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- SkeletaLlama, on 10/12/2007, -3/+53Too bad he can't make a website without pop-up windows.
- Gutterpunk, on 10/12/2007, -4/+33You should consider applying your "Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should" before you post a comment ...
- Steel_Blue, on 11/04/2007, -3/+31What if his gallery had an earthquake go through it?
- chris9902, on 10/12/2007, -4/+24I think there would be more important things than if your Etch-A-Sketch still had a picture....
- Knome, on 10/12/2007, -0/+14Thats wonderful, does anyone know how he keeps the sketchs from erasing once he is done?
- sv650touring, on 10/12/2007, -1/+13Better question: How the hell does he make diagonal lines?
- Nik420, on 10/12/2007, -1/+10Maybe he drills a hole in and removes the excess powder. Just a theory
- paulmike3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8"He probably removes the back, dumps the powder, sprays the backside of the screen with adhesive and then replaces the back. Shake all you want, then."
Close... He's actually a friend of a friend of mine here in Cleveland... I think she had a sketch or two if his too...
He takes the back off and dumps the powder that clears the screen when shaken... Without that, there's no way to cover what is drawn... Seal it up, and the drawing is permanent... - aramael, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9The Etch-A-Sketch FAQ: http://www.flin.demon.co.uk/humour/etch.htm
- thorseth, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7This would be very zen like and cool if the images were just erased when he had to do a new one. Now its just a very awkward way to make pen style drawings...
- CosmicJustice, on 10/12/2007, -3/+9"Now its just a very awkward way to make pen style drawings..."
Agreed. It's not particularly clever, just painfully tedious. It's like watching those guys that hang themselves from hooks. - Zaphrod, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Ive seen these before, they drill out the back of the etch-a-sketch then fix the powder with a spray adhesive.
- harrisonpowers, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7Elf comes to mind..
Although this is truly incredible, I must wonder how awkward this man must be. - johnjreiser, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5He probably removes the back, dumps the powder, sprays the backside of the screen with adhesive and then replaces the back. Shake all you want, then.
- sstidman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6An awkward form of pen drawings? I think that really understates the difficulty of drawing using an etch-a-sketch. A couple of things make this much more difficult than a pen drawing. The first is that he is limited to the X and Y directions for drawing. With a pen, you can draw in any direction you want. The second issue is that you can lift a pen and set it down anywhere you want on the drawing. With an etch-a-sketch, the entire drawing must be one continuous line. I think drawing this way is far more difficult than some of the folks on this thread give him credit for. So the sketches don't look as good as those done with a pen; of course they don't. Given that handicap, his work is really amazing.
Which brings to mind a question: I noticed on at least one of the drawings that he has drawn some completely isolated text with no line connecting it to other text. How is that possible without cheating? I can't think of any way that it can be done. - sasane, on 11/04/2007, -0/+5If you can remove the back cover and dump the extra powder, then couldn't you just do that to begin with and then draw the picture on the back of the screen with a stylus? Sure, it wouldn't be honest, but it would be a hell of a lot faster...
- fledglyng, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Remember that 11 year old girl that painted horribly ugly pictures, but was a 'genius' because of her age? I kinda feel the same about this guy: His mastery of the Etch-a-Sketch is indeed impressive, but his choice of content and execution is bland at best. Reminds me of old Trapper-Keeper art.
- AlexApetrei, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5Incredible yes,
on crack , evidently yes.
It is however not as incredible as that indian guy who makes masive color posters using a tipewriter and many sheets of paper. - a1programmer, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5You can only erase the entire thing. You can't erase a small part of it.
- Egoist, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Please, regail us with tales of your successes and exploits. I'm sure we'd all love to hear how you've achieved so much more than the Beatles and Muhammad Ali.
- CoolWind, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3If you remove the back before you begin, then you might be able to "pick up" the pen the pen to move it without creating a line, and you could erase mistakes by carefully applying powder where you want it. This is not meant to be critical or negative, but just realistic.
