Michael Jackson Etch A Sketch artwork

Etch A Sketch master George Vlosich III created this homage to the King of Pop. He told me it took 150 hours. George hopes to get it signed by the performers at next month's Michael Jackson tribute in Vienna, and then he'll auction it off for charity. GV Etched In Time

[#1 posted by Anonymous, August 17, 2009 10:03 AM]

Do. Not. BELIEVE.

[#2 posted by Anonymous, August 17, 2009 10:27 AM]

I hope no one shakes it.

[#3 posted by Timothy Hutton, August 17, 2009 10:35 AM]

How do you save it?

What if the plane hits turbulence on the way to Vienna?

I saw something like this in a photo booth in a local shopping center...

[#4 posted by Anonymous, August 17, 2009 10:36 AM]

Is there a way to preserve Etch-A-Sketch art?

It seems like it would be erased by accident before he gets it signed.

[#5 posted by Anonymous, August 17, 2009 10:38 AM]

#2 asked the question I was going to! Wouldn't it be really easy for that thing to get shaken?

[#6 posted by BookGuy, August 17, 2009 10:41 AM]

@Tim

I wondered that, too. According to his website, he removes the loose powder and stylus from the Etch a Sketch when he's done. It still seems like you'd need or want some kind of "fixative," for lack of a better term, but he doesn't mention any.

http://gvartwork.com/gvetchedintime/process.php

[#7 posted by MrCortes, August 17, 2009 10:43 AM]

WOW

[#8 posted by Timothy Hutton, August 17, 2009 10:54 AM]

bookguy - Thanks, I'mnot sure how you could make it "stay", but to be honest, the bond of the flecks to the class may be strong enough for "general abuse" if there are no lose flecks to knock the other flecks off the glass...

I guess if you are willing to open the case, you could even work it in ways that don't require working with the stylus and wheels... I wouldn't call it "cheating", but it would be a shortcut.

Very interesting though...

[#9 posted by technogeek, August 17, 2009 10:59 AM]

Hmmm. What actually holds the aluminum (or whatever it is) to the glass? If it's van der Walls forces, I'm willing to believe this would be tolerably permanent -- on the same order as a chalk sketch that hasn't been treated with fixative. If it's something more like an electric charge, I'd be nervous.

I've seen folks do similarly detailed/shaded etch-a-sketch renderings before, so I do believe it. It seems to me that it requires a certainly amount of OCD, but that's true of many detail-oriented art forms.

[#10 posted by Poustman, August 17, 2009 11:28 AM]

W-w-w-wow. The montage really gives a gestalt of Jackson.

Not only is it impressive artistically, but as others have pointed out, keeping it so crisp in an EtchASketch is remarkable.

[#11 posted by Phikus, August 17, 2009 11:56 AM]

What's more impressive is that it was done with one sequined glove on.

[#12 posted by ian_b, August 17, 2009 12:38 PM]

he should make an etch a sketch that records knob movements and then use a machine to replicate the movements. sure it cheapens it a little, but you could share it with more people.

[#13 posted by wrybread, August 17, 2009 1:00 PM]

#12: At the Maker's Faire someone had a printer set up that drew onto an Etch a Sketch by controlling the knobs. I can't remember if it could "print" photo realistic drawings like this or just patterns though.

[#14 posted by Anonymous, August 17, 2009 2:12 PM]

Why has he added Andrew Eldritch on the top right? ;-)

[#15 posted by David Pescovitz, August 17, 2009 3:21 PM]

Hahahahah! @14, that totally looks like Andrew Eldritch. : )

[#16 posted by Mitch, August 18, 2009 10:35 AM]

I like how he got his nose before and after surgery. Why in the hell did he mess with it? He looked way better before.