Teen artist sets world record with the longest hand-drawn flip book

Max Budgen from Petersfield, Hampshire, UK, has a unique artistic talent – creating elaborate hand-drawn flip books.

He now holds the world record for the most pages in a hand-drawn flip book, with an impressive 1,300 pages.

Reflecting on the challenge, the 17-year-old student shared: “The record attempt itself took place over a number of days. I’d sit down on my desk, at school, on trains and I’d draw.”

Of course, achieving such a feat was far from easy.

“Some of the toughest moments that I encountered whilst attempting this record, I think is the fact that flip books usually are meant to be short, snappy and interesting narratives.

“By the time I was on page 500 or so, I was getting rather bored and running out of ideas. But, nevertheless, I reminded myself that world records aren’t meant to be easy. So I persevered and carried on.”

For Max, the journey of creating his record-breaking flip book was just as important and rewarding as the final result.

“Instead of feeling an intense burst of emotion on final completion of the project, I think I felt a sense of pride at key milestones throughout. For example, I’d never gone beyond 300 pages before, so that was definitely a moment for me.”

While the process was demanding, he found motivation in hitting key milestones and pushing past his own limits.

“Page 1,000 was pretty incredible, because I’d never thought I’d make it that far.”

Max dedicated over three weeks of hard work to complete his record-breaking flip book.

For young aspiring record-breakers, he offers this advice: “If you want to be a record holder before you’re an adult, you have to be tenacious. Commitment is vital, especially when it comes to something like this.

“I also think a sense of humour helped me along the way quite a bit, especially seeing the bright side when things went terribly wrong.”

Congratulations, Max, you are Officially Amazing.