For artists working on large projects that need to be enlarged for something like a mural or a display, an opaque project allows them to make proportional enlargements easily. An artist can take an existing piece, place it on an opaque projector and enlarge and project that piece directly onto the surface he needs. He can adjust the height and width to get the exact result he needs before he begins tracing his work onto the surface. It takes the guess work out of reproducing artwork on a larger scale.
Photographers, sketch artists, painters or even sculptors can also use opaque projectors to present or display their artwork on a larger scale. Whether the medium is for an art showing or a presentation of their work, artists can more easily feature a larger cross-section of their work with a projector than if they had to assemble and display all of the individual pieces. In particular, if an artist is displaying work for potential buyers or a buyer is interested in commissioning a particular piece at a particular size, the projector can help the artist achieve those specifications in a viewable form before any additional work begins.
Whether an artist is working on a project commissioned by someone else, or her own original creation, there are frequently a variety of elements that she is bringing together to create the finished project. An opaque projector can allow her to combine and continually rearrange the different components of her project before the actual work begins. Getting the proportions, placement and spacing right on the projector allows the artist to see the project in its entirety and get it right before starting the hands-on work. It not only saves time but also allows the artist creative precision.
Artists who produce sculpted busts or even portraits of objects or people can rely on the opaque projector to give them the visible details needed to make that person or object come to life in the portrait. Whether working from an existing photograph or a handful of photographs they take themselves, artists rarely have the person or object posed for the portrait for the entire project. Photographs that they can place on an opaque projector can help them view features, textures and color tone details that will help them give the portrait a life-like quality.