TIHNAC #5

Please sir, may I have some more BRRRAAAAAIIIIIINNNNNNSSSSS!

Finding inspiration for this deign was not easy.  I work at a school for emotionally disturbed children, so I can't do anything too gory or graphic.  I have to lean more on the cute side, which can be said for any design in this challenge.  Zombies, proved a bit more difficult until I found a tutorial from ProfesionalDQ.  I fell in love with this design.  It flirts with the gory, but is so cute that I think it will be okay for work, I hope. . .

Sorry, this will be a bit picture heavy.  I am so proud of the way these turned out, plus I had someone lending a hand behind the camera, so there are a few excellent shots.

I even like the way the right hand turned out.

We found a tree in the neighbor's front yard that was the perfect backdrop.  You will probably be seeing it used again.

I used a fine dotting tool mostly.  I used that for all the detail work and then a larger dotting tool for the blood.

The colors were Finger Paints Paper Mâchè (my go to white), China Glaze Liquid Leather, and Hey Sailor for the details.  The background was the sponge technique.  China Glaze Recycle was the main color and then I sponged over it in sequence China Glaze Peechy Keen and Gaga For Green.


I hope you enjoy these.  Don't forget to check out all the other participants lovely frightening designs!

Tootles!
Fitz

TIHNAC #4

I am not happy today!  The design looks really cute, although you can't tell from the blurry pictures!  Plus it is all cloudy and overcast, so there was no light!  Curses!  I guess I will work with what I have.  Here goes nothing.

I had some ideas, but nothing really clicked until I thought that I wished I could do a Halloween cupcake nail art (I still want to figure out how that could fit into the challenge) and then I thought that the strpied would be a good background for the face which could be the accent nails.  So, first I used Finger Paints Paper Mâchè as a base color hoping that I then wouldn't have to use as many coats of Orly Crush On You.  I still needed three coats to get to look right, but it definitely is covered.  I then used China Glaze High Hopes and  Peechy Keen for the stripes.  The faces were done with China Glaze Sunshine Pop.

See totally blury right?  I took a bunch and I these were the best.  I don't know what my deal is.  I have been rather good at taking pictures of my own nails until these past two manicures.  I wonder what I am doing wrong.

My thumb.  I really do like the silly faces.  At first I made them too complicated and realized simplicity was much better.

I hope you like them.  Go have a gander at all the other talented participants.  Inspiration is easy to find!

Tootles!

Fitz