Salvador Dali

 It came to my attention very recently that I haven't added any new photos lately and my first thought was, 'it's true, I changed them since the Dali ones and haven't uploaded photos.' That was followed by the realization that I never uploaded the Dali ones, so here they are! On the right hand the melting clocks. If I had my time back I would have done them all like the silver clock on the thumb. I didn't have the right shade for the gold ones to really show that they were melting over a ledge and the one hanging off the tree branch is much clearer. After one hand I was a bit tired of clocks so I did elements of his other works on the left hand.

 Butterflies and their shadows, roses, and on the thumb the giraffe on fire. The smoke rising off the giraffe did not turn out particularly well.

The Scream

When I got the suggestion to do the Van Gogh nails, I thought that it may also be fun to do Edvard Munch's "The Scream". In retrospect, I think the entire painting should've been on all the nails - not just the right thumb - but it's acceptable as is. So right thumb is a mini-nail-reproduction of the painting. On the remainder of the right nails are just the face and partial body of The Scream with the blues and greys of the water. On the left hand are 3 increasingly close faces. The original had a bit of yellow but when I tried to add it with nail polish I don't think it came off so well. On the thumb is "Munch" and on the index finger is "The Scream". It reminds me of an old horror movie poster. The shape the text is on was meant to mimic the torso of The Scream.

Starry Night

A couple weeks ago a friend sent me a link to a video of a girl who had done Vincent Van Gogh's "Starry Night" on her nails and suggested that I try it out. It got a bit lost in the shuffle of Harry Potter and FC Bayern nails but when that latter one came off I figured if I didn't do it now, it might be quite a while. Not an ideal finished product but I'm thinking for my first attempt it went pretty well. I will probably try them again in a couple months and see if I can improve on the execution. This has also suggested the option of more masterpieces reproduced for nail-scale. Forefront in my mind is "The Scream". Anyway, I'm quite liking these and the bartender today enjoyed them as well so they'll stay on for a little while at least.

Easter 2010

So for Easter 2010 (April 4) I went with easter bunnies. I really wanted a mint coloured background but Revlon hadn't introduced that shade yet (nor any other cosmetic brand), so a pale green was the compromise option.

Montreal Canadiens

I would consider the Montreal Canadiens my first real attempt to do something fantastic with nail polish. This was the first attempt. They were followed by 3 reincarnations that brought me through the beginning of the 2010 playoffs, with a couple designs in between.