Rory McIlroy commissioned this pencil drawing after last year's Masters Tournament.
The artist (@KeeganHall) provided context on Reddit:
• Spent 6+ months working on it
• Estimates 600-800+ total hours
• Worked on it 6-7 days each week
• Uses a Pentel Graphgear mechanical pencil
Hall says this piece was incredibly challenging because so much detail went into such a small area. For context, the original is smaller than 30x22, so each face in the crowd is essentially a quarter of the size of a fingernail.
This is the second piece he has done for Rory.
"Hockey's our game. It's the United States of America's game. It's the greatest country in the world."
I caught up with Matthew and Brady Tkachuk right after they won gold with #TeamUSA.
On the moment they've dreamed about forever, and their appreciation for St. Louis: