# Painted Prelude. 

**URL:** <https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/painted-prelude/30117>\
**Category:** Artwork Exhibition\
**Created:** [September 23, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/painted-prelude/30117 "2011-09-23T17:48:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Trace](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/trace/32/620097_2.png) [@Trace](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Trace)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 5:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/painted-prelude/30117/1 "2011-09-23T17:48:38Z")

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The yoyo is based on my avatar.

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/2/c/7/2c730408d86f7732596bbe6d40f18cb56d1e1b37.png)

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/8/7/a/87ae079084a86c74a3fe412c3e63e787a892c64a.jpeg)  
^The caps are two tone the just look like they’re all the same because the camera has too much flash and I’m too much of a noob to fix it.  
 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/9/1/f/91fdffacfafa210da9b5765cfc2365ef2e28ca3e.jpeg)

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/f/b/0/fb0d7f791e8ffdff31d585ed96d345fd9498cb91.jpeg)

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/uploads/yoyoexpert1/original/4X/9/2/e/92e6bf95e48e54231d0149dfa2e76c97f9db2535.jpeg)

Well I’d say it was an okay first attempt at painting a yoyo.

Note to self painting plastic equals a lot of work…

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**Author:** ![noskillz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@noskillz](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/noskillz)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/painted-prelude/30117/2 "2011-09-23T20:45:57Z")

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That’s not bad looking for a first attempt at all! How’d you go about painting it???

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**Author:** ![Trace](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/trace/32/620097_2.png) [@Trace](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Trace)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2011, 10:31pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/painted-prelude/30117/3 "2011-09-23T22:31:49Z")

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> [@noskillz](#):
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> That’s not bad looking for a first attempt at all! How’d you go about painting it???

Just dabbed the paint on the inside. Since it’s clear it shows through.

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**Author:** ![zerrubabbel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/zerrubabbel/32/592_2.png) [@zerrubabbel](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/zerrubabbel)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2011, 12:33pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/painted-prelude/30117/4 "2011-11-19T12:33:06Z")

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Nice… I have yet to try painting one of my own