Give UK artist Patrick Vale 80 seconds, and he’ll show you his freehand drawing of New York City unfold in rapid-fire motion. Vale planted himself on the 102nd floor of the Empire State Building, looked outside his window, and began drawing, with his iPhone duct taped to a rostrum and recording the action. From start to finish, the drawing took, he says in a HuffPo interview, four to five days. He calls the drawing of the Manhattan skyline “Empire State of Pen.” The great Charles Mingus provides the soundtrack.
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That’s amazing, but not as amazing as Stephen Wiltshire. He took one 20-minute helicopter ride above New York and drew this from memory.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/10/29/article-1223790-07013122000005DC-358_964x499.jpg
Seriously, Google this man and his work.