After 60 Years, You Can Now Draw Perfect Circles on Etch a Sketch

[Michael Rielly]

After 60 Years, You Can Now Draw Perfect Circles on Etch a Sketch

GIZMODO
February 28, 2020

EXCERPT:

All of my childhood memories involving Etch a Sketch end the same way. I’d fiddle with the knobs and then after a few minutes, shake it in frustration, erasing all evidence of my hideous “art.” The ionic toy is marking its 60th anniversary this year with a few limited edition launches, but of all of them the Etch a Sketch Revolution was the one that had us shaking our fists at how lucky kids today are.

The Etch a Sketch Revolution is a tad smaller than your typical Etch a Sketch, but it does feature the two signature knobs at the bottom. The main difference is it features a spinning screen that makes drawing circles magnitudes easier. As in, all you have to do is manipulate the knobs on the spinning rim, and that’s it. It’s simple, but pretty neat when you consider just how torturous trying to draw anything circular, rounded, or curvy on a traditional Etch a Sketch is.

Yours truly is probably the worst Etch a Sketch artist to have ever lived, but even I drew multiple circles with ease. (You can see at least three I drew in the GIF above.) That’s not to say that you’ll suddenly be drawing complex mandalas within seconds. It still takes a bit to figure out which way you should turn the knob to sketch anything more than a circle. For example, my blobby mistakes are easy to spot.

SOURCE: https://gizmodo.com/after-60-years-you-can-now-draw-perfect-circles-on-etc-1841860447

 

[Randy Reed]

Well now, how neat is that.

[Santa Johnny Boy]

I love it when kids are fascinated by the classic toys!