Etch A Sketch art

Artist George Vlosich started creating masterpieces on the Etch A Sketch when he was 10 years old on a family trip to Washington, D.C. His current pieces take between 70 and 80 hours, are extremely detailed and must be preserved once finished.

As a child, Vlosich Etched such characters as Batman and Spider-man and then moved on to athletes and celebrities, and his work is definitely a process. After all, as he works with one continuous line, he has to start over after a single mistake.

Before doing any Etching, Vlosich first plans and designs images in his sketchbook. Once satisfied with the design, he moves to the Etch A Sketch and gets the line work in. After this, he shades everything in, the slowest part because some lines must be gone over 20 to 30 times before they go from light to dark.

Once the Etching is finished, Vlosich makes his work permanent by carefully removing the aluminum powder and the stylus from the Etch A Sketch so that the image cannot be shaken away.

Vlosich has an edited YouTube video posted of the creation of one of his pieces, which has been viewed more than 2 million times.

For more information and to see more Etch A Sketch art, go to Vlosich’s Web site.