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20 day, 5 minute Etch-a-Sketch challenge! This was done as a collaborative effort with Pikajane aka Princess Etch a Sketch ([link] ). We set out to test our speed abilities and to keep ourselves active while sharpening our skills, as it's easy to let days go by without doing art, but how hard can it be to squeeze in 5 minutes a day? Each of us came up with a list of twenty themes and then we selected 10 from eachother's lists. We both tried our best to stay within the 5 minute time frame, no erasing and if time expires, no finishing.

Day 1: USA. I did this etch by candle light, as my power, like most of lower New York/southern New England, was taken out by Hurricane Irene. I felt like Abraham Lincoln etch-a-sketching in the dark. Made me feel ... patriotic or something, in a real classic way.

Day 2: Planet earth. I wanted to do something a little different, so I went with the half-globe view, like you would see from a space station or something. This etch, like the first one, also features mainland USA.

Day 3: Mt. Rushmore. God damn, we're so American. This one I screwed up on by putting Lincoln's head too far to the right, I must have lost track of what I was doing and there's no erasing in this challenge so I had to go with it.

Day 4: Castle. I decided I wanted to do a Lego Castle series etch, meanwhile there's no way I could possibly finish an entire lego themed etch in 5 minutes. Clearly I didn't have time to complete this one.

Day 5: Elephant. This is one of my worst 5 minute sketches. I wanted to sketch Hong, the painting elephant. I tried to fly through this though, sacrificing quality for speed. Hong's elephant painting came out terrible, I wish I had slowed down on this one, because it's a mess.

Day 6: Board game logo. I settled on Scattergories, figuring we would both go for Monopoly and just like in Scattergories, I didn't want to have the same answer as her. I made this sketch a little too small and didn't have time to include the text.

Day 7: You etch-a-sketching. I sketched my hands sketching the day 2 etch, planet Earth. This is completely sloppy and came out looking like I have no ability to draw hands.

Day 8: T.Rex. Again, I wanted to do something a little different so I went with an 8bit t.rex. It came out okay.

Day 9: Facebook Layout. Didn't have time to finish this one, as there's a lot of blank space on the facebook page. Again, I had trouble finding the balance of speed and precision.

Day 10: Spaceship. My little sister's friend had left this really unique Hello Kitty pocket etch at my house for me to sketch on and I wanted to work it into the collection, so I used it for my spaceship etch. I did a UFO in the desert, but the line I used to connect the ship to the ground was off-centered. With etch-a-sketches, there's always a line connecting one thing to another. I wish I had centered that connection line and played it off like a UFO beam, like the kind they use to pick up cows and rednecks.

Day 11: US coin. I didn't want to go with the most common coin, I had considered doing the bicentennial quarter (which is what Jane ended up doing) but I ended up settling on the back of the buffalo nickel. This looks like I finished, but I didn't have time to work "United States of America" into the top of the coin.

Day 12: Game controller. I wanted to do a fun one, so I went with Nintendo's wackiest controller, the 3 handle N64 paddle. I probably played more multi-player N64 than any other system. Mario Party, Smash Bros, Goldeneye. The 64 was awesome.

Day 13: A bug. Went with a real creepy one. It kind of like a centipede, not sure what it is exactly.

Day 14: Delorean. Cars are difficult. Jane went with the side view on this one, which looks a lot cleaner than the crazy angle I went for. I could have used another minute or two to fill in some details on this one.

Day 15: Koala Bear. This one was done as a replacement for a different one that I changed my mind about wanting to do (Falcor, from the Never Ending Story). Koala bears are much easier than flying dog faced monsters.

Day 16: Ninja Turtle. Donatello represent! Best weapon of all the turtles! Dude kills foot soldiers like nobody's business.

Day 17: Pac Man game screen. Like the facebook screen, this one wasn't possible for me to complete in time. I put in all the details I could but the clock was racing against me on this. At least I got those ghosts in there, I was nervous I wouldn't have time to put Pac Man himself in there, though.

Day 18: Christmas Tree. I'm a native New Yorker, born in Westchester and lived all over the state, including a few years in Spanish Harlem. I like to take every chance I can get to do a NYC related sketch. This is Rockefeller Center.

Day 19: American Gothic. Not my best work, I should have worked harder on the man's face and eyes, because he came out looking like a cartoon or a muppet.

Day 20: Zombie. I used my metallic, green background etch for this sketch of a corpse rising from the grave. 20 day sketch-off complete!

Thanks to Pikajane for collaborating on this, be sure to check out her 20 sketches ([link] ) and click +watch while you're there! Her gallery is just as much fun as mine.

