Inktober Day 1: Fish

Welcome to my third year of Inktober! (To learn more about it, visit here.) I've loved doing this since I heard about it from someone I follow on Instagram. While it's actually meant for pen and ink artists, it is just such a creative outlet to try new things when I have nail artist's block. I'll be posting each day in October according to a list of prompts, and today's prompt is "fish". 

As you know from my post in April, I started playing the video game "Animal Crossing: New Horizons" to pass the time during quarantine. One of the aspects of its gameplay is taking your character fishing. When you fish in the ocean, you often reel in a sea bass, much to the dismay of players as its a very common fish. So I paid it some homage with today's design. 

Inktober Day 1: Fish

I hand painted everything, which required a sea of mostly green colors, including:

• Zoya: Ireland, Arbor, Scout, and Farah
• OPI: Suzi - The First Lady of Nails, Get In the Expresso Lane, and Push and Shove

Except for the finger with the fish on it, I used a matte top coat.

I hope you keep up with this year's post, and if you follow me and are doing it yourself, tag me for a feature! 

Camo Nails for Shayna

My good friend Shayna is visiting her sister this week as she finishes up Basic Training. 

To celebrate, I did some camouflage nails for her and a fake set for her sister. We chose a tan theme, instead of army green. 

I used 4 OPI colors for this. The base is Did You Ear About Van Gogh?  The brown spots are A-Taupe the Space Needle and they're outlined with Get in the Expresso Lane. The lightest spots are My Vampire is Buff. 

These were super fun to do and I love them!