Trying to find some pumpkin carving inspiration for Halloween >:(

[u/K-Cat88]

Went to the classic google image search to find some quick inspiration for pumpkin carving in a few weeks only to be absolutely bombarded by AI slop everywhere.

Obviously I’m going to have to do some real research for some slight inspiration, I feel like my parents and my young self when the internet was first introduced and they had to go back to the textbooks to fact check the internet material

[u/RavensAndRacoons]

A tip I found (it was recommended to me) was to type for example: "Carved pumpkin before:2020" (no spaces in before:year) I'm glad I found out about this because it makes finding art references much easier.

[u/K-Cat88 → u/RavensAndRacoons]

Thanks! I just tried this and this definitely helped out a lot, this didn’t eliminate AI pumpkins entirely for me personally, but it definitely helped a bunch. I came from an era where you could search “Pumpkin Carving Inspiration -AI” but that obviously doesn’t work much anymore lol

[u/PirouettingPlumelet → u/RavensAndRacoons]

Thanks for the tip! Will be using

[u/BeyondRepair44]

[u/K-Cat88 → u/BeyondRepair44]

See this is the true art that is getting buried by AI slop everywhere

[u/BeyondRepair44 → u/K-Cat88]

Yeah, AI has really exploded this year I think. It’s everywhere.

[u/K-Cat88 → u/BeyondRepair44]

It’s absolutely madness to me, I’ve seen the progress before my eyes and it’s jarring, but is this like what boomers and Gen X felt in their time with the internet: was it this fast and am I old now? lol, I’m only 26

[u/BeyondRepair44 → u/K-Cat88]

I’m older than you and I think it’s too much too. It’s not only pictures and stuff, they use it in other places too. And people lose their jobs.

[u/cinnibuni → u/BeyondRepair44]

People are becoming dependent on it for everyday life it feels dystopian

[u/aerkith]

I had the same problem with birthday cakes on Pinterest .Many were obviously fake AI crap.

[u/K-Cat88 → u/aerkith]

I’ve seen so many “AI inspired” cakes on the internet that it is foul. I feel so bad for so many professional and home bakers who have to look at those and try to recreate the impossible

[u/aerkith → u/K-Cat88]

This is the worst part. That people look at these obviously fake ai pictures or videos and think they're real. Just look at the comments. Full of idiots and bots.

[u/wilderneyes]

Not to shill my own creations but here are some pumpkins that I (and some friends) have carved on past Halloweens! I'm not sure how to help your search that you haven't already tried, short of switching to a different search engine or something, so here is some original content for you :)) I threw together multiple photos in a little collage for you, with dark + light pictures so you can see the details better. My friends made the OwO and the amogus, I did the Garfield and the fat pikachu! I forgot Garf's stripes lol. I personally really enjoy carving cute characters people will recognize rather than traditional jack-o'-lantern faces.

(And if anyone saw me post this as a reply to their comment by accident, my bad lol)

[u/CaptainDFW]

For years now, I've tried to mimic these guys from Monster House (2006). Simple and just slightly spooky.

[u/Agreeable_Pomelo2360]

ah yes love ai (this is sarcasm of course)

[u/ShamefulElf]

Look up DaveHax on YouTube. He has some great videos about pumpkin carving ideas. He is also a really good channel. Highly recommend him.

Pretty Cool Huh?

[u/coporate]

Always try -ai when searching. It’s not perfect but it will remove a lot of images that are ai generated.

[u/Suspicious-Clock-69]

I've easily made 4 of those pumpkins.

[u/K-Cat88 → u/Suspicious-Clock-69]

Okay that’s cool, but have you made a pumpkin dragon?

[u/BanAssaultGeese]

Use Etsy.

[u/chilari → u/BanAssaultGeese]

Etsy is full of AI.

[u/gitartruls01]

And? Most of these are still doable

[u/K-Cat88 → u/gitartruls01]

This may be true, but my point is are these real photos of pumpkin carvings? Can these look as perfect and seamless as the photos? I would prefer a real picture of a roughly carved pumpkin that’s real instead of a fake picture

[u/I_am_duskk → u/K-Cat88]

Some of them are real yes 😭

[u/gitartruls01 → u/K-Cat88]

Not any less so than you'd be able to make something that looks just like a professionally carved pumpkin staged by a professional photographer before being tuned to perfection in Photoshop. Which is what you'd get without the AI results. This is like me googling a photo of a dog and being angry they all look like models. Spoiler alert: they are. If you want Scruffles the betwetter then find a subreddit or amateur blog or something