If you love MJ and kid’s toys, then you’re certain to love this great Etch-A-Sketch artwork of him created by artist George Vlosich III. It took over 150 hours to complete. Now that’s some dedicated etching. He also has some great ones of the president and other celebrities on his site.

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George Vlosich is an artist from Ohio and he recently sketched a portrait of the recently sworn-in American President, Barack Obama. So whats so neat about that ?
For starters he didn't use any paper or pencil, but used just two dials on his "Etch-A-Sketch" to create this portrait. This task took him 80 hours to complete but the result was worth the effort.
Vlosich's magic with Etch-A-Sketch was revealed in his family trip to DC in 1989.

Vlosich said: 'I've been drawing since I was two years old, but the real magic on the Etch A Sketch started in 1989 on our family trip to Washington D.C.

'Before we left, we stopped over my grandparents' house to say goodbye. My mom pulled out her old 1960's Etch A Sketch so my brother and I would have something to play with in the car. I etched a picture of the U.S. Capitol. 'When I was finished, my mom and dad were amazed! My dad saw it and immediately stopped at a gas station to take a picture of my creation before I erased it.

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From the Upcoming Queue, submitted by nerdshark.

Etch A Sketch artist extraordinaire George Vlosich is so awesome we’ve featured him three times on Neatorama before. But he never ceases to amaze us – so here’s a video of George "sketching" a picture of NBA player LeBron James (it took 5 hours to do – the video is 3 min.)

Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] | George’s website – Thanks Dave!

Previously on Neatorama: George Vlosich

A little Neatorama Wednesday Etch-A-Sketchiness:

• • George’s Vlosich III’s Etch A Sketch works of art
• • A collection of over 70 Etch A Sketch creations
• • Lollipop with a working mini Etch A Sketch
• • Build your own electric Etch A Sketch
• • Etch A Sketch picture frame tutorial
• • How does an Etch A Sketch work?
• • NXT Etch A Sketch (YouTube)
• • Official Etch A Sketch website
• • World’s largest Etch A Sketch
• • Etch A Sketch group at Flickr
• • Computerized Etch A Sketch
• • Some Etch A Sketch history
• • The Etch-A-Sketchist (blog)
• • Etch A Sketch on Wikipedia
• • Online Etch A Sketch

Did we miss anything?

Back in 2005, Neatorama blogged about George Vlosich’s Etch-a-Sketch art here .

In this interview with MSNBC, George Vlosich reveals some of his secrets (how does he keep his art permanent?).

Go to Link [glumbert] . (Sorry the embed code didn’t work!)

Found at DOA [Le blogue de Dominic Arpin].

George Vlosich creates incredible Etch-a-Sketch art. Link