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Posted by
Unknown on Monday, June 18, 2012
This one is a bit of stretch.... But I knew at some point I would HAVE to do
CatDog. So my coorelation is that there is pattern to the entire cartoon. Everything is half and half, like their house is half fish and half bone, the wallpaper will be part cat and part dog themed. And basically all of the plots revolve around the same pattern. Dog is silly and dumb, while cat is the mastermind. So just go with me here....
My cousin was in town visiting and she's been my gracious hand model for previous cartoon manicures. She volunteered again. Am I just delusional? Or do our hands/nails look similar? Even our nail beds are the same shape. I guess it just proves that we are in fact related!
Here I did the sign that is behind them in the intro shots. All done with acrylic paints.
The base polish is Essie Navigate Her.
Then on the other hand I painted their body stretching across her nails. It made for a really cool french tip on the middle nail. :)
Posted by
Unknown on Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Who better for a tutorial than Dora the Explorer? She is so educational and helpful. She teaches children Spanish all day every day. So today she's teach you how to say "nail polish" in Spanish.
Apparently it is "Esmalte De Unas"
Thumb - China Glaze Dance Baby
Index - Essence The One & Only
Middle - Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Blue Me Away
Ring - Revlon Sorbet
Pinky - Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Green with Envy
I love how the thumb turned out. It may be on of my best lettering jobs in nail art. Usually that is what I struggle with the most.
Dora herself was done with acrylic paint, but the lettering was all done using the nail polish shades listed above.
Posted by
Unknown on Monday, June 11, 2012
Again, I'm going out of order, but just deal with it. I'll cover them all in the end.
A unicorn is supernatural correct? I'm taking it from the definition of "being seemingly against the laws of nature." This is Buttercup the Unicorn from Toy Story 3.
This is the sweetest supernatural thing I've seen in...... maybe forever.
I first painted my nails with China Glaze Lemon Fizz, then China Glaze Crackle Lightening Bolt. Then I did a coat of Sally Hansen Glass Slipper for an extra magical quality. I freehanded Buttercup with acrylic paints.
Posted by
Unknown on Friday, June 8, 2012
I realize I'm going out of order, but I haven't had time to execute my idea for "inspired by a pattern" just yet, so rather than sit on these pictures.... I wanted to show them to you and I'll come back to Day 21 when I get done. ;) My blog, my rules. Lol
The base polish is Zoya Kristen stamped with Barielle Coco Bar and the bundle monster pebble image. All of the Gargoyle art was done with acrylic paints.
Left is Hugo
Middle is Victor
Right is Lavergne
So I haven't forgotten about the challenge, I've just been scatter brained.
Posted by
Unknown on Monday, May 7, 2012
The Emperor's New Groove!
These were suggested by a follower but you didn't leave your name?! So thanks to whoever you are. You reminded me of this hilarious cartoon that I had forgotten about! Emperor Kuzco is turned into a llama and has to learn some important lessons. David Spade and John Goodman are some of the contributing voices.
I mainly used this image as inspiration.
I started to paint the lettering orange, but it didn't show up well enough. I just painted yellow on top.
What do you think? Did you see this movie growing up?
Posted by
Unknown on Monday, April 30, 2012
Inspired by the theme song to Sesame Street actually. Every kid knows these lyrics:
Sunny Day
Sweepin' the clouds away
On my way to where the air is sweet
Can you tell me how to get,
How to get to Sesame Street
Come and play
Everything's A-OK
Friendly neighbors there
That's where we meet
Can you tell me how to get
How to get to Sesame Street
It's a magic carpet ride
Every door will open wide
To Happy people like you--
Happy people like
What a beautiful
Sunny Day
Sweepin' the clouds away
On my way to where the air is sweet
Can you tell me how to get,
How to get to Sesame street...
How to get to Sesame Street
How to get to...
Thumb is the Sesame Street logo.
Index - Oscar the Grouch
Middle - Cookie Monster
Ring - Big Bird
Pinky - Elmo
It's always tough for me to fit tiny letters and this was no exception!
Step by step tutorial after the jump if you're interested.
