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My name is Max Budgen, I'm 17 years old and I have the world record for the most pages in a flipbook
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The record attempt itself took place over a number of days. I'd sit down at my desk
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at school, on trains and I'd draw. Draw on small pieces of paper that looked a bit like this
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In terms of the toughest moments that I encountered whilst attempting this record, I think it's the fact that flipbooks are usually meant to be short, snappy and interesting narratives
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So by the time I got to about page 500 or so, I was getting rather bored and running out of ideas
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but nevertheless I reminded myself that world records aren't meant to be easy
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so I persevered and carried on. Instead of feeling an intense burst of emotion
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on final completion of the project I think I felt a sense of pride at key milestones throughout
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For example I'd never gone beyond 300 pages in a flipbook before so that was definitely a moment
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for me and page a thousand was I think pretty incredible because I'd never thought I'd make it
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that far. By the time I got to 1,300 pages, I'd done it. I just needed to confirm the record
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If you want to be a record holder before you're an adult, you have to be tenacious. Commitment
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is vital, especially when it comes to something like this, when you're drawing very repetitive
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figures over a very long period of time, and when some of my friends would be choosing more
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relaxed pursuits in their free time. I also think a sense of humour helped me along the way quite a
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bit, especially seeing the bright side when things went terribly wrong
