An artistic dad has taken his social media followers on a three-year journey, slowly creating a giant Disney mural on his daughter's wall since she was a newborn. Dad Lee spent more than 1000 days working on the giant artwork, which he had to manage around his job in a factory, which saw him leave at 6am, return home at 4pm, and then spend short bursts on the mural before for his daughter, Evie, would go to bed at 7pm. The artist said he has always painted canvases and murals for people, but never on this scale. When his first child was born, Lee wanted to do something bigger and better than he had ever done. Because of this busy schedule, Lee could only work on a mural a few times a week, sometimes only for around 30 minutes. Over time, though, the giant artwork – which featured Evie's name in the middle in Disney font, with 10s of characters around the outside – came together. The characters Lee selected were a mixture of Evie's favorites, his own, and those that could add an element of vibrancy to the wall. Lee said there was no grand reveal, as Evie has grown up with the ever-progressing mural.
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00:00 This mural took three whole years to finish.
00:03 When dad Lee had his first child, Evie, all he wanted was to give her something truly special.
00:09 So he started painting her a Disney mural full of her favorite characters and some of his favorites too.
00:16 He's painted murals before, but never anything like this.
00:21 Lee works over 40 hours a week in a factory,
00:25 so sometimes between work, life, and family, he'd only get a few minutes a week to work on it,
00:32 but kept chipping away at the mural for months, which eventually turned into years.
00:38 But finally, three years later, he had this huge masterpiece.
00:45 And three-year-old Evie can't be happier to not only see her favorite animals and princesses every day,
00:52 but even more, to have a dad like Lee, who's sure to give her a lifetime of magical memories.