A few years ago, I came up with a way of encoding letters by using different combinations of sprinkles, and today I made that cipher concept into a terrible font!
Here’s what it looks like (character set and an example message, respectively):
I exclusively used fabric paint, which gave it a stiff, vaguely papier-mache-like texture. I think that works well with this design (it's like hardened frosting!), but I might try out fabric dye or something along those lines if I ever do another one.
Anyway, if anyone out there is thinking of fabric painting a colorpy, be warned that the first coat will probably look rough:
It's possible that using a primer would help, but I can't personally speak to that since I just winged it for this attempt :)
Also, I was surprised how big of a difference the red line on the beak makes in terms of how 'finished' it looked: