Textile Technique Research

I've been researching different painting and dyeing effects to create interesting textures, patterns and layers to the fabrics I use for the cloak. I want to be extremely experimentative and bold and be daring with the kind of techniques I use. I want the cloak to have extreme detail in it and have loads of interesting layers. The choice of fabrics and the dyeing and painting techniques are the absolute basis for the entire thing. These links are from YouTube and are the kinds of effects I want to acheive.