COMPLETED PROJECT!

MY PROJECT IS FINALLY COMPLETE. I loved writing all of these posts and sharing my love of nail art with you! I absolutely loved the outcome of all the nails and how perfectly they fit in the frame. I hope you liked reading my posts and please give me any feedback on what you think of my designs (:

- Alyssa (:

16. The Lion King

Welcome to my post inspired by The Lion King!

My first design is an image of Pride Rock in the sunset

1. Start with an orange base color

2. Use a lighter orange or yellow to create a gradient making it lighter as it goes down the nail

3. Use yellow to draw a large sun in the middle of the nail

4. Use black to draw the birds and the ground, and Pride Rock itself

This next design is an image of Mufasa standing on Pride Rock

1. Start with an orange base color

2. Use a lighter orange to create a gradient just like in the first design

3. Hopefully my picture is clear to follow how to make the shape of the silhouette 

Thank you so much for reading and feedback is greatly appreciated!

- Alyssa

15. Lilo and Stitch

Hi and welcome to my next blog post! This one is inspired by the movie and series, Lilo and Stitch!

Our first design is inspired by Lilo's dress pattern. This design is a little hard to explain, so i'll try my best.

1. Start with a red base color

2. Using white create sort of leaf patterns in different areas of the nail. The leaves should have two little points on each side and one point on the top.

3. Use red to define any points and to add a line down the center of the leaves

The next design is the beach.

1. Start with a light orange/yellow base color

2. Use a medium blue to paint around the second third of the nail 

3. Use a darker blue to draw a line above the medium blue

4. Use sky blue to fill in the rest of the top of the nail

5. Use white to sponge the area where the light orange and medium blue meet to replicate the waves meeting the sand

6. To create the palm tree, use brown to draw a long stem and five smaller stems coming out from the larger one

7. Use different shades of green to draw the leaves

8. Use yellow to sponge the sky blue color to create a sun 

Next design is Scrump, Lilo's most prized doll

1. Start with a mint green base color

2. Use black to draw her a smile

3. Use black to draw her left eye and a dark blue for her right eye

4. Use a dark red to add the stitching details on her mouth

5. Apply white for the cross and dot details on her button eyes

6. Use a peach or pink color to draw a bow above her eyes

7. Use a mustard yellow color to draw little hairs sticking out of the bow

The last design is Stitch!

1. Start with any base color you'd like

2. Using a medium blue, fill in half of the nail but with a curved line at top

3. Use a darker blue to draw a large oval on the bottom center of the blue and to add small lines above that representing wrinkles

4. Use a light blue to create teardrop shapes on the sides of the nose

5. Use the same dark blue to draw eyelids on the light blue and small eyebrows above

6. Use black and white for eye details

7. Use the medium blue to add small little hairs on top of his head and long ears on the sides

8. Use pink for his ears

Thank you for reading and please provide feedback on my designs (:

- Alyssa

14. Super Mario Characters

Next post is based off the Super Mario characters (:

The first design is Yoshi (:

1. Start with any base color

2. Use green to create the shape of his whole body

3. Use black and white for his eyes and black to outline his nose

The next design is Mario!

1. First start with any base color you'd like

2. Use peach to make the shape of his nose and face

3. Use red to draw and fill in his hat

4. Use black to outline the shape and add details to his hat and add his eyes

5. Use brown to add a triangle shape for his moustache

6. Use white to draw a circle on his hat and red for an M on his hat

Next design is Toadette (:

1. Start with any base color you'd like

2. Use peach to draw and fill in a small oval on the bottom center of the nail

3. Use fuchsia to fill in around the peach and create a curve at the top

4. Use black to outline the peach and fuchsia and to draw the eyes and mouth and for adding details on her braids

5. Use white to draw large dots on her head

Last is Princess Peach (:

1. Start with any base color you'd like

2. Use yellow to color in half of the nail

3. After the yellow dries, use a peach skin tone color and fill in half of where the yellow is, but creating two small triangle indents to form the bangs in her hair

4. Using gold, draw a crown on top of her head

5. Use black to draw outlines around the peach and yellow and also her crown

6. Use black to draw in her eyes

7. Using any colors you'd like, draw three dots in her crown to represent gems

Thank you for reading and I hope you enjoyed it (:

- Alyssa

13. Super Mario Bros.

Hello and welcome to my next post inspired by the Super Mario games!

