This 20-Year-Old Artist Carves Pumpkins Of Your Faves Every Halloween

Super fans dress up as their faves for Halloween. Super duper fans carve deeply-intricate portraits of their faves and their album art into pumpkins for Halloween!


That's the prerogative for Megan, a 20-year-old artist whose pumpkin carvings have caught the eyes of fellow stans. Megan's IRL-to-pumpkin comparison photographs often rack up thousands of likes on her Twitter and Instagram pages.


In 2017, Megan's fancy carvings of Camila Cabello, Shawn Mendes, Ed Sheeran and Taylor Swift caught the eyes of fans across the world wide web. It was Taylor Swift, case in point, who was at the core of how this all began per year earlier.


"The pumpkin carving actually began out as a bet with my sister in 2016," Megan told TRL over Twitter direct messages. "She notified me if I may carve the cover of 1989 on a pumpkin almost correctly she would fly with me Austin, Texas to be able to see Taylor Swift’s Formula 1 concert."


Taking the bet seriously, Megan carved a brilliant set of Taylor pumpkins and discovered a new, spooky talent. And yes, she got to go to that concert in Texas.


There weren't several tutorials for the complex, shading-based kind of pumpkin carving that Megan has perfected, however with a lifelong passion for art and design, the technique came naturally.


"It’s all about carving different depths to prepare shading," Megan told TRL about her method. "The more you carve out the lighter the pumpkin is, and vice versa. I mostly use a x-acto knife to do that nevertheless I also use clay modeling equipment as well as a pumpkin drill."


Last year's carving of Shawn Mendes went particularly viral with more than 11,000 likes on Twitter. Not only has Megan mastered Shawn in pumpkin form, although as a fan she's met him a number of times, too.


"Not only do I love his music, although also his character," Megan mentioned. "He’s so proper and real with his fans. He treats us almost like his friends."


This year, Megan has already begun her pumpkins for Halloween, including a carving of Why Don't We's album art for 8 Letters that's caught a persons vision of the boy musical group itself. Daniel responded "no way" to the pumpkin, Jonah followed her and the main musical group account retweeted the photos.


"I loved every song on the album," Megan mentioned of her newfound love for Why Don't We. "It’s inspiring to be able to see such young artists do what they do and be so successful."


With Halloween speedily approaching, Megan has more pumpkin plans for 2018. "I’m planning on carving the cover of Shawn’s new album," Megan mentioned, "and another Taylor Swift one of her AMA efficiency. Although I‘m also going to be carving some for several local companies, too."


Watch out for Megan's pumpkin carving talent to continue to blow minds on her Twitter and Instagram, right in time for the peak of spooky season.