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We Love Friday! – Halloween Highlights

Friday 11.02.2012 , Posted by

Trick or treat! Are you sick of Halloween candy yet? Although every retail store has swept Halloween under the rug as they gear up for Christmas, we wanted to give it a fond farewell by posting some highlights. We searched Instagram to bring you this collection of imaginative pumpkin designs and adorable trick or treaters to capture the family fun essence of this amusing holiday. According to Conan O’Brien, “This Halloween, the most popular mask [was] the Arnold Schwarzenegger mask. And the best part? With a mouth full of candy you will sound just like him.” [Read more...]

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Pumpktris: When Carving Pumpkins and Tetris Collide

Wednesday 10.31.2012 , Posted by

If you’re a creative, writing down all your crazy ideas and revisiting them later can spark some truly interesting and wonderful inventions. One of those awesome ideas Nathan from Hahabird had was to take a pumpkin and turn it into the classic video game Tetris. The combination of carving pumpkins and Tetris collide and turn into the fully realized Pumpktris! Fully playable, embedded in a pumpkin, and with the stem serving as a controller. [Read more...]

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Visual Bits #303 > Trick Or Treat!

Wednesday 10.31.2012 , Posted by

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10 Brand Logos Get a Zombie Apocalypse Makeover

Wednesday 10.31.2012 , Posted by

In the wake of a zombie apocalypse, things might get a whole lot more dead around here. If zombies started running the place – dead brains and all – you can imagine brands might need to start marketing there products a little, shall we say… unorthodoxly. That’s what designer/artist Ben Fellowes imagined: he’s reworked a whole line of popular logos, from Starbucks to FedEx, and made them a lot more gruesome just in time for Halloween day. [Read more...]

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Visual Bits #302 > Photography That Spooks You

Tuesday 10.30.2012 , Posted by

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Blast From the Past: Hilarious Halloween Costumes

Monday 10.29.2012 , Posted by

It’s hard to imagine what Halloween costumes were like before slutty versions of every imaginable character fresh from the sweat shops of China graced our store shelves. Back in the day before temporary Halloween stores could be found in strip malls everywhere, many more people created their own costumes and the results were impressive to say the least. Check out this fun collection Halloween attire from yesteryear. [Read more...]

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Halloween Inspiration: Obama “Hope” Poster

Monday 10.29.2012 , Posted by

Here’s a pretty sweet costume for the Democratically inclined… a tribute to Shepard Fairey’s iconic Hope poster featuring Obama. Reddit user Juririm painted himself with uncanny skill, even including the background of the famous print. For the poster lovers here at Visual News, its costume perfection. [Read more...]

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Americans: Not Too Spooked to Splurge on Halloween

Friday 10.19.2012 , Posted by

Creepy Ghosts, Boney Skeletons, and Brain Eating Zombies will be shelling out the dough this Halloween. Halloween is arguably one of the greatest times of the year, and the only time you have free reign to scare the living bejesus out of your friends, and vice-versa. Carving pumpkins, planning your costume, and decorating the house are all things that get you in the mood for the season. [Read more...]

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How Many Pumpkin Seeds? Halloween by the Numbers

Sunday 10.30.2011 , Posted by

Have you ever wondered how many seeds are in each pumpkin? Have you pondered the amount of candy consumed by an American in a year or the number of parents who admit to sneaking some of that candy out of their kids trick-or-treat bags? If you’re that kind of person (and we are) this graphic is for you. Created for History.com by Column Five, this exploration is sure to get you in the mood for the 31st. Happy Halloween everybody [Read more...]

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Halloween: Worlds Largest Pumpkin Carving

Saturday 10.29.2011 , Posted by

What better way to pay tribute to the worlds largest pumpkin, than by turning it into the worlds largest pumpkin carving for Halloween. Grown by Jim Bryson and his daughter Kelsey, the behemoth squash weighs in at an astounding 1818.5 pounds, the heaviest ever weighed.

To carve up the slightly lopsided pumpkin, renowned sand, toy and pumpkin carver Ray Villafane lent his skilled hands and brilliant Halloween themed design featuring zombies climbing out of the cracking giant. Villafane used another smaller pumpkin, weighing 1693 pounds (!) for additional pieces including the zombies, easily making this the largest pumpkin carving in history [Read more...]

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