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Celebrity Scratchboard Art

Clean the Sky - Positive Eco Trends & Breakthroughs

Kent Barton Uses an Unusual Device to Create Detailed Illustrations

— May 27, 2011 — Pop Culture
Kent Barton is an artist with an inventive way of creating detailed images of celebrities and other iconic American figures and landmarks -- scratchboarding.

Scratchboarding is described as an artistic technique “where drawings are created using sharp knives and tools for etching into a thin layer of white China clay that is coated with black india ink.” Kent Barton is a Wisconsin native who began his art career in 1964, following his graduation at the Layton School of Art. His scratchboard illustrations show a man with a keen eye for diverse elements of pop culture and history.

Some of his best scratchboard illustrations feature divergent subjects like Abraham Lincoln, jazz musicians, former 70s football star Alex Williams and a series of unidentifiable rappers who stand in front of a mural displaying Mobb Deep lyrics. The diversity of his subjects and the original nature of his artwork only serves to illustrate how remarkably talented Kent Barton is.
Trend Themes
1. Scratchboarding as Artistic Technique - The use of scratchboarding as an artistic technique presents disruptive innovation opportunities for the art industry, allowing artists to create highly detailed and unique illustrations.
2. Pop Culture and History in Illustrations - The incorporation of diverse elements of pop culture and history in illustrations offers disruptive innovation opportunities for the entertainment and publishing industries, providing fresh and captivating visual content.
3. Celebrity and Iconic Figures in Art - The portrayal of celebrities and iconic figures in art opens up disruptive innovation opportunities for the consumer goods and merchandise industries, with the potential for creating collectibles and limited edition artworks.
Industry Implications
1. Art - The art industry can benefit from the disruptive innovation opportunities presented by scratchboarding as an artistic technique.
2. Entertainment - The entertainment industry can explore disruptive innovation opportunities by incorporating diverse elements of pop culture and history in visual content.
3. Consumer Goods - The consumer goods industry has the potential to tap into disruptive innovation opportunities by creating collectibles and limited edition merchandise featuring celebrity and iconic figure artwork.
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