Nailed It: 2012

Friday, October 12, 2012

Owls

It's still kind of early for Halloween, but I feel like owls can work for any time of the year. I think this one turned out pretty well though I can't really say the same for my right hand (the owl looks pretty derpy, but it's okay I still love him). I may try something even more Halloween-y once it gets closer to the actual holiday!

Monday, July 2, 2012

Leopard Spots

I have been moving way too much. Moved out of my dorm mid-May to an apartment, moved out of that apartment June 1 to the apartment I am currently living in. And I'm just going to have to move into my new dorm at the end of August. Phew. Anyway, that's my excuse why I haven't been posting anything new here, but I finally dug out my nail polishes out of a box yesterday!

Full size this one!

So what I learned this time...

Check what color polish you grab. I meant to do the spots in black, but I think the blue may have actually looked better so... lucky me.
Watching Teen Titans while trying to make spots doesn't always go so well
Keep the spots small, otherwise they just look like blobs lol.
Reference materials do help... I pulled up a bunch of pictures of tiger stripes for those nails, but I only had one decent picture of leopard spot nails, not even real leopard spots. This is what happens when you don't have internet in your apartment. *sigh*

All of these polishes came from Five Below (one store has opened that is accessible by metro, squee!). That is where I get all of my detail brushes (I have so many now, but I love them) if you want to try some of these yourself. :)

Monday, April 9, 2012

Tuxedo Penguin "Tutorial"

What is cuter than a penguin? A penguin in a tuxedo with an adorable bow tie!

Start with some sort of base color. I did classic black, but pink, purple, blue, whatever would do! Then I added the white belly with a normal brush then little eyes with a white detail brush.

Then I added black dots for pupils with a black detail brush, an orange beak, a red bow-tie, and two little buttons.

The design is not complicated, but it takes some luck and some patience. But then you get cute penguins! Yes, I do realize penguins are more of a winter weather animal and it is now spring, but penguins are adorable all year round. =)