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Friday, April 11, 2008

313. Etch-A-Skull

Etch-A-Sketch Illustration. First attempt, drawn from life (though I guess that term is a bit ironic when talking about a skull, eh?). Yet another favorite childhood toy, my old one was used until it was destroyed, so I had to buy a new one for this (and was happy to discover they're exactly the same as I remember). I hadn't touched one in years, but the knob skills came back surprisingly quickly. Are these popular outside of the US?
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20 comments:

  1. emilyApril 11, 2008 at 10:35 PM

    That is the most amazing etch-a-sketch drawing I have ever seen!!!

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  2. Suzanne DargieApril 11, 2008 at 11:21 PM

    Oh yeah! They're known in the wilds of Canada too. I always found them really hard to work with. That's an amazing job you did!

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  3. CorbetApril 11, 2008 at 11:25 PM

    That's awesome!

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  4. b. sabinApril 11, 2008 at 11:25 PM

    That's incredible!!

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  5. ÅkeApril 12, 2008 at 3:55 AM

    Back in Sweden I also had one of them, as a kid. After some years I smashed it to bits, just to see what was inside. Very intresting stuff there, my mother had to clean up the mess.
    Cool drawing, by the way.

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  6. metalchick666April 12, 2008 at 7:46 AM

    This is awesome. I've only ever been able to make boxes and jagged lines with that damn toy.

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  7. UnknownApril 12, 2008 at 11:47 AM

    we had one back in the seventies. though, i don't know, if you could buy them in switzerland back then or if it was a present from someone who had been to the states.

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  8. b13April 12, 2008 at 11:50 AM

    PLEASE tell me you recorded this so that you can put it to the MISFITS "skulls" at time lapse speed. PRETTY PLEASE!

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  9. mimApril 12, 2008 at 2:21 PM

    Wonderful, amazing, brilliant, awesome!

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  10. mjApril 12, 2008 at 3:00 PM

    that's very cool.

    We have them here in the UK too. I always wanted one when I was a kid but alas, had to settle for a magnadoodle.

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  11. RussApril 12, 2008 at 4:23 PM

    now I know why you were so damn tired last night

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  12. NigelApril 12, 2008 at 4:56 PM

    This is one of my favorites since I started visiting your blog about two months ago.

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  13. igorApril 13, 2008 at 5:34 AM

    this might be the most impressive skull yet...
    i think you should redo it filming the whole thing... it would make an amazing video...

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  14. jApril 13, 2008 at 6:16 PM

    amazing!
    know it must have taken a million years!

    mucho mucho skill!

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  15. TatmanApril 14, 2008 at 8:52 AM

    Wow! The best thing I could ever draw was a set of stairs. This rocks!

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  16. bellaApril 14, 2008 at 10:36 AM

    Excellent. How long did this take to complete?

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  17. ElinApril 14, 2008 at 11:24 PM

    holy crap. this is reeeeeeeeeeeally good.

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  18. The Lone Beader®April 15, 2008 at 12:10 PM

    This must have taken forever!

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  19. NoahApril 15, 2008 at 4:00 PM

    Thanks everyone. It took around two hours, which was happily shorter than I expected!
    And sorry, I didn't film it, maybe next time...

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  20. KimApril 16, 2008 at 7:06 AM

    That looks so awesome! I think I may have played with one of these once or twice as a child, but I never owned one (despite Canadian grandparents who loved giving me toys). Not sure what the prevalence status in Australia is, sorry... :P

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