The first design is inspired by a fire flower

1. Start with a blue base color

2. Use brown to paint the bottom half

3. Use a lighter brown to add the brick details

4. Use green to draw a stem and two leaves and a lighter green to add leaf details

4. Use orange to draw a large oval and yellow to draw a smaller oval inside

5. Use white to draw a smaller oval inside the yellow one and use black to draw its eyes

Our next design is inspired by the actual game play

1. Start with a blue base color

2. Use brown to draw a small line at the bottom of the nail and yellow to draw another line on top of the brown one

3. Use different shades of green to create bushes

4. Use white to draw clouds in the air

5. Use yellow to draw a small box in the air and use brown to draw two boxes next to the yellow one

6. Use peach and black to draw the bottom half of the mushroom and red and white for the top

7. Use white to draw a question mark inside the yellow box

Next design is another scene inspired by the Super Mario games

Steps 1-4 same as the previous design

5. Use different shades of green for the pipe and black for the details

6. Use black to draw two small ovals in the sky representing a bullet bill

7. Use white to draw it's face and arms

Thank you for reading and I hope you liked it (:

- Alyssa

12. Finding Nemo

Hello and welcome to my twelfth post inspired by the movie Finding Nemo! 

First design is inspired by the jellyfish that surround Dory and Marlin. Start with a blue base color. Use a light pink or peach color to make light strokes for the tentacles and a half circle shape for the jellyfish body. 

Next is Squirt!

1. Start with a mint green base color

2. Using black, draw two triangle shapes on the sides for his eyes

3. Use white to add details on his eyes

4. Use brown to create the sea turtle shapes on his forehead 

Next is Peach!

1. Start with a blue base color

2. Using a peach color, draw a starfish shape in the center of the nail

3. Use black to add her eyes and smile

4. Use white to create little bubbles around her

5. Use different varieties of pink to add dots on her body

Next is Nemo! 

1. Start with a bright orange base color

2. Use white to create a squiggly thick line near the top of the nail

3. Use black to outline the white creating the clown fish pattern

4. Hopefully the picture is easy to follow for his eyes and mouth (:

Next is a Seagull!

1. Start with a blue base color

2. Use white to draw and fill in a finger shape in the bottom right corner of the nail

3. Use black for it's eyes and orange for the beak

Thank you for reading and I hope you liked it!

- Alyssa

11. Up

Welcome to my next post inspired by the amazing movie, Up!

This design is inspired by Carl and Ellie's house that Carl later fills with balloons to travel to South America. 

1. Start with a sky blue base color

2. Use brown to make the shape of the house

3. Use yellow, black, and white to add more details on the house

4. Use white to create clouds on the left and right and for the balloon strings

5. Use a multitude of colors for the balloons!

Thank you for reading (:

- Alyssa

10. Disney Princesses

Hello and welcome to my tenth post inspired by some of the Disney Princesses!

First is Aurora from Sleeping Beauty.

1. First start by filling half of the nail with a peach skin tone color

2. Use a yellow/blonde color to fill about a quarter of the nail

3. Make sure both of them have curved lines

4. Use a gold or bronze to create a crown on top of her hair

5. After that has all dried, use black to create details in her hair, and make an outline around her crown

6. Use white to make two circles for her eyes, and then adding the other black and white details

Next is Snow White!

1. Start by painting the bottom half of the nail a peach color

2. Use black to fill in the top half of the nail, but making it into a shape for her hair details

3. Use black and white for her eyes (I hope the picture is easy enough to follow as it is difficult for me to explain it)

4. Use red to create a bow on the top center of her hair

Next is Pocahontas!

1. First start by painting the bottom half of the nail with a tan skin tone color

2. Paint the top half with black

3. After the black dries, use a teal to make a thick stripe where the tan and black meet

4. Use gold to draw a feather on the right of the teal

5. On the teal, you can draw whatever designs you'd like

Next is Belle from Beauty and the Beast!

1. Start by painting the bottom half with a peach color

2. Paint the top half with a light brown, but doing it in the shape for her hair

3. Use black to draw in the details for her hair

Last is Cinderella!

1. As with the others, paint the bottom half with peach

2. Use a yellow to draw and fill in her hair and bun

3. Use black to draw in the details of her hair and the hair tie

4. Use a light blue to fill in the hair tie for her bun

Thank you for reading this and I hope you enjoyed it (:

- Alyssa

9. Hello Kitty

Hello and welcome to my next post inspired by the adorable little cat named Hello Kitty (:

To do this cute design, First start with a white base color. draw two ovals in black in the center of the nail for her eyes. Use yellow to draw a sideways oval under the eyes to create her nose. Use black to draw three thin stripes next to her nose to be her whiskers. Then, use a bright red to create the bow. For the bow, start by first adding a red dot above her right eye. Then create the bow shapes from the center of that dot.

Thank you for reading (:

- Alyssa

8. Monsters Inc.

Next post is inspired by the movie, Monsters Inc. (:

Our first design is Sully!

