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Blood and Gore

Posted by Unknown on Monday, August 1, 2011

As I said in the Clapboard post, Ron is making a horror movie. The plot is pretty generic -- a bunch of kids go to work on a co-op and start disappearing -- but everything else about it is exciting and unique. I got enlisted to help out with a lot of things. I'm acting, doing special effects, and (da-da-da-daaaa the thing that I painted these nails for) helping with casting. For the casting, I got to read lines with all the actors who were trying out, and since I was so excited about the occasion, I figured it deserved special nail art! So I made blood drips and splatters on my nails! I went a little bit cartoon-y so that I didn't scare anyone away (but I guess in casting for a horror film, that might have been a good test). On my thumbs I did some eyeballs, which ended up having veins that were way too thick, but oh well! At some point I will do a post with bonus pictures of me doing goofy things with my nail art.... I took a bunch of pictures of these in front of Ron's eyes... It looks so weird!

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Clapboard

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Ron is making a horror movie, and as I'm sure is obvious, the two of us love movies. So he suggested that I do clapboard nails art! A clapboard is that thing that they hold in front of the screen before calling action when they say "scene 2, take 3." No one understood these nails at all when they were stationary so I made a gif of them in order to give you a better idea. I thought they turned out wonderfully, but since no one got it, I guess I define "success" in an odd way. On my thumbs I did a roll of film, to stick with the movie theme. These pictures are a perfect example of how messy I am when I paint my nails, if you look at my fingers you can see paint all over them!
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SBTV: NEW WEBSITE LAUNCH PARTY NAILS

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My good chum Georgia hosted the launch party for the SBTV new website - so we thought it would be fitting to do some SBTV nails for her on the night, based on their logo. The logo is on the hand that she holds the mic with, and on the other hand I did a black, white and pink aztec triangle pattern, to match the dress she was wearing on the night. I've got lots of pictures of her on the night that got lost when I moved house, so I'll add them into this post when I find them!



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Exhibit Project Revealed!

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So this has been months in the making. I have finally completely the painstaking process of painting cartoon characters on 204 false fingernails! I got it all glued down and now it's for you to see and let me know what you think!

Here is my dilemna..... I plan on putting it in an art exhibit that is held in March. I can choose to put a price on it in hopes that it will sell. Do you think it would sell? How much do you think I should price it for? I always end up underestimating myself.... so what do you think? What do I name it? I think it should somehow include manicure, fingernails, or something. I'm afraid they won't know what it is otherwise. Nostalgia? Childhood? Cartoon? I am clueless. So I'm looking... no wait, begging for your suggestions! Just comment below. :)

Finished and in the shadowbox frame:

(Please click to enlarge and see their full glory)
Without the frame so you may can see better:

I'll try to go through them top to bottom and left to right to provide links to the original post and if it includes a tutorial or not. I guess I'm just that nice.... ;)

Aladdin Tutorial Format - Part One & Part Two
Aristocats Tutorial Format
The Little Mermaid (still my favorite!) Tutorial Format

(Please let me know if any of the links don't work, thanks!)

I have 7 nails extra! So some characters didn't make the cut. But that's ok. I figure since I finished this WAY sooner than I anticipated... I probably have time to keep it going and make enough nails to fill a second shadow box! There are so many great cartoons I haven't even gotten to yet..... ;)

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