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Seven years of drawings compiled into a 2,500-page book

If you've been taking part in a 'Daily Drawing' project for seven years, and now want to produce a seemingly impossible book containing all of your artwork, then you'll enjoy seeking inspiration from Dutch artist Ruben Steeman who has accomplished just that.

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Person holding Ruben Steeman's "2500 days of RuSt" book with blue cover featuring line-drawn heart illustration

The daily drawings are part of a personal project for his own website, and when Ruben reached a special milestone – his 2,500th creation – he came up with the idea to compile them all into a single book, including full-scale reproductions of the original illustrations.

All the publishers he approached claimed it was impossible as there are no machines capable of producing the necessary dimensions. But that didn't stop Ruben. He crowd-funded the project, searched for a binder to take up the challenge, and successfully launched "2500 days of RuSt".

Bright blue hardcover book titled "2500 days of RuSt" by Ruben Steeman, featuring white line drawings on its cover and spine, with a yellow bookmark ribbon visible at the base
Hand holding open a blue-bound book displaying pen and ink line drawings from Ruben Steeman's daily drawing project
Hands holding open the massive blue cover of "2500 days of RuSt", revealing intricate wire drawings inside the book
Stack of two books with coloured page markers, the top being a vintage French book and the bottom a white book with blue and yellow edges
Open book showing yellow patterned endpaper and a page of intricate line drawings from Ruben Steeman's 2500 Days of RuSt project, with blue ribbon bookmark visible
Two visitors view a wall densely covered with printed black and white drawings from Ruben Steeman's 2500 Days of RuSt daily drawing project
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