Today's challenge was another one I struggled with. The prompt asks you to do nail art that is inspired by a song. I have seen people do more literal representations of songs, and others do interpretations that are broader and only take the song as a starting point. I would think this design falls into the latter category.
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About this design: I took the Beatles' song "Yesterday" as my inspiration. Specifically I was interested in the idea of an end to a love affair. The idea is that love can be described as "la vie en rose" which is a French expression meaning "life through rose-coloured glasses." The grey represents the shadow that encroaches on life after love ends. I designed it so that it would be read from left to right.
31 Day Challenge: Inspired By A Song |
Yesterday, all my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they're here to stay
Oh, I believe in yesterday
Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be
There's a shadow hanging over me
Oh, yesterday came suddenly
Why she had to go I don't know she wouldn't say
I said something wrong, now I long for yesterday...
31 Day Challenge: Inspired By A Song |
To get this look: My first step was to sketch the fracture, then I painted my nails with the base colours, Misa Blueberry Blast and Girly Bits Elephant Shoe (for the grey), being very careful when I got near the fracture. I painted the grey stripes with Elephant Shoe, Orly Liquid Vinyl (black), and Sally Hansen White On, mixing them to get the shades of grey I wanted. The roses were painted with Misa Lovely Lychee, Ripe Rashberry and Lime Love. I then repainted the fracture line.
31 Day Challenge: Inspired By A Song |
I'm not sure if this really represents the song, but as I said, it was inspired by it, so technically that counts. Regardless, I really like this design and love how it looks on the nails.
What do you think of this? What song would you chose for this prompt?
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The interpretation you gave is really original ... and nail art - as usual-is executed perfectly. Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Rebenice! I'm still working on my stripes but I'm very happy with how it turned out. :)
DeleteThis mani is so nice, perfect for the song. Kudos!
ReplyDeleteThanks Ere! I wasn't sure that people would get the connection, but I'm glad to hear you think it works.
DeleteGREAT! :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Lacquer Victims! :)
DeleteI love the idea, I think it's genius! :D
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Criminal Nails! :)
DeleteWhat a great idea, love the nails :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Naildith, I'm glad you enjoyed it!
DeleteThat is completely fantastic so much more original and abstract :-D plus the manicure is beautiful
ReplyDeleteThat's so sweet! Thank you Heather!! :)
DeleteSo pretty! You're very talented :)
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Wow, I love this design and your inspiration for the mani. I love that it was meant to be "read" in a specific order, that was when I really got it :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Erin for the feedback! I'm glad I added that line explaining that it was meant to be read that way - it was a last minute edit. ;)
DeleteI'm obsessed with this manicure. Not only is the design so freakin incredible and original, I love the thought behind the interpretation of Yesterday. Pinning this for sure =D
ReplyDeleteThank you so much! I wasn't sure how the roses and stripes would go together, but once I did I was so happy that it worked out. I might do something else around this idea but I'm not sure yet.
DeleteI think it's lovely! I love how you interpreted this amazing song. I struggled so much with this theme that I skipped it for now. Maybe I come back to it later.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much Paulina! I hope that you will come back to it later. I totally agree that this can be a challenging prompt. I find many contemporary songs to be difficult to interpret - the lyrics can be very abstract - and even harder to translate into an image that works for nail art. Hopefully you will be able to come up with something.
DeleteSuch a beautiful manicure!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Josephine!
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