Recently posted on The Etch-A-Sketchist, a site dedicated to art created on our favorite drawing canvas of frustration: a detailed rendering of a Street Fighter II battle between Ryu and Sagat. Even more astounding is the artist created the scene on a travel Etch-A-Sketch which is approximately the size of a bacterium. Great patience and a steady hand went in to the making of this piece of art. Be jealous.
Also take a peek at Sonic the Hedgehog, Mr. Spock, and the classic Optimus Prime.
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Posted: Jun 28th 2007 9:42PM (Unverified) said
@1 you sir need to visit the internets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYM__s3R5q0
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYM__s3R5q0
Posted: Jun 28th 2007 9:45PM (Unverified) said
Those mini Etch-A-Sketch things are hard as hell to try and draw anything decent on. This guy is either a savant or one of those meth addicts who do crazy single line drawings.
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Posted: Jun 28th 2007 10:56PM (Unverified) said
Yeah - I smell a fake.
That Optimus Prime one looks a little too clean, if you ask me.
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That Optimus Prime one looks a little too clean, if you ask me.
Posted: Jun 29th 2007 12:07AM (Unverified) said
Sweet Etch-A-Sketch action! My hometown is home to the Etch and actually my mom works at Ohio Art. Although they don't make them at the factory - it's all done in Mexico. But we still make Dum Dum suckers! I guess you could say I'm proud of my small town, despite it being in the middle of nowhere, Ohio.
But it's nice to see people with no social life devote their time to such a niche art market. I never could really make a good drawing, let alone a rectangle on those damn things.
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But it's nice to see people with no social life devote their time to such a niche art market. I never could really make a good drawing, let alone a rectangle on those damn things.
Posted: Jun 29th 2007 7:52AM (Unverified) said
I'm also calling fake.
Yes, some people have done some fantastic things with an Etch-A-Sketch, and it has been a long while since I've used one myself, but isn't it basically a line or no-line tool? How did the right side of Mr. Spock's face get 'shaded' grey?
There are also a lot of 'dead end' lines not possible on an Etch-A-Sketch.
But hey, whatever.
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Yes, some people have done some fantastic things with an Etch-A-Sketch, and it has been a long while since I've used one myself, but isn't it basically a line or no-line tool? How did the right side of Mr. Spock's face get 'shaded' grey?
There are also a lot of 'dead end' lines not possible on an Etch-A-Sketch.
But hey, whatever.
Posted: Jun 29th 2007 9:14AM (Unverified) said
And Ryu exclaims "Ho-ooh-sh*t" as he sends a mighty blue puff towards the father of the Olsen Twins.
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Posted: Jun 29th 2007 9:55AM (Unverified) said
HOW DO YOU KEN!, HOW DO YOU KEN!, ALL YOU KEN!, HOW DO YOU KEN!, ALL YOU KEN!, CHEAP RYU!!! >
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Posted: Jun 29th 2007 11:23AM (Unverified) said
SFII on an Etch-A-Sketch? I heard it was a good port apart from the frame rate sucked.
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Posted: Jun 29th 2007 5:59PM (Unverified) said
Hey. Thanks for all the linky goodness. Cail, I'd love to tell you how to get shading on Etch-a-Sketch (if you think really really hard maybe you can figure it out) but you called me a fake so I'm not giving away my secret techniques.
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Posted: Jul 2nd 2007 1:58PM (Unverified) said
Fake? NO! if anybody would like to see some other work that I've done, feel free to stop by my new site at http://www.etcha.net
It has a few of my pieces and more will be added soon. For a more complete viewing of my work, go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/etcha/
Hope you find something you like. Feel free to drop me a line at aka.etcha@gmail.com
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It has a few of my pieces and more will be added soon. For a more complete viewing of my work, go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/etcha/
Hope you find something you like. Feel free to drop me a line at aka.etcha@gmail.com
Posted: Jul 15th 2007 9:34AM (Unverified) said
I, too, am an Etch A Sketch artist. Check out my work at www.etchbeyond.com . Yeah, this sh*t's for real.
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