At Perry Christian Academy, students walk by a 10-foot mural at least twice a day. The mural is impressive not just for its detail but for the artist who created it.

"Most people just think it's something we put up there, " said Jim Anderson, a teacher at the academy. "They don't know the full story behind it."

Whether on canvas or the computer, Kyle Bunge takes drawing to the extreme.

"He would do the characters in minute detail," said Muriel Beshears, Bunge's former teacher.

That level of detail earned the 20-year-old a degree in video game design. Bunge is known around Perry for his custom-made church bulletins and precise rendering of local architecture.

"He has this depth that a lot of 20-year-olds don't have because he observes," said his mother, Kay Bunge.

Kyle Bunge has Duchenne muscular dystrophy. He has endured body casts and three metal rods in his back. Over the years, the depth of Kyle's drawings became stronger even as his body became weaker.

"Things have gotten harder, like being to able to breath," Bunge said. "Little changes along the way remind you you're not always well."

Recently, the artist lost the ability to lift his arms. His fine motor skills are pronounced, but he can't move the large muscles of his body. So Bunge's mom places his arm on different sections of the paper.

"We have to be his large motor to move his hand and set the paper just right," said Kay Bunge. "As he moves to a different section, then we'll have to move the paper again."

Kyle Bunge usually draws from a photograph, but he recently spent time sketching an angel without a visual aid.

"I'm just imagining what it might look like," he said.

Bunge's mother said she hopes he can continue to draw.

"It's a gift," Kay Bunge said, "a God-given gift."

To create this school mural, Kyle Bunge used an overhead projector to display his drawing on the wall, and family and friends followed his directions on how to paint it.