Robert Best Inspired - Take 2

First and foremost, I appologize for not having this ready yesterday, there was just too much for me to do.

As I said previously, I have another manicure inspired by one of Robert Best's artwork.

This time I was inspired by this photo:

Artwork (C) Robert Best.

On to the manicure for today:

Whole hand.

Close up on Thumb.

Close up of main fingers.

This was a little more fun, and very different from what I usually do, as I'm sure you've all noticed by now. My stuff is usually pretty simple. Although this isn't something I typically wear, this was a lot of fun to do, and I hope to wear this baby until she chips like a mofo. I'm in love with the little Barbie-girl face and her cute little pout. This is probably beside the point, but all of these are hand-painted aside from the pinky finger, and my index finger; the index is just dried black polish cut into strips.

Now on to the colours I used:

"Solar Power" China Glaze (Pinky finger)

"Naked" China Glaze (Middle finger)

"Marine Scene" Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear (Thumb)

"Lacey Lilac" Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear (Thumb)

"Black Creme" Wet n' Wild (Index finger)

"French White Creme" Wet n' Wild (Index Finger)

Robert Best Inspired

I've got a sort of special one for you all today. I recently saw some of Robert Best's amazing Barbie

fashion drawings. And became smitten with his amazing style and his ability to render such beautiful images using watercolour. So naturally, I had to do something nail related.

These nails were inspired by this photo:

Artwork (C) Robert Best

This was one of my more favourite images by him, and it went on to inspire the birth of this nail design:

Upsidedown thumb.

I wanted it to look soft and watercolour-y like his works, but I feel like I missed it by a long shot. I'm also displeased with the shakey lines, but seeing as this is the FIRST portrait I've done on my nails, I shall still wear it proudly. The base colour is "Don't Touch My Tutu" from O.P.I.'s NYC Ballet Collection, with one coat of "Pirouette My Whistle" from the same collection.

As always, the actual design was done using acrylic craft paint. Hopefully the next portrait I do will turn out better. But I hope you still enjoyed!

Bull Skulls and Bones

Just a quick little sketch I did today out of boredom. Took approx 30 min.
I have a strange thing for bleached out animal skulls, as well as bones in general, a lot of my future
tattoos will involve bones in some form; from my spine being traced to my rib-tree.
I don't know, perhaps I'm strange and deranged for finding bones comforting.