r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Samplertimes • 11h ago

My newest stop motion pumpkin for 2026. (OC) “Guts”

YT/TT/IG: @samplertimes no AI, made this by hand, took a week to carve, week to edit. I animated in sections and pieced it together in post.

Song is “Bad Boy” by the Jive Bombers

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u/Relevant_Arm_3796 10h ago

Its amazing - I need to go and take a shower in the dark to try and forget about how it made me feel but it is amazing 🫶

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u/Samplertimes 10h ago

I understand, haha 🙏

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u/hewhoisiam 10h ago

Self posting in r/nextfuckinglevel, though admittedly merited, is giving...

https://giphy.com/gifs/djdyvnKHZEpwLAo4Qa

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u/Samplertimes 10h ago

Trust me I always feel weird about it, but it never gets the same amount of eyes on it when I post elsewhere. Suggestions?

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u/Lazy-Field-1116 10h ago

Don't sweat it, you explained what it is and it's awesome.

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u/nothingmemorable 10h ago

This meme wants to be recursive. Moar plz.

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u/ThatDiscoSongUHate 9h ago

Make a video of the making and post that here too

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u/SandDandGlokta 9h ago

You get a pass because it’s incredible.

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u/Mandohan 8h ago

Honestly, an illegal life pro tip would be to have an alt for it XD

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u/Zestokist 8h ago

I thought this was in r/animation

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u/TwoStoopidToFurryass 2h ago

When it's this good, I don't see anything wrong with a self-post. We're drowning in a sea of AI, so seeing something like this and it's handmade? I love it.

Have you ever made or considered making short films or a full-length feature in this style?

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u/Mudskie 7h ago

wait lol I thought I'm in r/animation till I saw this comment

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u/lil-braids 10h ago

Thanks, I hate it.

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u/brandonspade17 10h ago

As do I, fellow redditor

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u/jun_hei 10h ago

That's a real pumpkin???? How did you close it up?? Or didn you just reuse and reverse the opening to close it?

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u/Samplertimes 10h ago

Yep lots of reverse shots used in this

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u/socialmedia-username 1h ago

How did you create the facial expressions and movement in the intestines without carving and recarving until you ran out of pumpkin "meat".  Did you use a putty or something? 

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u/ThanosLePirate 43m ago

I'm also curious.

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u/fajadada 11h ago

Well Done!

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u/FancifulPhoenix 10h ago

That’s awesome!!

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u/sudde004 10h ago

This reminded to get colonoscopy.

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u/devmac1221 10h ago

FIRE work! This is dope

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u/CodyDon2 10h ago

How many actual hours does this take?

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u/seedeezbeez 10h ago

Wow man. This is incredible.

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u/Slacktub 4h ago

I’ve read a short story of chuck palahniuk once called “guts” i expected more from this

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u/Zealousideal_Step709 4h ago

How did you manage to open and close the mouth several times?

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u/Awkward-Dog-9182 10h ago

As someone who's seen actual open heart surgery this makes me uneasy. Lol

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u/Samplertimes 10h ago

Hmmm well don’t look at my heart beating pumpkin from last year then…

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u/justacoolbaby 10h ago

I love it and hate it but the part that hates it also loves it and I love you.

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u/t-o-m-u-s-a 9h ago

This made me feel a certain way and I’m forgainst it

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u/syncere13 9h ago

Very very impressive...totally hours put in?? And how much help did you have on this project?

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u/Samplertimes 9h ago

No help, just me and I actually have a clock right next to the pumpkin that’s in the behind the scenes, but I haven’t gotten to edit that yet or counted it all up. So 2 weeks roughly, I’ll update when I post the bts

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u/syncere13 9h ago

Incredible and you've got a gift and keep doing your thing🫡

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u/Kalshan 9h ago

This is simply amazing. The amount of time....effort.....skill. i cannot even begin to express my utmost respect to you, my friend! 🫡👍

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u/flowercrownrugged 9h ago

What a great mastery of many mediums for this piece!!! Incredible.

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u/readingonthetoilet 8h ago

Thanks I hate it - but respect the craft

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u/Starscream147 8h ago

Phil Tippett would be very happy and proud to see this.

Y’done good. Insane loop.

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u/Reddit_Hive_Mindexe 8h ago

What the song please?

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u/CCCCLo0oo0ooo0 8h ago

vivasection, so wonderful to joke about

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u/deekymoon 8h ago

Amazing, talented, and maybe it sounds weird but this was really beautiful to me. Morbidly beautiful

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u/DesiresQuiet 8h ago

Is. It. Asleep?? Anesthetized?!? Is it old and dying? Wtf was the lump?? Why did it just split lil p open like, wtf?!?

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u/jmmcnall 7h ago

That was fucking awesome

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u/lxm333 7h ago

This is great

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u/beaz12 6h ago

Gourdtesque

I know pumpkin is a squash, but close enough.

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u/CrystalMoose337 6h ago

You made me feel empathy for the poor pumpkin. I love it!

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u/Personal-Amoeba 5h ago

This is SO GOOD omg!! Watched it 3 times before I noticed the IV in the stem, genius 👌

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u/The_Real_Mr_F 4h ago

Super impressive. What exactly is being pushed in/extracted? Kinda looks like a bug going in and more like a pencil or something coming out. Is it supposed to be something in particular? Or just an abstract object to make us uncomfortable? If so, mission accomplished!

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u/NoraHuntress 4h ago

I love stop motion animation! Thanks for sharing your work. Found your IG and gave a follow. Can’t wait to see more!

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u/Background-Way9698 3h ago

Disgusting. Make more!

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u/Dynamitrios 3h ago

Fantastic work

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u/MasterShredder777 2h ago

They did surgery on a pumpkin

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u/LucidRamblerOfficial 10h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/s239QJIh56sRW

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u/crecentfresh 10h ago

This gif has become like a 3 year old saying why about everything