Post #405206 by Tiki Shark Art on Sun, Aug 31, 2008 6:17 PM

d0~ Paint by number? What a Hoot!
I used to Love those when I was a kid. It was like a magic trick as the image slowly would appear out of the chaos of lines and bits of painted areas. It was the act of painting without all the stress of having to pay attention to what you were painting. You know, making sure it was becoming what you wanted it to become. Making sure the lighting was correct, the texture was correct. Stress free art!

Well, art can be stress free, at times. Sometimes when your juices are really flowing, and you are in "the zone", it's like you are watching someone else paint. But, most of the time you have to focus alot.

Anyways, I don't know if I'd be able to figure out how to plan out a paint by number. Bet it's a lot more work than you'd think- which shade of what color goes where - then map out the outlines, make sure all the numbers are correct. Then manufacturing the boards, and paints and brushes, over seas cheaply enough so it makes financial sense. Shipping. Getting enough of them ordered to pay for manufacturing. Could be a very daunting project. You'd might want an order of at least 2 to 3 thousand before even consider taking something like that on.

I did work on a collecting "Pirate" coloring book a few years back. A bunch of tiki artists all did one page. Ken and Squid did one each. Then, I moved and I never heard if the book happened or not.

Back when I was a kid, I also really liked those big posters that you'd fill in with markers. They had themes like Dinosaurs, Sea Life, Fantasy land, stuff like that. I guess that was back when kids could be entertained easier - before computer games.