Stephen Wiltshire has the uncanny ability of being able to draw an entire detailed landscape from memory after seeing it just once.
I first heard about this guy after seeing this impressive video a couple of years ago.
So I just found out that he's actually been in Brisbane for the past few days to do his thang with the Brisbane cityscape; that is to view it once, then sketch it. OK so he might refer to a couple of snaps he also takes on his phone during the viewing phase, but the sketching phase is all from the mind.
According to his blog, the planned helicopter flight got canned due to poor weather and he instead had to settle for a ride on the Brisbane Wheel to get the view he needed. So I guess the wheel does have it's use then ;)
Stephen then spent the next four days at the State Library of Queensland demonstrating to the viewing public his amazing ability by creating a 4m wide panaroma of Brisbane city.
View the finished product below or otherwise catch it, after it's been framed, back at the State Library for six months in 2012.
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