Artist Ray Villafane began carving pumpkins on a lark for his art students in a small rural school district in Michigan . The hobby changed his life as he gained a viral following online and unlocked his genuine love of sculpting. Here are images of pumpkin carvings Villafane created over the past five years.     

Got my eye on you  

    

  
 Who let me outta here?

 
 Would you open this zipper?

    

  
 Rough day  

    

  
 President Barack Obama  

    

  
 Please don't pull on that tab  

    

  
 Say 'aaaahhhhh'!  

       
 Predator pumpkin

  
 

  
   Motorized Medusa

 
 It's alive!!  

    

  
 Native American portrait  

    

  

 Brainiac

 
 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?

 
 Unlocking a vision

 
 Foods with moods

 
 Biting his tongue

 
 David Letterman

 
 The fear inside