The Sonic cast is ready for Halloween as Sega shares a jack-o-lantern carving that reflects Sonic Origins’ box art with tons of impressive detail.
To celebrate Halloween, Sega has shared a rather amazing pumpkin carved in the style of Sonic Origins‘ box art. It’s clear that this was no easy feat to accomplish, as the art in question features Sonic and his friends and enemies as they’re presented in the Sega Genesis titles found in the compilation. It’s rather detailed, and the person who carved the pumpkin didn’t lose too many of them while working on it, which is most impressive.
Of course, this specific jack-o-lantern was made to promote Sonic Origins, which released earlier this year in June. Origins ties together all the games found within it as one cohesive narrative, and the box art reflects this by including all the characters for a sense of unity. There are six of them in the art, and therefore, now carved into a pumpkin.
Some people who carve pumpkins more artistically suggest shaving the squash instead of cutting certain parts of it out for more layered effects, and it’s clear that’s the direction that the carver took. The shadows between the characters, as well as the line work of the original art piece, were colored in black on the pumpkin itself to make it stand out more against the light. Where posts like these are usually made by social media managers and other company employees, Sega reveals in the comments that it paid someone who carves pumpkins for a living to make it.
Carvings done by the super talented @PumpkinFreakArt
— SEGA (@SEGA) October 31, 2022
Did you carve any pumpkins this Halloween? Show us! 👀 pic.twitter.com/1u4RTJzO3B
The art was done by @PumpkinFreakArt, who also carved a jack-o-lantern of just the Sega logo for the company as well. The artist specifically uses the specific squash as their art medium all year round, using foam ones when they’re not in season. PumpkinFreak typically creates carvings with original horror elements to them, some even covering the entire pumpkin. However, they also create art dealing with scary pop culture icons like Chucky and the Gremlins.
Sega has used the post to encourage fans to share their own pumpkin carvings from this year, and the comments are filled with plenty of other Sonic pumpkins. One Like a Dragon fan has taken the opportunity to ask Sega to have its logo carved in a watermelon, referencing a scene in Yakuza 4.
For those who want to see more of the Sonic Origins pumpkin made by PumpkinFreak, Sega has said its shown off the pumpkins in more detail on TikTok. The post may have been one to promote a collection of Sonic games that are now on sale, but it seems to have done a good job in getting people in the holiday spirit.
Sonic Origins is available now on PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
