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| World Cup 2014 Panini Cheapskates draw own stickers | World Cup 2014 Panini Cheapskates draw own stickers |
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| A couple's bizarre attempts to fill a World Cup sticker album with their own, sometimes "awful", drawings of players have become an unlikely internet hit. | A couple's bizarre attempts to fill a World Cup sticker album with their own, sometimes "awful", drawings of players have become an unlikely internet hit. |
| Alex and Sian Pratchett began drawing players on the opening day of the World Cup and aim to finish by the final. | Alex and Sian Pratchett began drawing players on the opening day of the World Cup and aim to finish by the final. |
| They posted the images on a blog called Panini Cheapskates, with an especially noteworthy drawing of Germany's Mesut Özil among those winning acclaim. | They posted the images on a blog called Panini Cheapskates, with an especially noteworthy drawing of Germany's Mesut Özil among those winning acclaim. |
| Mr Pratchett said: "It's taken over our life - it's like a second job." | Mr Pratchett said: "It's taken over our life - it's like a second job." |
| He confessed the idea was "completely ridiculous", but it has attracted worldwide interest. | He confessed the idea was "completely ridiculous", but it has attracted worldwide interest. |
| 'Did a Wilfried' | 'Did a Wilfried' |
| The crayon king said he had tried to complete the 1994 Panini World Cup album when he was 11, but "never quite did it". | The crayon king said he had tried to complete the 1994 Panini World Cup album when he was 11, but "never quite did it". |
| And as overgrown schoolboys everywhere took the opportunity afforded by the World Cup in Brazil to relive their youth of sticker swapsies, a Panini album found its way to the Pratchetts' Oxford home. | |
| But Saver Sian stepped in, as Arty Alex explained: "I saw some friends were collecting this year, but Sian thought maybe there would be better ways of spending our money." | But Saver Sian stepped in, as Arty Alex explained: "I saw some friends were collecting this year, but Sian thought maybe there would be better ways of spending our money." |
| So it was out with the felt tips and the marathon quest to fill 639 squares. | So it was out with the felt tips and the marathon quest to fill 639 squares. |
| "We're getting better at it," Mr Pratchett bragged. | "We're getting better at it," Mr Pratchett bragged. |
| "When we started they were a bit sketchy. But Sian did a Wilfried Bony of the Ivory Coast which looks great. | "When we started they were a bit sketchy. But Sian did a Wilfried Bony of the Ivory Coast which looks great. |
| "I did a Mesut Özil which looked awful but people seemed to respond to it on Twitter." | "I did a Mesut Özil which looked awful but people seemed to respond to it on Twitter." |
| With each drawing taking 20 minutes, the Cheapskates will have to draw at a rate of about of 22 a day to finish their quest by the World Cup Final on 13 July. | With each drawing taking 20 minutes, the Cheapskates will have to draw at a rate of about of 22 a day to finish their quest by the World Cup Final on 13 July. |
| And if it is a success, Mr Pratchett is considering embarking on another album of drawings for the Premier League season. | And if it is a success, Mr Pratchett is considering embarking on another album of drawings for the Premier League season. |