September 13, 2007: Artist reproduces great works on an Etch-A-Sketch

Undertoad · 09-13-2007, 11:28 AM

A lurker whose name didn't match up with any Cellar userids sent this along via the Mail.

Artist Jeff Gagliardi never had an Etch-A-Sketch as a child. But when he grew up he found that he had a natural talent at drawing with it, and at the Mail story are 11 of his creations, including the world's most known paintings as well as a King of Hearts, a Chuck Berry, a Taj Mahal and perhaps most interesting, a self-portrait.

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He first took up his nephew's board when he was a college student at the School of Visual Arts in New York.

"I did a drawing of the Taj Mahal complete with reflecting pools.

"Quite frankly, I didn't think it was a big deal, but my family wouldn't let me erase it," he said.

Flint · 09-13-2007, 11:33 AM

Interestingly, he's not just "copying" them onto a new medium, he is actually re-illustrating the images. Making editorial decisions.

glatt · 09-13-2007, 11:35 AM

Maybe he was afraid of getting sued.

Snapple · 09-13-2007, 01:36 PM

damn that would be difficult for obvious reasons PLUS factor in it has to be one continous line and there's some hardcore brain power involved, not just artistic ability.

lumberjim · 09-13-2007, 02:12 PM

PLEASE. HERE'S SOME TRUE ART:

xoxoxoBruce · 09-13-2007, 02:42 PM

If it's really Art, where's the naked women?

lumberjim · 09-13-2007, 02:53 PM

you draw one!

xoxoxoBruce · 09-13-2007, 02:56 PM

Half way through, the lines got all shaky.

glatt · 09-13-2007, 03:09 PM

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spudcon · 09-13-2007, 03:15 PM

Hmmph! I once did a self portrait with a Mister Potatohead.

Gravdigr · 09-13-2007, 05:50 PM

Ya know...I have no job. I have no girlfriend. I have no friends. I have no hobbies. And I don't have the kind of time on my hands it would take to etch those sketches.

DanaC · 09-13-2007, 05:54 PM

lol gravdigr

Elspode · 09-13-2007, 09:11 PM

So many people with so much goddamn spare time. Pisses me off.

Hime · 09-14-2007, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

So many people with so much goddamn spare time. Pisses me off.

Well, it says he's a professional artist. So that's not spare time, just a really time-consuming work project.

Saphyre · 09-14-2007, 03:30 PM

It would just kill me if someone walked up, said, "Let me see that" and shook the heck out of it. Isn't that the whole idea of Etch-a-Sketch??

09-13-2007, 11:33 AM	#2
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	Interestingly, he's not just "copying" them onto a new medium, he is actually re-illustrating the images. Making editorial decisions. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-13-2007, 02:12 PM	#5
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	PLEASE. HERE'S SOME TRUE ART: Attached Images __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

09-13-2007, 02:42 PM	#6
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If it's really Art, where's the naked women? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-13-2007, 02:53 PM	#7
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	you draw one! __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

09-13-2007, 02:56 PM	#8
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Half way through, the lines got all shaky. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-13-2007, 11:35 AM	#3
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Maybe he was afraid of getting sued.

09-13-2007, 01:36 PM	#4
Snapple Sibling of the Commonweal Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: in the t dot oh dot Posts: 16	damn that would be difficult for obvious reasons PLUS factor in it has to be one continous line and there's some hardcore brain power involved, not just artistic ability.

09-13-2007, 03:09 PM	#9
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	. Attached Images

09-13-2007, 03:15 PM	#10
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	Hmmph! I once did a self portrait with a Mister Potatohead.

09-13-2007, 05:50 PM	#11
Gravdigr The Un-Tuckian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: South Central...KY that is Posts: 39,517	Ya know...I have no job. I have no girlfriend. I have no friends. I have no hobbies. And I don't have the kind of time on my hands it would take to etch those sketches.

09-13-2007, 05:54 PM	#12
DanaC We have to go back, Kate! Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Yorkshire Posts: 25,964	lol gravdigr

09-13-2007, 09:11 PM	#13
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	So many people with so much goddamn spare time. Pisses me off. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

09-14-2007, 03:30 PM	#15
Saphyre Dedicated WoWer Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: San Fernando Valley, So. Cali Posts: 35	It would just kill me if someone walked up, said, "Let me see that" and shook the heck out of it. Isn't that the whole idea of Etch-a-Sketch?? __________________ You used to captivate me, by your resonating light, now I'm bound by the life you left behind Your face, it haunts my once pleasant dreams, your voice, it chased away all the sanity in me

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