Sure, it’s a little more time-consuming but the gear is light, inexpensive and doesn’t suffer from noise in low light.
Young Mike LaPalme, who has far more talent than is reasonable for one man, has created a series of etch-a-sketch images, including this one of yours truly taken at the Tattoo Festival earlier in the year. That’s some serious thumb-twiddling. Check out the rest on Mike’s Facebook page.
Crikey! How long did you have to hold that pose for?
Seriously, that’s most impressive. I can’t check out his other pics because I don’t do Facebook (as you well know). but if they are as good as this then that young man has a serious talent… and plenty of time on his hands.
haaa! – I just can’t seem to work out how to do dots on my etch-a-sketch, let alone thin AND thick lines…
cheers
Wow! That’s insane!!!
obvious fake. sorry, but to suggest he did actually made this on an etch a sketch is beyond ridiculous. he even says so on his facebook page…
Rory, had I been even remotely serious it would, as you say, have been beyond ridiculous. You’ll have to excuse me, sometimes I fall into the trap of assuming that people know when I’m joking. I’ll be more clear in future.
OK, Gavin, you got me. Damn Photoshop!
However, I have seen some superb etch-a-sketch drawings in the past so that might explain why I was so easily duped. A quick Google search reveals plenty: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-481411/The-worlds-greatest-paintings-reproduced–Etch-A-Sketch.html for instance.
…well, I appreciated the joke, anyway.
Thanks Gavin! Its possible that your blogging software parsed out your tags in your post. If I could etch a sketch this good I would quite my day job and lead a carefree life of etch a sketching tourists and young lovers down by the Seine.
Check this guy out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYM__s3R5q0
Happy Birthday!
I can’t believe you lied to me! I am hurt. Honestly, I thought we had a deeper relationship that this.