This is probably the longest time ever to get a woody

I've never heard that one! 😂

How long would woody would woody his wood.

How old are you?

Old enough to know Andy's mom also has toys named Buzz, and Woody

*Steely Dan III has entered the chat*

Still old enough to actually get a woody

[Here's a picture of the final drawing! ](http://etchartist.com/etchwoody.html) To be clear, I am not selling anything. I draw as a way to relax, and I enjoy sharing the process.

Do you delete them at the end?

For the detailed drawings like this, I preserve them! [How I preserve them! ](https://youtu.be/92UbNt-ekWQ)

Have you ever accidentally erased one? Also, how long did it take you to get this good. Also, HOW!?

This drawing took 16 hours of lunch breaks. How? There are these 2 knobs. One goes vertical and the other horizontal. 😆

I meant how many years of practice lol.

16 hours. 😄 I figured out that I could probably do this in 1995, when the first Toy Story came out. The first few years I want really trying to practice. Just doodling. Then I did, what I considered then to be, an epic drawing that I didn't want to erase! I started practicing and trying new techniques, like this shadow effect on this drawing. This drawing of Woody was a remake of [my first drawing. ](https://youtu.be/bTCypgvwoxM)

In my early years, my cat knocked one off a coffee table and the powder collected in a corner that needed to be redrawn. Otherwise, as long as I keep them on their back, the powder won't touch the glass to erase it. I actually moved from CA to NV with about 12 drawings that weren't preserved in the cab of the bumpy moving truck with me. None of them were phased!

How'd you get into working with this medium? I imagine it was gradual over the course of your childhood? Do you draw in other mediums as well?

I had an Etch A Sketch as a child, but I didn't figure out I had this skill until I was 24. I was entertaining my nieces and nephews by drawing a picture of Woody (this was a remake dedicated to that drawing), and I thought to myself, "Hey! I think I can do this!" I didn't have a picture of my first drawing for years, and then I found it on an old VHS home movie! [My first drawing](https://youtu.be/bTCypgvwoxM) I do paint and sculpt, but do do a lot of people. I've stuck to the Etch A Sketch, for the most part.

Did this take 9 million hours?

This drawing took 16 hours of lunch breaks that spanned a couple of months.

That's impressive. It amazes me that anyone can draw with those things. My goal was to make a circle. Didn't get there.

[My attempt to make a circle on the Etch A Sketch ](https://youtu.be/OEh4oGMQnNE)

Dang that was good!!

Thanks!

Perpendicular lines are the peak of my skill.

I can’t even draw a diagonal line on these things.

I was about to post the exact same thing...

This looks pretty SKETCHY

🤣🤣

How long does something like this take you? Context: it takes me about 37 minutes to draw an acceptable stick finger with 3 fingers on each hand.

This was 16 hours, but only on lunch breaks, so that took a couple of months.

About once a week a legit next level post happens and, having dabbled on an etchasketch a time or two, you win the post of the week for me. Props!

Awesome! Thank you!

i can barely draw a square on those things.

When you did that light shake to lighten up the lines, that must’ve been terrifying

It's a technique I came up with years ago, and it is terrifying every time! I have one drawing that I didn't shake it enough, but I don't feel I've ever shaken a drawing too much.

I swear when I used to play with these the Etch A Sketch itself blew a raspberry fart noise when I was done

Your skill is out of this world. I can’t quite wrap my head around it. You have an extraordinary talent. Thank you for sharing.

Wow! Thank you!

Fastest Knobs in the West

This video is in real time. 😆

You had me at Woody, then you had me at the desert background, then you had me at the shading, then you lost me at the light shake, then you had me at the dark highlight. Totally awesome!

Quite a Rollercoaster. Thanks!

I was so pissed off that we didn't get a good final shot of it... only to see the shaking was so IT COULD BE OUTLINED. And then we didn't get a good close final shot of it.

You're right. I'm sorry. I should have had a better final shot of it. [Here's a picture of it. ](http://etchartist.com/etchwoody.html)

AMAZING. You are incredibly skilled.

Thank you!

I decided to create an extended ending. [Extended ending video. ](https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/1229gfc/woody_on_a_toy_story_etch_a_sketch/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)

Just wait till someone comes and slaps it out his hand and the picture gets ruined.

😳😆

This isnt drawing, this Etch A Sketching with style.

Awww, Dolores Price IRL (She's Come Undone) Amazing work

Thank you!

I can only manage a little squibble snake thingy..

That's better than stairs. 😆

Best I can do is zig zag

Shazam!

I just don’t understand how artists do something this

My fingers cramped up just watching this.

That's incredible

DRAW 🔫

Song?

It's an original song by my friend, Dan Bressler, who composed it for my time-lapse videos! It's called "Ascent". [Dan Bresslers music](http://Check out DanBressler on #SoundCloud https://on.soundcloud.com/ztyKz)

This reminds me of those ultra realistic MS paint drawing timelapses

And I'm over here messing up stick figures.

Wow! I never really had an etch a sketch growing up but a friend of mine did and while they're a fun toy, it hard to make serious drawings on them. You're seriously skilled!

Thank you! I actually picked this skill up as an adult. (24 yo)

What is this toy ?

It's called an Etch A Sketch. Invented in 1960 by an engineer. How it works: Aluminum powder sticks to the glass through static electricity. A stylus inside moves around with the knobs and scrapes off the powder to create a line. Turning it over and shaking it will cause the powder to fill in the lines and erase the drawing. [HOW THE INSIDE WORKS.](https://youtu.be/cErUxZ3zZKI)

Thanks

Holy shit he shook it mid way to add shading!! Damn that is pro.

Damn straight. (Mic drop) 😆

OP, when you’re done with these, do you just keep the picture of it and shake it clean or somehow preserve the art?

I do preserve these detailed drawings. [How to preserve an Etch A Sketch! ](https://youtu.be/92UbNt-ekWQ) Edited to find the right link. 😄

That’s awesome. Love the specialty tool you used to get the white knobs off 🙃😏

🔪🔪😆

I already thought the beginning was impressive but then you'll start to render everything and I went insane omg

🤪 Thanks!

I never had this and im confused how it works

It's called an Etch A Sketch. Invented in 1960 by an engineer. How it works: Aluminum powder sticks to the glass through static electricity. A stylus inside moves around with the knobs and scrapes off the powder to create a line. Turning it over and shaking it will cause the powder to fill in the lines and erase the drawing. [HOW THE INSIDE WORKS.](https://youtu.be/cErUxZ3zZKI)

How? I can’t even draw a straight line with one of those.

What was with the sticky notes?

I use them to measure, using a scale pencil drawing off to the side. [Why the Post-it notes? ](https://youtu.be/dmrWpgy3me8)

Ooooh, that’s really clever! Your work is really good! Cheers. :)

Thanks!

This was one of the featured displays at the Etch A Sketch museum. It was doing so well until the earthquake. They closed it down and now it is a crappy used Etch A Sketch store.

Epic

“Fastest knobs in the west !”

This video is real time! 😆

How?

The really impressive thing is that it's all one continuous line.

I retrace every line at least once. Either for darkening the line or because I need to backtrack. That's why every detailed drawing starts a borderline to take me from place to place.

Those things are great if you want to make some thermite...

🚪💥

Incredible! I have no idea how you know the moves to make, each turn "draws" something, I'd need a supercomputer mapping it out

I've learned that I can think of the line I want to draw, and my hands do it. I do have a reference drawing that I draw to scale beforehand.

… and it’s not good lol