A tattoo artist from Cwmbran is used to spending hours with a needle painstakingly drawing on her customers’ bodies.

But Lauren Coombes’ latest creation involved a cocktail stick instead of a needle. One of her friends picked up a pumpkin for £3.99 from Aldi Pontypool and she spent three hours carving this tribute to the late Queen.

She said: “I draw myself a guide on my iPad, then use it as a reference and map it out on the pumpkin with little pin holes, then just carve with a Stanley knife and to be honest, anything useful I can find like cocktail sticks, a compass and pencils.”

Follow Lauren’s tattoo work on Instagram at @lc_evermore

Watch a video of her carving Queen tribute

@laurencoombestattoo This years pumpkin had to be dedicated to our Liz 👑🎃 #halloween #halloween2022 #pumpkinseason #pumpkin #carving #fyp #foryoupage #StemDrop001 #queenelizabeth ♬ Monster Mash – Bobby “Boris” Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers

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