The record for painting the maximum number of portraits of Kannada personalities on button sized paper was set by Vijay R. Bolashetti (born on May 8, 1994) of Bagalkot, Karnataka. He made eight portraits of Kannada personalities including Masti Venkatesha Iyengar, Vinayaka Krishna Gokak, Udupi Rajagopalacharya Ananthamurthy, Kota Shivarama Karanth, Girish Karnad, Chandrashekhara Kambara, Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre, Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa (Kuvempu) on white paper (using paint) of the size of a shirt button measuring 8 mm in diameter, as confirmed on June 23, 2020.