I started with the following base polish colors. Sally Hansen Insta Dri Blue Away, Lightening, and Rapid Red. Then Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Going Green in on my ring finger.
The I freehanded these other details using acrylic paints and the same polish of Blue Away and Rapid Red.
I kind of dabbed outside of my black outlines on the "fuzzy" characters so that they took on a look of fur.
2 coats of Seche Vite to smooth everything out!
Posted by
Unknown on Friday, April 27, 2012
I started with my base polish (pictured at the end of this post) and freehanded all of the details with acrylic paints. Simply his face and some leaves across the tips. I always admired his toga outfit made entirely of leaves. ;)
My base color is Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Going Green. Just because it's gorgeous enough to deserve a plain swatch picture.
I haven't forgotten about this challenge, I'm still making my way through I promise! I've just been really busy with buying a house and now packing!
Posted by
Unknown on Thursday, April 19, 2012
It's another Thursday and time for more Peculiar Polish! Nev from Nevorpurify's Nail Art is helping me out by designing looks that are from different cartoons that may be a bit less well known. If you have a suggestion for her, just fill out the embedded form at the bottom of the page! Here's Nev->  |
Thumb: Moomins logo
Index: Little My
Middle: Moomin
Ring: Sniff
Pinky: Snork-Maiden |
When an anonymous person requested these Moomins nails, I have to admit I wasn't very excited. I hadn't heard of the Moomins and, although they seemed cute, I didn't really get it. Well, since then the Moomins have invaded my life! Let me first tell you about the Moomins: they started out as a Swedish book and comic strip that centered around the Moomins (who are a family of trolls). Eventually the empire expanded and since their creation there have been movies, television shows, and even a theme park (!) devoted to the Moomins. Now I'll explain why the Moomins have become so exciting to me: Ron (my fiancee) doesn't usually get so excited about my nail art. Usually (unless I'm doing something Star Wars or Hellboy related) he could probably care less. But when I started researching the Moomins to figure out how I would do my nails, Ron suddenly became obsessed. I was watching a clip of the Moomins on YouTube which had the Moomins theme song. Well, ever since then Ron has been walking around singing a modified version of the theme song. Since he doesn't actually know the lyrics he just goes, "Moomins, Moomins, Moo Moo Moo, Moomins." (If you want to hear him sing it, check out the audio clip at the end of the post). It has been about two weeks and he hasn't stopped. It's endearing and annoying at the same time. Anyways, now that Ron is thoroughly obsessed he brought me home a Moomins related present -- Moomins biscuits! I haven't eaten them yet but they sure look delicious! Here is the requested tutorial:
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| Start with a sky blue (I used a light blue Color Club) on your fingers and white (I used Wet n' Wild's white) on your thumb. |
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| Use black acrylic paint to silhouette the characters. On the thumb make a half circle for the sun and use small strokes to create black sun beams. |
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| Make each character the correct color while leaving a small black outline. Now is also a good time to add their necks (I don't do it earlier so that I make sure my outlines stay crisp). Also add in the black on Sniff's ears and touch up Snork-Maiden's hair. |
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| Begin filling in the details. Little My gets orange hair and a lot of facial details while the others mostly just get eyes and eyebrows. |
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| Dot in the characters eyes and finish the thumb by adding the Moomins logo at the bottom. After you finish your nails with some top coat, you're done! |
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| Mmm... Moomins biscuits! |
...and here is a clip of Ron singing his version of the Moomins Theme:
Posted by
Unknown on Friday, March 30, 2012
I can't help but think of fairies when I think of glitter. So I focused on the 3 fairy godmothers from Sleeping Beauty: Flora, Fauna, & Merryweather. I wanted them to be surrounded by a cloud of glitter and I hope I succeeded.
The background color is OPI Crown Me Already, then I painted them with acrylic paints. Once finished, I topped them all off with what else? China Glaze Fairy Dust!
In the sunlight they really sparkle!
Red is Flora
Green is Fauna
Blue is Merryweather
An intentionally blurry pic to show the glittery goodness.
And this is what they looked like before I topped it with Fairy Dust. Do you think it would have been better left alone? Or was the Fairy Dust a good move?
Next up is Half Moons! O.o
