
Jason Polan says people usually don't notice that he is drawing them

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The city of New York is famous for its colourful characters.
Artist Jason Polan has decided to make it his job to draw each and every one of them: a total of 8.3 million people.
On his click Every Person in New York blog he has even invited members of the public to volunteer themselves as subjects.
The BBC's Tara Gadomski met up with him while he was scribbling away at Penn Station.
First broadcast 14 March 2010
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