#31DC2013 Day 31 AND #33DC Day 5 - Two-in-One!

I stalled a day on my last post to the 31 day challenge so that these two could be posted together because I think that nails I love should connect to the 33 day challenge I'm also participating in since the nail art community is something I really do love. I hope you like my 2-in-1 post!

The technique I used was pioneered by The Nailasaurus and she named it waterfall nail art. I love her blog and wanted to pay tribute to that with this last day in the 31 day challenge using the colours red white and green to tie into the mexican theme for the 33 day challenge.

Please take a peek at both of these inlinkz, I adore what everyone has been doing and it definitely deserves a look.

#31DC2013 Day 30 - A Tutorial

I almost didn't get this post out to you today because on Sunday we got a cat, and I haven't cared a whit about anything else. He's the sweetest so I'm posting a picture of him too, along with my nails. I want to apologize for the lighting though, I was distracted by my new friend until the sun went down and I realized I hadn't done my nails today. Eep!

I expect many of you will recognize these animated cartoon nails by cutepolish, over on youtube. If not I highly recommend her channel, it's great and I love her videos.

I knew as soon as I started this challenge that this was the tutorial I was going to follow, because as soon as I saw it I loved it. And here is someone else I loved as soon as I saw. Awww..

 Thanks for visiting, see you tomorrow for the very last day of this challenge!

#31DC2013 Day 29 - Inspired by (the) Supernatural

For today's challenge I'm ignoring the 'the' in Inspired by the Supernatural and fangirling out for Supernatural the TV show.

I'm a big big fan of the show and especially a fan of Gabriel. That's why the hilarious episode Mystery Spot is the inspiration for today's nails.

The swirls of colour are from when the boys enter the mystery spot, although I took some artistic liberty with the center of the swirls of colour.

I attempted to write "It was the heat of the moment" on my nails since the Asia song is what Sam and Dean wake to every morning but I don't know whether I like how it turned out. What do you think?

 

It might not be traditionally supernatural but there were definite elements of the supernatural in this and every episode of the show and once I thought it I couldn't get it out of my head. So tell me, did I still meet the criteria?

#31DC2013 Day 28 - Inspired by a Flag

The flag I chose is the Guyanese flag. My housemate and good friend has family from Guyana and since my own ancestry is quite varied I figured I'd just use his. Plus the Guyanese flag is pretty great and I love the colours.

#31DC2013 Day 27 - Inspired by an Artwork

The artwork I chose for today is Barnett Newman's Voice of Fire. Barnett Newman is my favourite colour field painter, and I saw Voice of Fire at the National Gallery of Canada a few years ago and it left a serious impression on me. It has become rather synonymous with red and blue together for me. You can't give the same feel through nails that you can with a canvas that is almost 18 feet tall but I liked thinking about Voice of Fire whenever I looked at my nails.

What do you think of colour field as a style of abstract painting?

#31DC2013 Day 26 - Inspired by a Pattern

Pretty late at night to be posting this one, eh? I've got a very busy schedule now as a grad student, but here it is, so I hope you like it.

#31DC2013 Day 25 - Inspired by Fashion

I was nervous for today, I love what I've seen others do for inspired by fashion challenges and I'm not that fashion focused, but it was really very easy and fun. So if you feel the same and haven't tried it I say you should go for it!

Here is my inspiration for this challenge:

#31DC2013 Day 24 - Inspired by a Book

The book I chose for today's post is Kurt Vonnegut's Slaughterhouse-Five, specifically the book I own. I wanted to go with something a bit more abstract so I chose to design something based off of the cover of a book rather than the content.

#31DC2013 Day 23 - Inspired by a Movie

My movie choice for today is My Neighbor Totoro, which is a wonderful children's anime that I would recommend to anyone. I really enjoyed this one so I hope you do too.

Lemme know, what's your favourite Miyazaki film? And thanks for looking, see you tomorrow!