Friday, January 25, 2013

New31DC: Day 25 - Inspired by Your Childhood


Hey guys!  Today's theme for the New31DC is Inspired by Your Childhood.  I chose to recreate some characters from one of my favorite cartoons.


The Snorks!  Did any other 80's babies watch this show?  I used to wake up early from my naps as a kid to go ask my Mom if I had missed it!


My base color for this was 2 coats of OPI Ogre the Top Blue, and then the characters were done mostly with acrylic paint.  I did have to use a bit of polish because I don't have a magenta or a pink acrylic, and I couldn't get the right colors from mixing.  For Occy the octopus I used OPI Miami Beet.  For Casey Kelp, the light pink girl, I used China Glaze Dance Baby.  And for Daffney Gillfin, the darker pink girl, I used a mix of Miami Beet and Dance Baby.

 This is my first time attempting to recreate characters or anything like this on my nails, and I am pretty happy with how I did!  They aren't perfect, but I will keep trying and hopefully my skills will improve.



What was your favorite cartoon as a kid?

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Labels: cartoon, freehand, nail art, nail art challenge, New31DC, OPI, Snorks

13 comments:

  1. January 25, 2013 at 10:52 AM

    Oh my god! Love these! The snorks were amazing! Xo

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  2. January 25, 2013 at 11:20 AM

    Wow, you're soo good! Great work!

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  3. January 25, 2013 at 12:06 PM

    I had completly forgotten about that cartoon! So cute :)

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  4. January 25, 2013 at 12:44 PM

    AWWWW!!!! I use to watch the Snorks all the time!! One of my favorite cartoons!!! I love your take on them, so much fun! :)

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  5. January 25, 2013 at 2:37 PM

    Awww I loved snorks!! I had little figurins of them when I was l nittle, loved the mani!

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  6. January 25, 2013 at 3:51 PM

    Love it! I remember them!

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  7. January 25, 2013 at 4:02 PM

    OMG, I love these!

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  8. January 25, 2013 at 7:32 PM

    so cute, i loved the snorks as a kid.

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  9. January 25, 2013 at 9:13 PM

    WOW!! These are SOOOOO sweet!! I LOVE it!!!
    The show was on when I was a little bit too old for it and I never really liked it until I was really old enough to appreciate nostalgia. But your characters are simply adorable and I love this mani so much!!!

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  10. January 26, 2013 at 1:57 AM

    i still can't see how you did this! you are so talented. mine would never look like this, but yes! i LOVED snorks!

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  11. January 26, 2013 at 6:58 PM

    Yep, I watched them. I remember the characters and their voiced but nothing about the plot... Strange... :) Perfect mani...

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  12. January 27, 2013 at 3:49 PM

    this is so cool, I loved the Snorks!

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  13. February 6, 2013 at 6:11 PM

    I remember when i see this when I was a child ^__^

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