Hmm, my thoughts would be to go with black calico, and then projecting the image onto it. I'd probably sketch out the white bits in a sort of thinned out white first, and then go over it with stronger whites / yellows / greys etc.
The other thing you could even do, is use black calico and then use a large piece of butcher's paper or something similar to create the moon, or even white calico.
It will probably be cheaper - I think - to cut a big circle of white calico to represent the moon, than to paint a black background onto white, or a white background onto black, because you'd need a lot of paint to do that... what do you think?
*nods* I think more fabric + less painting = good as well.
I also think it would probably be cheaper. You'd need a bit of white onto black calico, and a fair bit of black onto white calico to get the opacity needed.
You could even go for a cheaper fabric on the bits you weren't painting on.
we have had projectors as part of the masquerade decorations before--so it is doable.
If I was painting that I would definitely do it with black and yellow paint on white calico. There is a lot more white/light space on there than black.
As a bonus, if you don't do much painting that will be much easier for your brain to get around than trying to do the negatives.
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Hmm, my thoughts would be to go with black calico, and then projecting the image onto it. I'd probably sketch out the white bits in a sort of thinned out white first, and then go over it with stronger whites / yellows / greys etc.
The other thing you could even do, is use black calico and then use a large piece of butcher's paper or something similar to create the moon, or even white calico.
It will probably be cheaper - I think - to cut a big circle of white calico to represent the moon, than to paint a black background onto white, or a white background onto black, because you'd need a lot of paint to do that... what do you think?
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black background
white moon+jack
black spiral
More fabric but much less painting :)
That might be impractical, but I thought I'd suggest it!
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I also think it would probably be cheaper. You'd need a bit of white onto black calico, and a fair bit of black onto white calico to get the opacity needed.
You could even go for a cheaper fabric on the bits you weren't painting on.
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The less painting the better, using different materials/paper is the way to go.
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Why not just use white fabric and on the night project a coloured image?
No painting nor effort required......?
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If I was painting that I would definitely do it with black and yellow paint on white calico. There is a lot more white/light space on there than black.
As a bonus, if you don't do much painting that will be much easier for your brain to get around than trying to do the negatives.
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Also, depending on the size, you may want to look at the Rasterbator.
http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/
Which reminds me, babalon_93 I think you still owe me a picture of an eye :-)
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