We Broke a Guinness World Record with @seeability
Alexthedoodler Holding the World Record
This is @alexthedoodler holding the Guinness World Record that Seeabilty got on Friday after we successfully got the world record
The World Record Plaque
On Friday evening, history was made by Tower Bridge as charity SeeAbility smashed the Guinness World Record for the "most participants featured on a live portrait installation in 48 hours."
The atmosphere at Potters Fields Park was electric as the clock ticked toward the 6pm deadline. Muralist Luke Embden and 23-year-old illustrator Alex the Doodler worked rapidly, transforming photos of participants into live canvas drawings. For Alex, who began doodling at age 13 to express himself as an autistic teenager, the moment the 800th face was completed and verified was a dream come true.
Each face drawn represented 1,000 of the 800,000 people with learning disabilities in the UK living with sight problems. At the center of the artwork was Terence, a 20-year-old autistic man whose life was transformed when SeeAbility diagnosed his severe, hidden vision issues.
As the clock stopped, tools were downed to ecstatic cheers, securing vital funds to bring eye care to 25,000 more children.
Process
It was a little hard at first to draw the characters on the canvas but once we got up to speed it was quite easy and before we knew it we had hit the world record with 800 characters and I was so excited and proud when we hit the world record.
Collaboration
The collaboration with @seeabilty and Luke Embden was one of the best collaborations I’ve ever done so thanks to Seeabilty for the amazing collaboration.