Description
20 day, 5 minute Etch-a-Sketch challenge! This was done as a collaborative effort with Pikajane aka Princess Etch a Sketch ([link] ). We set out to test our speed abilities and to keep ourselves active while sharpening our skills, as it's easy to let days go by without doing art, but how hard can it be to squeeze in 5 minutes a day? Each of us came up with a list of twenty themes and then we selected 10 from eachother's lists. We both tried our best to stay within the 5 minute time frame, no erasing and if time expires, no finishing.

Day 1: USA. I did this etch by candle light, as my power, like most of lower New York/southern New England, was taken out by Hurricane Irene. I felt like Abraham Lincoln etch-a-sketching in the dark. Made me feel ... patriotic or something, in a real classic way.

Day 2: Planet earth. I wanted to do something a little different, so I went with the half-globe view, like you would see from a space station or something. This etch, like the first one, also features mainland USA.

Day 3: Mt. Rushmore. God damn, we're so American. This one I screwed up on by putting Lincoln's head too far to the right, I must have lost track of what I was doing and there's no erasing in this challenge so I had to go with it.

Day 4: Castle. I decided I wanted to do a Lego Castle series etch, meanwhile there's no way I could possibly finish an entire lego themed etch in 5 minutes. Clearly I didn't have time to complete this one.

Day 5: Elephant. This is one of my worst 5 minute sketches. I wanted to sketch Hong, the painting elephant. I tried to fly through this though, sacrificing quality for speed. Hong's elephant painting came out terrible, I wish I had slowed down on this one, because it's a mess.

Day 6: Board game logo. I settled on Scattergories, figuring we would both go for Monopoly and just like in Scattergories, I didn't want to have the same answer as her. I made this sketch a little too small and didn't have time to include the text.

Day 7: You etch-a-sketching. I sketched my hands sketching the day 2 etch, planet Earth. This is completely sloppy and came out looking like I have no ability to draw hands.

Day 8: T.Rex. Again, I wanted to do something a little different so I went with an 8bit t.rex. It came out okay.

Day 9: Facebook Layout. Didn't have time to finish this one, as there's a lot of blank space on the facebook page. Again, I had trouble finding the balance of speed and precision.

Day 10: Spaceship. My little sister's friend had left this really unique Hello Kitty pocket etch at my house for me to sketch on and I wanted to work it into the collection, so I used it for my spaceship etch. I did a UFO in the desert, but the line I used to connect the ship to the ground was off-centered. With etch-a-sketches, there's always a line connecting one thing to another. I wish I had centered that connection line and played it off like a UFO beam, like the kind they use to pick up cows and rednecks.

Day 11: US coin. I didn't want to go with the most common coin, I had considered doing the bicentennial quarter (which is what Jane ended up doing) but I ended up settling on the back of the buffalo nickel. This looks like I finished, but I didn't have time to work "United States of America" into the top of the coin.

Day 12: Game controller. I wanted to do a fun one, so I went with Nintendo's wackiest controller, the 3 handle N64 paddle. I probably played more multi-player N64 than any other system. Mario Party, Smash Bros, Goldeneye. The 64 was awesome.

Day 13: A bug. Went with a real creepy one. It kind of like a centipede, not sure what it is exactly.

Day 14: Delorean. Cars are difficult. Jane went with the side view on this one, which looks a lot cleaner than the crazy angle I went for. I could have used another minute or two to fill in some details on this one.

Day 15: Koala Bear. This one was done as a replacement for a different one that I changed my mind about wanting to do (Falcor, from the Never Ending Story). Koala bears are much easier than flying dog faced monsters.

Day 16: Ninja Turtle. Donatello represent! Best weapon of all the turtles! Dude kills foot soldiers like nobody's business.

Day 17: Pac Man game screen. Like the facebook screen, this one wasn't possible for me to complete in time. I put in all the details I could but the clock was racing against me on this. At least I got those ghosts in there, I was nervous I wouldn't have time to put Pac Man himself in there, though.

Day 18: Christmas Tree. I'm a native New Yorker, born in Westchester and lived all over the state, including a few years in Spanish Harlem. I like to take every chance I can get to do a NYC related sketch. This is Rockefeller Center.

Day 19: American Gothic. Not my best work, I should have worked harder on the man's face and eyes, because he came out looking like a cartoon or a muppet.

Day 20: Zombie. I used my metallic, green background etch for this sketch of a corpse rising from the grave. 20 day sketch-off complete!

Thanks to Pikajane for collaborating on this, be sure to check out her 20 sketches ([link] ) and click +watch while you're there! Her gallery is just as much fun as mine.