"Air Jordan" 53 hours 11x14" Pencil on paper . Drawing the Greatest of All Time is no easy feat, especially when it comes to capturing the impact of a sports legend like Michael Jordan. I knew for sure that I wanted to depict him as though he was flying. So I started with drawing one of his iconic dunks in the centre of the page with plenty of empty space around him. Even though I loved it the way it was, I knew behind every one of his slams was a confident, competitive mind. Positioned literally behind the centre image, I added a faded emotive portrait. I now had a piece that accomplished exactly what I wanted, but something was missing. I didn't want to ruin the seemingly infinite white space that Mike was leaping into for the sake of balance. Then I was struck with the image of the jumpman23 posters I had in my room as a child. They all had the same words, "AIR JORDAN". That was it. With delicate pressure, I added the words in a minimalistic style. Even though I still consider it im...