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In rattle cans it's all about the angle, having the plug in the proper angle to the direction of the spray you can achieve some great effects like gills, eye shadows and highlights never mind the layering of colors.
I use a collection of old thru wires and some stencils when I am too lazy to break out the Badger.
At A.C. Moore and Michael's they sell really great stencil cutters ( they are electric like a soldering iron with a heated fine tip) and different weights of plastic stencil sheet that is 8-1/2 x 11.
All you do is draw out the design and cut the stencil with the tool.
I take the sheets and set the wife's oven at 250 degrees on bake then set the plug blank on a wire support and set the plastic stencil sheet on top and watch as the plastic melts slowly and sets over the plug shape. As soon as it has set to where you want it It comes out and is dropped into the sink full of cool water. Now you have a stencil that fits that certain plug. I learned this from watching Stan Gibbs do the same thing with thin black bakelite sheets and a dremel type tool to cut out the designs like mackerel vermiculations. Works well and cheap dough.
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