1. Start with a blue/turquoise base color

2. Use a darker blue to draw a smile on his face and also his nose in the middle

3. For the nose I drew it by first drawing a large circle and then two smaller circles right next to it

4. Use white for two small dots for his eyes

5. Use the same darker blue to complete his eyes

Next is the Monsters Inc. logo!

1. Start with a white base

2. Draw a thin, large black circle in the middle of the nail

3. Use a medium blue to draw a "M" inside the black circle

4. Use white to draw an eye shape inside the M

5. Use black to complete the eye

Next is Mike Wazowski!

1. Start with a green base color

2. Use white to draw and fill in a large circle for his eye

3. Use a dark green, black, and white to fill in the details for his eye

4. Use the same dark green to give him a smile

Next design is inspired by Boo's door

1. Start with a white base

2. Use a silver or gray to make a cross shape in the middle of the nail

3. Use pink and yellow to draw scattered small flowers around the nail

Last design is Boo (:

1. Start with any base color you'd like

2. Use a dark brown or black to draw a semi circle on the bottom of the nail

3. Use the same dark brown or black to draw little pigtails on the side

4. Use pink to draw two small dots for her hair ties

5. Use black to outline the speech bubble and write the text inside

Thank you for reading this and I hope you enjoyed it (:

- Alyssa

7. Pokemon

Hello and welcome to my next post inspired by Pokemon (:

Our first design is Bulbasaur (:

1. First start with a green base color

2. For the eyes, start by using black polish and drawing two triangle shapes

3. Fill in the triangles with white polish, but leaving some black on the edges

4. Use red to draw two "u" shapes for the eyes

5. Draw two small black lines for the eyebrows and two small black dots for his nose

6. Use a darker green to draw three spots on his forehead

7. The mouth is kind of hard to explain, but first draw the shape of the mouth in black

8. Use red to fill in the mouth but leave black around the edges

9. Use white to draw two small teeth

Next is Squirtle!

1. Start with a blue base color

2. Use black to draw a bracket shape for it's mouth

3. Also use black to draw two small dots for it's nose

4. Use black to draw and fill in the shape for it's eyes and also two small lines above for it's eyebrows

5. Use white to fill in the details for it's eyes

Next is a Pokeball!

1. Start with a white base

2. Use red to fill in the top half of the nail

3. After the red dries, use black to draw a line across where the red and white meet and a small circle in the middle of the nail

4. Use white to draw another small circle inside the black circle

5. Use a light gray to draw an "O" inside the white circle

Next design is Jigglypuff (:

1. Start with a pink base color

2. Use black to draw it's curl on it's forehead (sorry it's hard to explain)

3. Use white to draw two circles for it's eyes

4. Use blue to fill in and a small white dot for it's eyes

5. Use red to draw it a big open smile

Last is pikachu!

1. Start with a yellow base color

2. Use black to draw two small dots for it's eyes, a small triangle for it's nose, and a bird's foot shape for it's mouth

3. Use red to draw small dots for it's cheeks

4. Use white to complete it's eyes

Thank you for reading this and I hope you enjoyed it (:

- Alyssa

6. Blue's Clues

Welcome to this post inspired by a show I grew up watching, Blue's Clues!

Our first design is Mr. Salt!

1. Start with any background color you'd like! I chose silver for mine

2. Use black to draw the shape of a salt shaker, sorry it's not very easy to explain it

3. Use a light or medium colored gray to fill in the top part, but still leaving in a black outline

4. Fill in the bottom with white, again leaving a black outline

5. Use black to draw three black dots on the gray area

6. Use black to draw two ovals for his eyes

7. Use a pink or peach color to draw a smile on his face (:

Next is Blue's famous pawprint! There's not much I can explain, it's just a pawprint. Just make sure each part is proportional to each other. 

Next is Pail!

1. Use black to draw and fill in the shape of Pail

2. Use white to fill in the handle part leaving a black outline

3. Fill in red to the actual bucket part also leaving a black outline

4. Use black to make small details to create the open part of the bucket

5. Use black to draw two small dots and curved lines for her eyes and eyebrows

6. Use yellow to make a cute little smile with a dimple (:

This next design is simple Steve's striped shirt. Use a light green as your base and a darker green to make wide stripes across the nail.

Last is Mailbox!

1. Use black to create and fill in the shape of the mailbox

2. Fill in the front with a light lavender polish

3. Fill in the side of the mailbox with a darker purple (sorry in my picture it's hard to see the darker purple)

4. Use red to create the flag at the side and to draw a smile

5. Use black and white to create his eyes and also use the black to add the details of the mailbox

Thank you for reading this and I hope you enjoyed it!

- Alyssa (: