Here's a black and transparent gif that has the magic marker mod conservatively applied (shouldn't block anyone's view)

The black ink doesn't seem to absorb IR at all - my remote still works from 12 feet even though I didn't provide a window around the senser.

Kudos to beaker - I barely had to do anything with this in the gimp as his original drawing was excellent.
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