Artist rakes in $440k creating portraits of celebs by writing their name 10k times

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An artist has raked in $440k creating portraits of celebrities - by writing their name over and over again.   Jayce Hall, 29, is a professional word artist and draws impressive pictures of A-listers, animals and landscapes - only using words.   Each picture can take him up to 25 hours to complete, with the word or name written up to 10,000 times.  Jayce charges between $30 and $2k but says his most expensive one was The Call Of Duty piece, sold for $15k - and three charity pieces went for $150k.   Over the last two years he has drawn the likes of the Beatles, Post Malone, Lionel Messi, Travis Kelce and Whitney Houston.

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00:00The drawing that you're about to see is of Whitney Houston, and I made it by writing her name

00:03thousands of times. If you've never seen my art before, I'm Jace, and I just specialize in drawing

00:07words, names, and phrases. This time, I actually drew on a wood panel, so it made for a pretty

00:12cool texture, and I am so, so proud of how the smile turned out in this one. It's one of my

00:17new favorites. I love it a ton, and I hope you dig it too. What you're about to see is probably

00:35one of my most meaningful drawings. If you've never met me before, my name is Jace Hall, and

00:39I specialize in a style called micrography. If you've never heard of it, essentially, I just

00:43write words over and over again to make all my drawings. This piece, I spent about 15 hours

00:48writing out, I love you, over and over again. It was just a really meaningful process, and I love

00:54the drawing a ton, and I hope you dig it too. The drawing that you're about to see is of Michelangelo's

01:17David, and I made it by writing David thousands of times. If you've never seen my art before,

01:21I'm Jace, and I specialize in an art style called micrography, where essentially, I just draw words,

01:26things, and phrases. This one, I think the hair on it is probably one of my top three favorite things

01:31that I've ever made. It just turned out really crisp, so I love this one a ton, and let me know

01:36if you dig it too.

02:06So,

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