DIY Wall Mural With a Homemade Projector

Jen Burns
by Jen Burns
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My daughter loves the show Supernatural and asked for a poster of Castiel's wings. Well I decided to do one better. I'll just paint them for her.
I have been doing a lot of artistic painting lately and usually do everything by hand. This project was a little big and I wanted to make sure the dimensions were ok. I don't have a projector so I built my own for this.
Using an old box, a good flashlight and some plastic from an old presentation folder, I drew the wings out with sharpie.
Then cut a hole for the flashlight and improvised to adjust the height.
Tape your image to a hole cut out of the front of the box and insert the flashlight.
You'll need to level and adjust your image with moving the flashlight closer or further away for size.
It's hard to see in this photo, but here is the traced image in pencil on the wall.
I used a fat molotow marker filled with Midnight's Blackness UnicornSpit to outline the wings.
Then I hand painted in the rest with Unicorn SPiT.
I added shading to the wings with Weathered Daydream and White Ning.
The tie is done with Blue Thunder.
Once it was dry I touched up the areas I needed to and using a wet rag simply wiped off any drips from the wall. UnicornSpit is water based and as long as I don't seal this wall it can be washed off when she gets tired of it. You can seal yours with a light spray of clear sealer in the sheen that matches your wall finish.
Suggested materials:
  • Unicorn SPiT   (www.unicornspit.com)
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  • Rita.gindi Rita.gindi on Jan 02, 2017
    Great idea, I just need to understand a little better; there are 2 holes? One for the flashlight - round hole, and the back a big square cut out you taped the drawn presentation plastic to? Thanks!
  • Tracy Dailey Tracy Dailey on Jan 06, 2017
    Where did you find this image?
  • WyldSage WyldSage on Sep 04, 2022

    So clever! I love your awesome mural! Just wondering: why did you choose Unicorn Spit for the paint? My guess is for the reflective ☺️light/gleam but still curious since I don't use that type of paint much. 💕

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  • Anna Anna on Sep 05, 2022

    Beautiful shading and colors. Thank you so much for showing how to make a wall projector. Can't help wonder how you came up with that brainy idea!

  • Leslie Leslie on Sep 14, 2022

    Beautiful painting technique and a GREAT idea for a projector thank you for that.

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