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Character Artist, Fastest - Current world record
1. In 1997, Gero Hilliger from Berlin, Germany, drew a portrait of an unknown person in 6.2 seconds. Gero went on to set a record in 1998 for drawing 384 different portraits in 90 minutes.

On 21 December 2003, whilst blindfolded, Gero drew a portrait of a person whom he’d never seen before, using his hands to touch the face before drawing it in a world record time of 48.7 seconds.

 
 
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