Skate by Number?
April 16, 2009 6:37 AM Subscribe
Can you help me find (well, actually find me) an image of a paint by number kit that features figure skates or figure skaters? I'm not having any luck. Bonus points for one that is half-filled in, double bonus points if it isn't copyrighted. Thanks!
Best answer: Any image you had the luck of finding would probably still be under copyright, as paint by number kits first became popular in the 1950s.
Are you having fabric printed? If you can draw just a tad, you can make the design yourself. It would be pretty easy - start with a clip art drawing of a figure skater (or a traced photograph) and then draw blobby lines with numbers in them, and then fill in some of the blobs with colors. Like this fabric which is a print of an unfinished paint-by-number woodland scene, you can see it's just a very basic line drawing of a deer, with some blobs around the deer. I have this cardinal fabric myself, and again, just very basic lines, partly colored in.
posted by iconomy at 7:26 AM on April 16, 2009
Are you having fabric printed? If you can draw just a tad, you can make the design yourself. It would be pretty easy - start with a clip art drawing of a figure skater (or a traced photograph) and then draw blobby lines with numbers in them, and then fill in some of the blobs with colors. Like this fabric which is a print of an unfinished paint-by-number woodland scene, you can see it's just a very basic line drawing of a deer, with some blobs around the deer. I have this cardinal fabric myself, and again, just very basic lines, partly colored in.
posted by iconomy at 7:26 AM on April 16, 2009
If you have a friend with photoshop who knows how to use it, they should be able to take any image and change it to a fair approximation of what a paint-by-numbers or partially completed paint-by-numbers looks like.
The advantage is being able to select exactly the right stock photo of a skater, and have it painted to the level of (in)completion that you desire. The disadvantage is that unless your friend is prepared to put some time into it, it's going to look similar to, but not exactly like a paint-by-numbers.
posted by -harlequin- at 8:58 AM on April 16, 2009
The advantage is being able to select exactly the right stock photo of a skater, and have it painted to the level of (in)completion that you desire. The disadvantage is that unless your friend is prepared to put some time into it, it's going to look similar to, but not exactly like a paint-by-numbers.
posted by -harlequin- at 8:58 AM on April 16, 2009
http://www.comparestoreprices.co.uk/images/k-/k-s-g-ice-skater-glitter-by-numbers.jpg
posted by mippy at 9:08 AM on April 16, 2009
posted by mippy at 9:08 AM on April 16, 2009
You could always choose your own image of skaters and send it to this company to have it made into a paint by number kit. You'd still have to do the work of painting it, though,
posted by egeanin at 10:01 AM on April 16, 2009
posted by egeanin at 10:01 AM on April 16, 2009
Response by poster: Well, I feel better, because my google-fu did not fail me after all, that glitter by number was the only thing I found too. Thanks for the good tips about places that do this for you, and I love that cardinal fabric. I ended up drawing my own, as the project is not something to invest a lot of time in. Thanks all, as always!
posted by nax at 6:17 AM on April 17, 2009
posted by nax at 6:17 AM on April 17, 2009
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Found a picture on Australian eBay, but it's quite low resolution:
http://i24.ebayimg.com/04/i/000/aa/67/3f4d_1.JPG
posted by afx237vi at 6:49 AM on April 16, 2009