Monday 4 March 2013

Then and Now: Week 14

Hey everyone! Today's 'Then and Now' post is a little different, because I've been wanting to redo this design for a while, but it's actually still online, and the photography isn't too bad in it, but I never had a top coat when I did them and I had no idea about cuticle clean up so I really wanted to see how different they looked. I've not looked at the old design for a long time and in my head it was a lot more detailed than it actually is, so my newer design is actually pretty detailed because that's how I imagined it, but hopefully that's a good thing right? As always the old design will be after the jump, but if you cant wait you can see it still on my tumblr here




As you can see I also missed out the Pacman from my thumb, but I just wasn't in the mood to wrestle with my yellow nail varnish, so I hope you dont mind! Also the original picture has been edited to have serious contrast issues on the thumb, I dont know why!

I used a base of China Glaze - Liquid Leather, then I used a small detailing brush to draw on the lines with Barry M - Cobalt Blue, then I used white acrylic paint and the same detailing brush for the white dots, then I added the details all in acrylic paint, and then I topped it off with 2 coats of Seche Vite.


Hope you like them! Which design do you prefer? I'm a little worried that I made the new nails too detailed. 

Let me know what you think in the comments!
Alice

31 comments:

  1. ha - these are too awesome. no surprise there, though!

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  2. Amazing! The new design is my favourite =)
    XOXO

    www.marshylicious.blogspot.com.ar

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  3. I love the newer ones, but they are both awesome! :)

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  4. They are so cool! I like the newer ones better; I don't think they're too detailed! I love these so much!

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  5. this is my favorite redo you've done so far!

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  6. oh wow these are absolutely amazing!!!! I like how the "new" design is designs, it's what makes you go "WOW!!!" :)
    Great work!

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  7. The fact that you made them this detailed shows how great you are! These are amazing!! I am super jealous.

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  8. These are AMAZING. You did such an amazing job on the detail of the new design. They both are lovely though, but you can see the huge difference between the two. *claps*

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  9. Everyone else needs to give up on Pacman nails because they will never be as good as these, they're AMAZING. I love how you got the cherries in too. You WIN at life.

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  10. The new design is absolutel crazy, goodness you must have a lot of patience! Love the details, very well done :D

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  11. No, they are not to detalied at all! I love them :)

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  12. You're always so neat!! How do you do it?!

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  13. Just wow! They are just amazing, you must have worked a lot to do them!

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  14. You are so amazing I lack the words for it!!!! <3 it!!!

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  15. I love both of these! Even without the Pacman, it looks great because of the added complexity.

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  16. that's ace! i could never be arsed doing anything that complex haha :)

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  17. These are absolutely incredible! The attention to detail is fab x

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  18. These are SO awesome!! The details make it amazing, simply one amazing mani :)

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  19. Crazy detail work! I love it!

    How do you get things so small?

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  20. They're amazing, you have a talent !!! <3

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  21. DUDE This is freakin absolutely amazing as all get out! I am in awe of you right now

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  22. I love them!! The newer ones look so detailed and professional, but the old ones look simple and a bit messy. But since I am a huge fan of simple nails, i like the old design better. Maybe if you could clean up the lines a little, they would be perfect! Either one is amazing, so keep up the good work <3

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  23. Amazing work! You are an incredible artist!

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  24. WOW! I'm loving these!! The before and afters are both awesome :D

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  25. You are so amazing at nail art :) love your blog!

    xx

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  26. The new design is absolutely mindblowing! You did an amazing job! It's definitely a display of how your talents have grown from the original.

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  27. I would absolutely die to have a friend as cool as you! I adore you. I am also curious about how you came up with this name to your blog. A LOTR fan are you?

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  28. The new nails win in my book :) I like the shorter length as well! Awesome design!

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  29. *lol* such a cute design! Love the shorter nails as well :-)

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  30. I love your atr! It is awesome<3

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  31. This is probably my favorite design out of everything I've seen on this blog (which is saying something, because this is by far my favorite nail blog, you do so many designs that I like). You must have amazing patience to put so much detail into this design, and even though I like the old one, I prefer the new design. I definitely want to try this one day, if I can ever manage to grow my nails long enough. :D

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