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YouLookFab Forum » Topic: Painters and other Artists: How to achieve this effect? https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/painters-and-other-artists-how-to-achieve-this-effect Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Fri, 24 Apr 2026 06:25:33 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 <![CDATA[Search]]> q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php Diana on "Painters and other Artists: How to achieve this effect?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/painters-and-other-artists-how-to-achieve-this-effect#post-617835 Sat, 12 May 2012 00:24:06 +0000 Diana 617835@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Hmm, I think marbling should work provided your dye is not super miscible with water since you need it to float. Oil based paint works best but I don't know if you can have oil based dye; alcohol based things might work too... I think I remember that acrylic paint actually works (if printing on paper). I think what I'd do is do a base dye in the emerald color, then do the marbling with the metallics. You could mix the emerald with the metallic for an additional layer as well. rae on "Painters and other Artists: How to achieve this effect?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/painters-and-other-artists-how-to-achieve-this-effect#post-617814 Sat, 12 May 2012 00:00:01 +0000 rae 617814@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Ooh, love the links. I think marbling might be difficult with my slouchy hobo bag, but maybe I can combine these two techniques. They both seem to involve printing with a fluid bubble of ink/paint. Christieanne, it's suede. I don't mind messing up the nap, though. christieanne on "Painters and other Artists: How to achieve this effect?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/painters-and-other-artists-how-to-achieve-this-effect#post-617797 Fri, 11 May 2012 23:37:02 +0000 christieanne 617797@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Is your bag textured at all? catgirl on "Painters and other Artists: How to achieve this effect?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/painters-and-other-artists-how-to-achieve-this-effect#post-617782 Fri, 11 May 2012 23:06:51 +0000 catgirl 617782@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Have you seen the alcohol stamp inks that have this effect? <a href="http://www.stampington.com/shoppe/adirondack_alcohol_inks.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.stampington.com/sho....._inks.html</a> annagybe on "Painters and other Artists: How to achieve this effect?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/painters-and-other-artists-how-to-achieve-this-effect#post-617764 Fri, 11 May 2012 22:29:15 +0000 annagybe 617764@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ Not sure if it would work with leather but it reminds me of silk marbling <a href="http://www.dharmatrading.com/marbling/" rel="nofollow">http://www.dharmatrading.com/marbling/</a> rae on "Painters and other Artists: How to achieve this effect?" https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/painters-and-other-artists-how-to-achieve-this-effect#post-617762 Fri, 11 May 2012 22:23:20 +0000 rae 617762@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ I've been wanting to ask this all day and finally have a moment! I have a bag waiting to be dyed, and I wanted to do an emerald green version of the bag below in #1. Kind of like an oil slick effect. I have a fair idea of what I'd try, but I wanted to see if anyone had advice. I've found the dye to make the emerald color, and I was thinking antique gold dye to get the shimmery look. There is also copper, bright gold, bright silver, and antique silver available - should I get any of those in addition? Each color is going to cost about $14 because of shipping costs.