Would be rude not to wouldn't it!!!?

A very fine Thursday to you all inky fruit fans! Actually it's Wednesday night......but i was so excited i had to post this early lol......

It's that day again when we forget just for a few minutes who's having an affair with who on your favourite TV soap, forget about all those important chores that need doing, and forget about feeding the family....because once again it's time for......."Fruit i inked today!!!".

However something is different this week. There is something in the air, something mystical, magical.....dare i say hauntingly terrifying.....yes folks it's Halloween!!!! :)

So this week, influenced by the hundreds of fantastic works of art i have seen on the net at this spooky time of year, i thought it only right that i should stray from the fruity path and ink a....

PUMPKIN!!!

Now usually i have always done the basic two eyes, a nose and a smile on my pumpkins. However this year, and especially since i have started blogging, i have been totally gobsmacked at the amazing pumpkins out there! Some fantastic works of art, all hand carved. So i thought it was only right that i try my hand at some kind of design, so i went with a basic scary skull.

I was pretty impressed as it was my first try, but even more impressed when i saw it in full effect with the lights off!

A success!!! As far as the inking was concerned, you may be wondering about the lack of colour. Well i thought that to keep the Halloween look, I'd keep as much orange as possible, yet i wanted to use some ink at least.....after all it is that time of the week! So i opted for what can loosely be described as tiger stripes. Just using Adirondack "Pitch Black", i had a great time making this scary fella stripey!

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Now unfortunately, i did not have one of those Dremel hobby drills that many people seem to cut intricate patterns out with, so i made do with a scalpel, a pokey tool and a big DIY drill! :)

Hence one of the teeth being slightly wonky, it's difficult being as precise as a dental surgeon with a drill i usually put shelves up with!

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After trying to keep the pumpkin steady whilst i used this drill on the teeth, i decided to cross my legs and hold it between my thighs whilst i did the rest of the teeth. So as i am sure you will appreciate, being in that position....the last thing i was worried about was me drilling a wonky tooth!!!
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The only mishap was that afterwards, whilst admiring my masterpiece, i noticed i'd cut the bottom off instead of the top lol.....but i won't tell if you don't! :)
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Despite this being a vegetable, i'm going to give the pumpkin an honourary fruitinkability rating of 8......purely because this was such a cool thing to make and ink.
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Thanks for tuning in everyone, i hope you like my pumpkin, and i hope you have a great night on Friday.......watch out for those witches!!!!!!!! :)))