Projecting Chemical Symbols

I wanted to experiment with different ways to incoporate the chemical symbols into the abstract acrylic pours, after printing the symbols onto acetate, I wanted to project them onto my work to cast shadows. Using the large acrylic pour experiemnt as the background, and using a projectorphotographed the outcome.

Above is the same projection but theres more contrast between the shadows and it gives it more depth. I found the light is quite warm toned, and so it brings out the warm, orange tones in the painting. I found the lines created by the shadows were quite sharp and angular, which contrast the abstract, fluidity of the acylic painting in the background.

I then experimented with more organic layouts, rotating the canvas to warp the projections. I find the composition of this piece is more raw and comes across less planned. I find the above layout hid too much of the chemical symbol, whereas the photo below contains almost the full symbol. Although to most people, they won't know what this symbol represents (nicotine) so I could go further into the abstract theme and use the lines of the chemicals or even layer up acrylic pours to give more depth to the piece.

Above is a photo of the same chemical symbol nicotine but insted I used black acrylic and painted the symbol on.  I had to use several layers of the black acrylic as it wasnt very pigmented, but once opaque, I prefered how this looked compared to the printed symbols. I found I had more control over the thickness of the lines and the proportion of the lines, which I find makes the symbol easier to be made out against the background.