I started working on mine and it's a lot of fun! I was wondering if we need to keep the same size dimensions? As I like working with a smaller canvas, it's still large (about 650 px in width) but I don't know if we need to keep it gigantic?
After further discussion, we decided that you can shrink the template size down, if you need to. We realized that many traditional artists don't have access to a scanner, so photos of their pumpkin will look smaller than the digital artists who are able to keep the larger size.
Please use your best judgement! If you shrink your pumpkin down to some incredibly tiny size, it won't be allowed in the competition. If you want to run by us the size you are shrinking it to, please do!
We
HIGHLY encourage you to keep the original size of the pumpkin!
ACCEPTABLE IMAGE SIZES
3300 x 2550 px (original size)
2500 x 1932 px
2000 x 1545 px
1500 x 1159 px
1000 x 773 px
750 x 580 px
Sizes between the original and smallest listed here are OK if kept proportional
Pumpkins smaller than 750 x 580 px are most likely going to get you a PM asking for a larger resolution size. Sizes in between full-size (3300 x 2550 px) and the smallest listed size (750 x 580 px) are OK, we mostly want you to maintain proportions when you shrink the pumpkin down. DO NOT make it some long/tall/skinny/fat combination. Those will be automatically disqualified. If you are unable to figure out how to maintain proportions when shrinking your pumpkin, use one of the guidelines I posted just above this paragraph.
Please ask if you have questions!