual pumpkins, so I went with an abstract like look haha) Final Result They are ready for their close up Work in progress
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Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2014 6:28 pm
Jack-O-Lanturn, Jack-O-Lanturn, You Are Such a Funny Sight! Username: -Moomoolattecha- Soquili & Familiar Preferances: Black Mare, Orange Stallion, Autumn Fox, Jack-o-lanturn Condor, Bastet Mountain Lion Why do you think these soquili and familiars are drawn to the pumpkin patch? Because everyone wants pumpkins 8D Name of Your Pumpkin Masterpiece: Jacko and two little pumpkins What Medium Did You Use to Make it? Cake,Potato[Stem],Parsley Leaves[Grass/leaf],Orange Icing, and Rasinets. How Long Did It Take? I baked the cake the other day just to eat and I made cupcakes with it. It just came to mind when a friend and I were talking about the contest. So probably like 15 or 20 minutes? Final Result
Posted: Sat Dec 13, 2014 11:43 am
I have won a familiar and do not wish to win a Soquili from this contest. I would like to suspend my entry.
Jack-O-Lanturn, Jack-O-Lanturn, You Are Such a Funny Sight! Username: Polette Soquili & Familiar Preferances: Orange Stallion, Black Mare, Autumn Fox, Jack-o-lanturn Condor, Bastet Mountain Lion Why do you think these soquili and familiars are drawn to the pumpkin patch? To find the creepiest pumpkin and smash it open, destroying it's ugly face. :< Name of Your Pumpkin Masterpiece: Plotting Pumpkin What Medium Did You Use to Make it? Pencil and paper! How Long Did It Take? About 15 minutes Final ResultHere
I just won a free pony! So I'm ineligible for those now. c:
Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 3:13 am
Jack-O-Lanturn, Jack-O-Lanturn, You Are Such a Funny Sight! Username: SylverStar Soquili & Familiar Preferances: Black Mare, Orange Stallion,Bastet Mountain Lion, Autumn Fox, Jack-o-lanturn Condor Why do you think these soquili and familiars are drawn to the pumpkin patch? Everyone that comes is looking to hold on to something. Usually it's memories of a past they can't get back. So they find themselves in the patch that gives them a sense of comfort and some glimpses of hope to obtain their desires. Name of Your Pumpkin Masterpiece: Hungry pumpkin What Medium Did You Use to Make it? baking and color pencils How Long Did It Take? Um...30-45mins Final Result
Jack-O-Lanturn, Jack-O-Lanturn, You Are Such a Funny Sight! Username: PixelDeerest Soquili & Familiar Preferances: Orange Stallion, Black Mare, Bastet Mountain Lion, Autumn Fox, Jack-o-lanturn Condor Why do you think these soquili and familiars are drawn to the pumpkin patch? They're drawn to it because....because it reminds them to....be the best they can. To keep trying. To live and to live for dying. That one day, we might all be admired and prized. Name of Your Pumpkin Masterpiece: Walking a Vine Line What Medium Did You Use to Make it? Clay, Acrylic Paint, Clear Nail Polish How Long Did It Take? 2-3 hours Final Result Pretty Pumpkin! Hard to photograph Something Round
....Wow, I just realized it says 12/15/12. Like an idiot. Ugh. I'll re-write that again tonight before this thing closes. Im an idjit
Jack-O-Lanturn, Jack-O-Lanturn, You Are Such a Funny Sight! Username: AislingJuno Soquili & Familiar Preferances: Black Mare, Orange Stallion, Autumn Fox, Bastet Mountain Lion,re-roll Why do you think these soquili and familiars are drawn to the pumpkin patch? Pumpkins are just tasty or like charlie brown they are looking for great pumpkin Name of Your Pumpkin Masterpiece: The gnome pumpkin farmer What Medium Did You Use to Make it? Black and white photography How Long Did It Take? hmm it took me time to move the pumpkins, a second to snap the shot, and hour to develop the t-max film, I printed several test strips before deciding on a number 2 filter, printed it which takes 1 minute and 30 sec in developer, 30 sec in stop bath and 3 minutes in fixer and about 5 minutes washed and like 1min 30 in a dryer. Final Result I forgot to put the date but reread the rules a took another tonight.
Also I had a peacock decoration in one of the back pumpkins and the pretty ones were placed in the front and the rotted one's in the back .
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Rhyleigh
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Posted: Mon Dec 15, 2014 9:01 pm
Jack-O-Lanturn, Jack-O-Lanturn, You Are Such a Funny Sight! Username: Rhyleigh Soquili & Familiar Preferances: Black Mare, Orange Stallion, Bastet Mountain Lion, Jack-o-lanturn Condor, Autumn Fox Why do you think these soquili and familiars are drawn to the pumpkin patch? For the epic colors and the delightful scents. Name of Your Pumpkin Masterpiece: Cinnipumpkin What Medium Did You Use to Make it? Cinnamon and applesauce errm clay whatchamacallit XD How Long Did It Take? Mixing about 5mins. Shaping about 30mins. Drying several hours. ( not fully dry but don't have an oven to put in in and our toaster over broke last week) Final Result Date be on the other ones, I could hold these and the date sign. ( was using computer cam) XCinnipumpkin and Mini-cinni pumpkins X mix with ingredients and date
How to make it ( and stuff) below
To make this you just put equal parts of the two ingredients together, mix well, then need. ( like you would play dough or kooky clay) Then shape them into whatever you wish. You're hands will give a bit messy. (kids love this part and it is safe for them to eat, if they happen to do so) Let dry naturally or stick in the over ( on lowest temp) at 10- 20 minutes ( depending on how thick item is.
This stuff is also epically good for making decorations ( which smell like cinnamon) that last for years ( as long s they don't get wet ( they mold then) We have gingerbread looking ones around here somewhere ( totally cannot find the box lol )
