Easy way to make a pattern on a pumpkin.
1. Print the picture on your printer. Try to make it simple. Too much detail and you will go nuts trying to carve it.
2. Tape the paper to the pumpkin.
3. Use a pin or tack to poke through the paper into the pumpkin. This give you a pretty easy outline to follow. The rest is just slow carving work. Stanley knife works pretty well. Dremel makes pumpkin fling all over. Makes wife made too. Much faster though.