I think it's great that someone masters a toy that others can do little with. And if you can turn it into a career, more pow[d]er to you. - uownedge, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Very cool! I never was all that great with an Etch-A-Sketch.
Well fine! I'm going to go draw boobs on the Etch-A-Sketch!
Fine! They always come out square anyway! - Nik420, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I stand corrected. It was submitted before. I did everything I could to avoid a dupe. Since it is the same page on the other article, I am surprised the Digg engine didn't inform me.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2How about a time lapse video of the process.It would be awesome to watch.
- Nik420, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I beg to differ. I searched extensively on Digg for anything to do with Etch-A-Sketch before I posted it. There is nothing about it anywhere
- CamoChris, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3The Beatles and Ali are one thing, but as I live outside of the US and have little to no interest in Baseball or Basketball I don't know who Iverson or Ripken are.
- tehgooch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2And I thought that article on here a while ago was joking about web sites made purely out of images. Spooky.
- samk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2http://digg.com/tech_news/Etch-a-Sketch_Pop_Art
googled it - thorseth, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Please read this! I was almost crying...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1great skills! i used to love etch a sketch but this is extremely impressive!
- cope, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3how bad would it be if they sneezed and drew a line up the screen.
lol - spine, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I give this guy props. I can't even draw a cirle without making it look like a rectangular oval of some sort.
- BLKMGK, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I met someone years ago who could make drawings liek this - not as good but VERY good. I watched him spend hours on my Etch-A-Sketch doing some drawing and it was wild to see him have to retrace the same connecting lines over and over. Honestly when I first read this I thoguht it might be the guy I met but it's not as this guy is apparently far younger. In any case this stuff is HARD, just try it sometime! I really do wish his site gave more details though and an animation of his doing a simple drawing would be cool too.
P.S. You can do more than X & Y if you turn both knobs at once. You CAN get angles but to get them straight is tough and good luck tracing over them on a return! Not somethnig I'd want to do for a living - it has to be hell on his hands after awhile! - bug20k1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1hax!
- !3en, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I remeber this being on digg like a some months way back... But it's good to see other people discovering the site...
- CamoChris, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"There are also some amazingly talented artists who make portraits out of elephant poo." Thanks for sharing that revelation with us.
- perryb, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3Good to see that cutting edge art gets patronage at the Whitehouse.
- missflibbles, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Man, this guy is really creating an affront to mankind with these etch-a-sketch drawings. Retard.
- operator99, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1craftsman or artist - you decide.
- Codee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1When i was a kid I always wanted one, until the jerk across the street ate the powder out of his. My mom freaked out. Never got one.
Oh well, nice work. - stinkstank, on 10/12/2007, -4/+5Most excellent, yet old, item. He sure has a bizarre choice of subjects, tho. Not so much 'artist' as 'superfan of mediocre celebrities and athletes'.
- Nik420, on 10/12/2007, -5/+6Yeah, you just shake them to clear the screen
- noliberalbull, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I believe this guy was on that Nickelodeon game show where a panel of four tried to guess what the kids talent was... can't remember the name... all I remember about the show is Summer Sanders...
- 1337d00d, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1all i can say is WOW
- speaker219, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Here is some more amazing Etch-A-Sketch art:
http://www.etchartist.com/Collection.htm - alf86, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1And I used to think I was cool when I managed a halfway decent circle.
- Dhalgren, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1sstidman:
"Which brings to mind a question: I noticed on at least one of the drawings that he has drawn some completely isolated text with no line connecting it to other text. How is that possible without cheating? I can't think of any way that it can be done."
Give a link to an image you're talking about... - snoday, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I never had an etch-a-sketch as a kid, but I was always interested. I bought one when I started high school, and it turned out I was really good. I would purposely do something good and then shake it up just to see people's reactions. My problem is, I can't get the back off to remove the powder or anything. They seem to have heat-sealed the plastic. How could you possibly get the back off without messing up your picture?! (Or hurting yourself.)
- haloevo, on 10/12/2007, -3/+3Well *****, that's what I meant...
- slugicide, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1That's exactly what I was thinking! Not really an artist, but I can appreciate the time taken.
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