Billy Talent

So the Louder Than The DJ video shoot was actually supposed to happen a few weeks before it did, so it was at this point that I made the brilliant decision (#sarcasm) to stay up until 3:30 in the morning painting Billy Talent's first four albums on my nails.

Here are all four nails. On my pinkie, I painted Billy Talent I starting with a base of Revlon Red from you guessed it, Revlon. I then painted the details using yellow and black acrylic. My ring finger was Billy Talent II with a base of Sure Thing from Revlon, followed by the details of the mouth breaking through using black, white, red, and yellow acrylic. On my middle finger, I started with a base of Liquid Leather from China Glaze for Billy Talent III. I then painted on the III using green acrylic, and added the birds and distressing using black, and white acrylic. Finally, my pointer finger was Dead Silence, painted over a base of Make Some Noise using Essie. I then painted on the shark and edge of the building using light blue, black, and white acrylic.

A close up of Billy Talent II, aka my favourite of their albums. Although all of their albums are FANTASTIC.

 And here's some closer shots of all four.

Hope you guys enjoy. And if there are any requests for nail art you'd like to see, let me know!

Louder Than The DJ

Soooooooo... last week I got to be in a Billy Talent music video for their new song Louder Than The DJ... I'm still kind of freaking out. I was one of 50 people chosen to be in the video in this tiny little bar in Toronto. It was seriously amazing. And of course, I had to have some nail art for it.

I painted the Louder Than The DJ art, starting with a base of Liquid Leather from China Glaze. I then painted in the details using black, white, and red acrylic.

Close up time.

As if the night wasn't good enough, the band also played us a concert, and I ended up meeting Jon and Aaron from the band! I've been a fan of Billy Talent since I was in elementary school, so this was kind of a dream come true!

Hope you guys enjoy,

Afraid Of Heights

This isn't the first time Billy Talent related nail art has been on the blog, and it certainly won't be the last.

In this case, Billy Talent is releasing a new album, Afraid of Heights, and they ended up creating a contest for it based on the lyrics of one of the singles off the album of the same name. Below is my entry. Nail art, of course.

Each nail, with the exception of the eye, night scene, and car radio one, started with a base of Sure Thing from Revlon. The eye nail was a base of Mayfair Lane, which is one of the new spray nail polishes from Nails Inc. The night scene was a base of Liquid Leather from China Glaze, sponged with Die Another Day from OPI and Ruby Pumps from China Glaze. The car radio was a mix of dry brushing Liquid Leather, Sure Thing, and an unknown brown OPI polish, that I think is Suzi Loves Cowboys. All of the details were done with acrylic craft paint. 

That's all for this post. Now just one question: are you afraid of heights?

Vote Zod

Well, it's starting to look like January has become all about music nail art, with this being my second band inspired design. This design is inspired by the Billy Talent Hits album that came out last year.

As I'm sure you all know by now, I'm a huge Billy Talent fan. You can see my past Billy Talent inspired manicures here, here and here. I fell in love with all the artwork for this album, so it was time for another BT tribute. I started with a base of Black Taxi from Nails Inc. on all of my nails. Then, I sponged on Suzy Loves Cowboys from OPI, Surfing Paradise from Island Girl Hawaii and Sure Thing from Revlon on my ring finger. After that, I painted on the bird's skull and skeleton keys featured on the cover of Hits using black and white acrylic. On my pointer finger, I painted a tie using Revlon Red, which if the name didn't give it away, is from Revlon.  Finally, I added a "Vote Zod" button on the tie with red, blue and white acrylic, which was based off of art for the song Kingdom of Zod.

Hope you guys enjoy!

No Music, No Life

Hey guys! Here's my latest manicure.

This whole manicure is done with Sharpies. The only nail polish used was top coat. My pinkie is music notes, my ring finger is a pair of headphones turning into a heart, my middle finger is a Billy Talent song and my pointer finger is Green Day lyrics. Finally, my thumb says exactly how I feel about music: no music, no life. I seriously think I'd die without music. And below is a picture of my finished binder which my nails from last Mani Monday were inspired by. I've included a picture of my nails if you forgot.

Hope you guys enjoy! 

P.S. I'm working on some sketches right now, and I hope to post them this week for you guys to see. Plus, I'll be posting my manicure for a concert I'm going to this weekend. And is anyone else excited for the MMVAs (Much Music Video Awards)? I am!! (Billy Talent will be there!!!!!)

Lost Generation

Hey people of the blogisphere! I'm back, better and bloggin'! So here's my Mani Monday.

The base colour is Club Prive from L'Oréal. Then I inked on the design. It's inspired by a design I've been working on, on my binder. The binder isn't quite finished yet, but when I'm done, I'll post a picture. Anyways, the jellyfish are based off the t-shirt I got from the Billy Talent concert (it's to represent their Dead Silence album). Then the middle nail is lyrics from Billy Talent, as is the "lost generation" on the pointer finger. The skyline is the Manhattan skyline, and on the thumb are Beatles lyrics.

Also, I have another drawing done.

It's based on a photo I took of one of the tigers at the Toronto Zoo last year. I've been working on this for 7 months (not straight through :p) and I'm happy to finally finish it. 

Hope you guys enjoy! It's great to be back. 

A Flower in a Field of Weeds

This post is a little bit late, over a week late to be exact. Because on April 5th I went to a Billy Talent (and Sum 41) concert. For those of you who don't know, Billy Talent is a punk rock band from Mississauga  Canada. Let me just say, it was the best concert I've ever seen! I had a floor ticket, and I was front row, so I was pretty darn close to the stage. And, of course being me, I had to paint my nails for the concert.

My base was Black Satin from Rimmel, and all the details for the mouth, as well as the white, was acrylic. As you can see by the comparison, I base my nail art after the cover of the CD Billy Talent II.

And here are a couple concert pictures.