LONDON -- A man has drawn an impressive sketch of tennis player Andy Murray using just his mouth and a pencil.
Henry Fraser, who is paralysed from the shoulders down, posted the picture to his Twitter account on Sunday. It has since been retweeted over 500 times, including by Murray himself.
I'm only able to use mouth to draw. My latest mouth drawing. This one is for @Wimbledon! It's @andy_murray. pic.twitter.com/PT3vCFk24B— Henry Fraser (@henryfraser0) June 28, 2015
Fraser, whose spinal cord was damaged in an accident in 2009, told Mashable that he recently rediscovered his love of drawing and painting.
"At the beginning of the year I had an illness that meant I was bed bound for a few weeks," Fraser said. "I was getting rather bored and found an app on my iPad that I could use for drawing by holding a stylus in my mouth and touching the screen. I loved it. I recently began drawing and painting with actual pencils and paint by attaching the utensils to a mouth stick. I've opened up a thoroughly enjoyable new chapter in my life."
Fraser, who's always enjoyed drawing and painting, said it's only taken him a few months to get to his current standard. The picture of Murray took him around eight hours to draw.
"I am a total perfectionist and needed to get it right," he said.
Murray is the latest sports figure to be drawn by Fraser, as part of a series that's previously included Usain Bolt and Jonny Wilkinson.
My first ever mouth painting. (Unable to move from shoulders down). The @JonnyWilkinson drop goal. pic.twitter.com/UvBECcyiuw— Henry Fraser (@henryfraser0) May 23, 2015
My 2nd attempt at mouth painting (unable to move my arms and legs). It's the worlds fastest man @usainbolt! pic.twitter.com/cxGE8zL89Q— Henry Fraser (@henryfraser0) June 3, 2015
With Wimbledon 2015 underway this week, Murray was the next logical choice.
"He shows a lot of emotion through his face and I wanted to challenge myself to see if I could capture that passion and emotion with a pencil drawing," Fraser said.
"It's funny, but without that illness I would never have have rediscovered my love for drawing, painting and creating. Adversity has given me a gift. We cannot change the cards we are dealt in life. It's all about how you and I play the hand."
You can find out more about Fraser and his work on his website.