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

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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, from Savannah in Georgia, 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.

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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 one

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

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

00:44and over again to make all my drawings. This piece, I spent about 15 hours writing out,

00:49I love you, over and over again. It was just a really meaningful process,

00:53and I love the drawing a ton, and I hope you dig it too.

01:15The drawing that you're about to see is of Michelangelo's David, and I made it by writing

01:19David thousands of times. If you've never seen my art before, I'm Jace, and I specialize in an art style

01:23called micrography, where essentially, I just draw words, names, and phrases. This one, I think the

01:28hair on it is probably one of my top three favorite things that I've ever made. It just turned out

01:33really crisp, so I love this one a ton, and let me know if you dig it too.

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