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Devins, 48, an urban planner who has been sketching celebrities on buildings for years, figured this one would be a hit.

From Washington Post • Jan. 10, 2023

Hawley hasn’t started thinking yet about another book, but he has been sketching out ideas for the next season of “Fargo” on those big sheets of brown paper.

From New York Times • Jan. 2, 2022

He has been sketching New York restaurants for several years, and selling the drawings.

From New York Times • May 13, 2019

For the last 40 years, Mr. Coppola has been sketching nearly every last inch of our city’s subway system.

From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2016

He has of course never troubled about Jones at all; it's Brown he has been sketching all the time.

From The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 by Furniss, Harry