Day 4 done!
I’ll be honest I probably won’t get this fully done by the deadline, which pains me because I’ve been working on this a lot, but I’ll upload what I can, and push on forward!
Spent most of the day retopologizing the pumpkin and the body because SURPRISE I’m still not that great at it. However I did manage to get all quads and edge loops in mostly all the important spots! So that’s a step in the right direction methinks.
I also spent a great chunk of time learning about smoke and fire physics ’cause this is the first time I’ve properly utilized them. Jeez this week’s been a lot of firsts…
This is what I have in mind for the pumpkin, still got some tweaking with the fire and smoke to do, the emission objects are still there, but I think I’m on the right track:

I dunno what it is but I can’t shake the feeling that something feels… off… about this, but I can’t for the life of me put my finger on it. If any of yous have some insight I’d love to hear it, but for now I’m off to bed, so have a good day and happy Blending!