Noel Dickover

Noel Dickover

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Project management @GMU.edu. Master pumpkin carver: fantasypumpkins.com, #aquarium, #fishtank, UFO research, Wash Wizards, Mystics, Ravens fan. Former international dev, Human Rights (30 countries), Federal govt consultant (6 Depts/Agnc). #PaganFolkRock

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A cut-thru Lion carving on a multi-colored light. Happy Halloween! #pumpkincarving #Nature #NatureArt #Halloween #Lion

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This should be a fun easy one. I wanted a carve for a nice multi-colored light fade setting. #pumpkincarving #nature #lion #Halloween

A cut-thru Lion carving on a multi-colored light. Happy Halloween! #pumpkincarving #Nature #NatureArt #Halloween #Lion

Noel Dickover@noeldickover.bsky.social

This should be a fun easy one. I wanted a carve for a nice multi-colored light fade setting. #pumpkincarving #nature #lion #Halloween

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This is the multi-color fade effect I wanted with this carve. This only works well with cut-thrus - it's why I carve them. The normal 3 color shaved carves jist look muddy. #pumpkincarving #lion #nature #natureArt #Halloween

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That took forever to clean. One last rinse and it should be ready for photos. #pumpkincarving #lion #nature #Halloween

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I've cut out the top ones but am leaving the cut out parts in as I get to the middle. It was deeper than I thought so I'm using the longer hooked exacto knife. #pumpkincarving #lion

If you look closely ou can see where I've cut out the shapes but have not removed the meat yet. This gives the carving more stability. I'll pull them all out after cuts. #pumpkincarving #lion

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Inside scraping is done. Now onto cutouts for most of the outside lion mane. I'll likely leave some of the face more scraped. I'm not sure about the eyes yet. Either I leave them dark or do a 3D style cut-out. #pumpkincarving #lion #nature #Halloween

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Inside scraping is done. Now onto cutouts for most of the outside lion mane. I'll likely leave some of the face more scraped. I'm not sure about the eyes yet. Either I leave them dark or do a 3D style cut-out. #pumpkincarving #lion #nature #Halloween

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Dishwashing soap cleans up the graphite nicely. Time for a little bit of inside scraping. #pumpkincarving #lion #Nature #Halloween

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Tim Curry as the Lord of Darkness from the movie, Legend. Happy Halloween! #pumpkincarving #Halloween #fantasyArt #TimCurry #Legend

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My Tim Curry Tribute pumpkin. The Lord of Darkness from Legend. #pumpkincarving #Legend #Halloween #TimCurry

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NOW it's ready for final photo: Here's Tim Curry as the Lord of Darkness in the movie, Legend. #pumpkincarving #Halloween #TimCurry #Legend #FantasyArt

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Getring closer. I'm cutting out the entrance way surrounding the Lord of Darkness. #pumpkincarving #Halloween #Legend #TimCurry

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The Lord of Darkness is starting to emerge. Stilla lot of detail work left to do. #Pumpkincarving #Legend #TimCurry #Halloween

From my daughter's BF Aadil, a second year carver. What a inventive idea. He cut out little plastic colored cubes and glued them the cut-thru cube holes in with superglue. #pumpkincarving #rubicsCube

Huntley for the #Ravens serves as either a poor man's Lamar Jackson or a homeless man's Lamar Jackson. He has the same skill set but just has less of it. Luckily today Huntley is looking more like a poor man's Lamar who's aspiring to join the middle class! #GoRavens

My wife put this box on our living room for the grandkids to play last week. Its been a house, a hospital, etc. Today my 6 y/o granddaughter put her 2 y/o brother inside and said the police took and put him in jail even though he did nothing wrong, and now he's sad. She said he can't come out.

Like many young folk, her parents don't own a TV and are largely non-political. They do not watch political podcasts or even news shows. Yet my 6 year-old granddaughter picked this up and is play-acting as something that happens to kids now. Is it a surprise mental health's spiking among youth?

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Back at it. I'm using two different U wedges for a lot of the chain patterns. #PumpkinCarving #Halloween #TimCurry #Legend