No, this is not the the contest winner. It is the ElvisBlog entry. Because there were actually three winners, the best I call it is the unofficial 4th place winner. Here are the top three:
This appears to be carved on one of those foam craft pumpkins mentioned in the post two weeks ago (especially in the Comments). This medium certainly does offer enhanced design possibilities with all the variety of colors possible depending on how deep into the foam you cut.
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I’ve got this figurine and several others, so maybe i’ll get an inspiration on how to use one without totally plagiarizing this concept. I particularly like the hole in the top allowing Elvis to be lit from below. Pretty clever.
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I’m ambivalent about this one. It probably isn’t up to the caliber of the other two winners, but it is certainly ahead of the losers.
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Speaking of losers, I have a photo file called Elvis Impersonator Losers (some are featured here). I think I should start one called Elvis Pumpkin Losers, and this group from the 2014 contest should be in it:
How do you like the stem growing out of Elvis’ head? Or the pink lips? I always wondered why anyone would buy the fake Elvis shades with black sideburns hanging down. Now I know.
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OK, how about Albino Elvis? Just love the hair.
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So, maybe Magic Marker hair is even worse. The blue suede shoes are a nice touch.
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Is this Elvis or the Pillsbury Dough Boy? With that huge nose, its hard to tell.
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Another weird nose. And hair line. Interesting pendant and colorful collar, though.
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If you showed this one to ten people on the street, how many do you think would recognize this as Elvis?
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The mouth on this one is way better than the ones above. But the hair?
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Presumably, there will be another Elvis Pumpkin Contest next year. All, I can say is that hopefully Elvis fans will up their game and make better submissions.
Hope you all had a great Halloween.
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