no surprises
everything people ask
is this a physical kit?
no, and that is on purpose. everything is digital: printable PDFs for paper, or a zip of layered files for procreate. nothing ships, nothing gets lost in the post, and you can print your outline again if you ruin one.
there are free paint-by-number generators. why pay?
because a free generator hands you one machine trace and wishes you luck. a kit here is eighteen outlines at four darknesses, a page per colour, the piece count and the small-piece warning in writing before you pay, and a swatch card that names the closest ohuhu, copic, prismacolor and polychromos for every colour in the kit. and a person looks at your photo first and tells you if it will not paint well.
what do I paint it with?
alcohol markers, coloured pencils, acrylics or watercolour all work. the kits are built around ohuhu and copic markers and prismacolor and polychromos pencils, and every colour carries its exact hex and RGB, so anything else in your pen cup still works.
do the numbers and lines show when I am finished?
on paper, no: print the faintest plain outline to colour on and keep the numbered one beside you as your map. on an iPad, no: the numbers are on their own layer and so are the outlines, and both switch off at the end.
do I need to be able to draw?
no. no drawing needed, ever. if you can match a number to a number, you can paint this. nobody is grading this.
how long does a custom kit take?
your proof usually lands the same evening. the finished kit is in your inbox within 1 to 2 days of you approving it. premade kits are instant, they download the moment you buy.
what photo works best?
good light, one clear subject, and a face big in the frame if it is a pet or a person. dark, blurry, or very busy photos get flat and muddy when they are cut into colours. send it anyway: I will look, and if it will not work I will say so and swap it for free.
what size does it print?
the art prints 8 x 10, 10 x 8 or 8 x 8 inches depending on the kit, centred on a US Letter page. print at 100%, not fit-to-page, and it comes out true to size on the paper you already have.
can I sell what I paint?
paint it, frame it, gift it, post it. what you cannot do is resell or share the kit files themselves. they are for you.
who makes these?
Megan, a high school maths teacher who paints. one person picks the picture, sets the kit up by hand, runs it through software she wrote, and reads every page before it ships.