Allo polish Pals,
How are you all doing
today? Everything is going pretty well here. I've spent the past week sort my room out (just fine tweaking to make it more..'mine') and today my Helmer should arrive. I'm excited that my polishes will have a proper home!
If you follow me on
Instagram or are part of Tiny Canvas you may have already seen this
nail art as it was created for a birthday collaboration.
Yesterday was my dear
friend and Tiny Canvas admin and owner Dani's birthday! The other
moderators and I all got together to create a surprise collaboration
for her in the hopes of giving her a few smiles. Dani is a really
wonderful person, she's so warm and funny. Its not just my friendship
with Dani I am grateful for but all the work she put into creating
Tiny Canvas, keeping it running and all the amazing people who have
benefited from her hard work in the nail community. She'll be the reason why so many nail enthusiasts are friends - that's pretty awesome!
It was decided the
theme would be purple & dragons, two of her favourite things!
Since a lot of my stuff
had been boxed up and moved to England during the time of painting
this I had to use my Barry M 'White' and work heavily with my acrylic
paints – I had thought of the perfect purple polish to use but
alas.. it was not to be.
I began with my usual
OPI base coat and once dry applied my Barry M 'White'. I again
allowed time to dry and proceeded with my Pro-FX top coat to create a
nice base for my acrylics to stick to. I created a dark
acrylic-gradient using my fluff brush (I'm SURE its not intended for
this use!) and used my fave Pure Color and Whatsupnails brushes for
all the details. I finished off with two coats of top coat and
finally my Barry M top coat.
I am kinda pleased with
my dragon!! I avoided trying a proper dragon for so long, now I think
why?! My only qualm is why didn't I make more of an interesting
background? I should have had mountains or something.. argh.. well..
What do you
guys think of my birthday-dragon tribute? Have you done dragon nails
before?
Have an amazing day!
Don't forget to leave your thoughts in the comments. I'll be back
again on Wednesday.
Love,
Ithi
Your dragon is gorgeous and the lack of more "stuff" in the background just means he gets all the attention as such a regal creature deserves ;)
ReplyDeleteAww thank you so much Joyce. I guess thats true, not every nail needs to have something crammed into every possible space! I think he deserves the attention too :)
DeleteYour dragon is perfect...mystical and magical! I love that he's the center of attention on a simpler background!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, kind Karolyn! :)
DeleteAbsolutely gorgeous detail in that tiny dragon! Your freehand designs always amaze me, and once again I am impressed with how much detail you managed to pack into such a tiny design! Stunning work.
ReplyDeleteAww thank you Rachelle! I really do try and squeeze detail in! I've been finding it hard lately as I only have natural daylight, painting at night is impossible until I get myself a lamp!
DeleteThese are gorgeous! I am seriously amazed by your talent!
ReplyDeleteYour dragon looks amazing, I love it! It doesn't need "more" background, it's perfect the way it is. We don't want to get distracted from the dragon, do we :-p ?
ReplyDeleteDragon is so amazing. Your details are amazing Ithi. <3
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