I'm thinking this Fanime will be a big panel-hosting year for me; I have a few ideas (I'll have separate topics for each).
This idea is for a panel I did a few years ago and have meant to do again on fabric dyeing and painting. I've learned a fair bit since then as well. Is this something people are interested in? What sort of topics sound interesting? What sounds more interesting - bare basics, or going into more detail on techniques?
Things that I can cover
- Solid color dyeing, including fiber types and cool things you can do with blends
- Gradient Dyeing (and using dye-na-flow paint to simulate a gradient effect)
- Tie dye, and how that might be useful for characters that aren't straight out of the 1960's
- General "how to paint cleanly" tips (aka I love my stretcher bars)
- Using an airbrush for fabric dye and paint application
- Batik wax method of dye resist
- Other resists
- Using stencils
- Silk-screening
Thanks for the feedback!