*beams*
Thank you for the enthusiasm! Wowee!
I still have to finish the back of the dress, but I will model it for a yay/nay vote for sure. I have a slight worry that the colors won't be bright enough and might wash me out...
Claire, the gramma's-puffy-paint-sweatshirt effect was my EXACT worry!
I am preparing a more detailed how-to for my blog, but the basic steps are these:
- thin out very dark purple paint and daub on with sponge to create a low-contrast "sketch" of the galaxy swirls.
- using a wide brush, lightly brush on the darkest nebula color (mine was dark blue), following the swirl of the pattern horizontally. Blend *furiously* using a long, heavy, vertical stroke. Continue blending so that the "edges" of the paint stroke totally disappear into the weave of the fabric.
- repeat above step using the brightest nebula color (mine was orange), following the darker part of the swirl closely and overlapping slightly. More furious blending, blending, blending!
- repeat above step using your intermediary color, which should be a color between your other two on the color wheel (mine was lime green). Blend this color between the other two colors to enhance the gradient effect.
- Dot on a few stars. When you think you could add a couple more stars, STOP.
Please let me know if any of that is unclear, and I will try to amend when I do a full-out post.