Digital Pussi says:
Ok so I have had this idea for quite some time to make leopard dreads, but I couldn't figure out a way to do it so it actually looked like the dreads had leopard print on them. Finally, about a night or so ago it popped into my head when I saw a can of black spray paint in my room.
I made a paper mask with the leopard spots cut out taped it around the dread and I sprayed accordingly. It worked but it didn't resembled leopard print and it looked awful.. LoL. I then went and busted out my acrylic paints and since acrylic paints are plastic they will stick to the fibers that make up the hair used for dread making. I used black and red paint for the leopard spots.
First, I painted on the black outline of the spots then I added the red to the middle to make it a bit more authentic looking. When I was using the paints I got them to a fluid yet thick consistency so it would go on smooth with out leaving paint chunks. I found this technique to work very well, although, this technique of hand painting the leopard spots is time consuming. I am really excited and cant wait to to try a natural color leopard combo, and more outrages leopard combos as well.