Pumpkinfest clothing
Meet our 2024 Pumpkinfest illustrator
Congratulations to Eric, winner of the 2024 Pumpkinfest clothing illustration contest!
Having grown up in Norfolk County, I have always enjoyed all of the traditions it has to offer, especially Waterford Pumpkinfest!
I am lucky enough to get to work on designs every day and knew I had to take a shot at creating a design for this year’s Pumpkinfest.
My design was inspired by all of the amazing pumpkins on the pumpkin pyramid each year as well as the fields and fields of pumpkins in the Fall that you can see while driving around Norfolk.
I couldn’t be more excited to have mine selected as the winner this year!
Meet our 2023 Pumpkinfest illustrator
Congratulations to Kyleigh, winner of the 2023 Pumpkinfest clothing illustration contest!
Kyleigh moved to Norfolk County in 2017 and enjoys photography, painting, drawing, graphic design, writing short stories, and crocheting. Pretty much anything where she can be creative! Kyleigh loves everything about Waterford Pumpkinfest: the time of year, the pumpkin tower, the parade, the car show, and the memories and traditions it brings!
We can’t wait to see Kyleigh’s design all around town this year!
Meet our 2022 Pumpkinfest illustrator
James Tchegus, born and raised in Waterford, is the illustrator of this year’s official 2022 Pumpkinfest t-shirt.
Being a child of the 80s I was always doodling and sketching on car rides when I was little. Pencil sketches are still my favourite medium and are always the starting point for any design I come up with. I’ve tried to maintain my passion and love of art volunteering my time designing for other small businesses, the Lions Club, and Pumpkinfest in years past.
My inspiration for the design is a nod to one of my clearest and most favourite memories of the event. Each year when I was at Ada B. Massecar, we would walk as a classroom down to the gymnasium and methodically pick our pumpkins to carve. Then to kick off the weekend I would get to walk downtown with my family before the fireworks. I’d search through the rows and rows of pumpkins along the sidewalk and up the pumpkin pyramid hoping to show off the artwork. The classic cartoon style of the pumpkin faces is meant to nostalgically throwback to the first year of the event in 1982 when Saturday morning cartoons were so popular.
Pumpkinfest is an event my family looks forward to every year and it’s amazing that the traditions are now being passed down to our little ones. I’m even happier to have the opportunity to contribute in a small way.
James Tchegus