Wednesday, September 24, 2014

31 Day Challenge: Inspired By A Book

Hello lovelies! 

We're closing in on the final week of the 31 Day Challenge! Gah, I still can't believe that it's almost over.

Anyways, onto the nails!
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I was kind of lazy when picking my inspiration for today's nails but hey, I like my patterns, I can't help it!




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Here's what I used:

Today's theme was to be "inspired by a book" but since the only books I've read recently are Jurassic Park, a graphic design research book, and I'm in the middle of Nails: The Story Behind The Modern Manicure, I was feeling kind of stuck for ideas. So instead, I found a noteBOOK in my desk that had a cool pattern on it and painted that!

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These nails started with two coats of Zoya Neely and a layer of HK Girl. I then used the acrylic paint and the detail brush to paint on the design. Everything was sealed in with another layer of HK Girl.

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Here's a bonus shot with the notebook.

I like this pattern but I'm not sure it translates that well as nail art. On the nails, it doesn't seem to fit together but I think the ring finger is just throwing me off because that's my least favorite nail. I love how the little flower turned out though!


Thanks for reading guys!

-Marisa! (:







30 comments:

  1. Nice job on these! I like that red flower.

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  2. I think these look so cool! Perfect for your inspiration piece!

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  3. ♥ the middle finger!

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  4. That flower came out great! It looks so cool.

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  5. Lol! I was trying to guess the book and came up empty (not surprisingly, I have not read ALL the books of course), but this I could've never guessed ;) I love it, it is perfect, I am in love with all the patterns you paint <3

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  6. Haha, I was just like Lothwen, I was trying to guess the book lol!! But this is a perfect representation of that notebook!

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  7. Nice details in the flower recreation. I also was trying to guess the book before reading the entire post and was coming up empty. lol I think a notebook totally counts, especially since they have such cute designs on them these days!

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  8. I think you captured the pattern very well! Great job :)

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  9. Awesome pattern idea! I love your middle finger design!

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  10. I love all of the pattern work you've been doing lately!! This is such a cute design and it matches your book perfectly!!

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  11. You captured it well! Very nicely done

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  12. Haha well this book would be easy to read because it's blank!! Thank you so much!!

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