The Python code is available. Even if you don’t want to duplicate the toy, ... Etch A Sketch was to become a standard issue item for the Baby Boomers’ toy box.

Namely, the Etch-a-Sketch has a major limitation in that there’s no way to move the stylus without drawing a line. He accounts for this in his code for converting and drawing images.

Calling back to the nostalgic Etch-A-Sketch, Google Chrome Labs has released a free, online, open source recreation called Web-A-Skeb.

Web A Skeb isn't easy to master—not for me, at least. I haven't drawn with an Etch A Sketch in many years, so that probably didn't help my efforts.