Etch-a-Sketch Christmas Gift

A good friend of mine commissioned me to do an etching of his parent's home, the Vail's House on Peach Lake, NY to give them as a Christmas gift. I had a little over a week to finish it, as he was expecting to see them the day after Christmas. I finished it that day. Probably around 8-10 hours to complete. He said they enjoyed it, and that I saved Christmas (I added the last part.)

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Reddit Secret Santa etch

This year I participated in Reddit's Secret Santa gift exchange. Everyone who signs up is assigned a random redditor to buy/make/gift. Once you find out which user you've been assigned, it's your task to look through their comment and submission history and determine what would be an appropriate gift for your Secret Santee.

Once I learned who I was going to be sending a gift to, I looked through their history and learned through a question and answer session he had conducted that he's a 3rd generation carnival employee, so I figured something carnival themed would be most appropriate. I thought an etch-a-sketch would be a good gift for me to send, so I created this Reddit Alien Carnival. He seemed to enjoy it, here's his post.

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Central Park pocket etch

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Been a while since I posted a new etch. This one isn't my best, but it's finished.