What a carve up

My brother showed me his designs for last year's pumpkins and most impressive they were too. He's quite the skilled artist, having put a lot of effort into becoming so, and I enjoy seeing his sketches. He's yet to achieve his goal of creating a pumpkin that will scare the beejezus out of young children but he's definitely moving towards it. It's been a while since I've carved a pumpkin (nothing came of my musings about doing so last year), but since there's a friendly rivalry between us when it comes to such matters I may give it a go this year. We both share a similar attitude along the lines "It's not worth doing unless other people look at the results and query your sanity" which adds a little extra impetus.