As well as being a sci-fi nerd, I’m also a big lover of
video games. There’s little I love more than sitting down and spending hours
being immersed in a completely new world and forget about real life for a
while.
I have quite a few ideas inspired by my favourite video
games that I want to try out on my nails, but I thought I’d start out with
something relatively simple, so I decided on Pac-Man! Everyone loves this
little circle “wakka wakka”-ing his way around the screen collecting his
pellets while being chased around by the colourful monsters, Blinky, Pinky,
Inky and Clyde. It’s a classic, but one that always frustrates me! I’m ashamed to
say, I don’t think I’ve ever actually been able to get passed one level on this
without losing all my lives! Clearly, I just need more practice! :p
So, for my nail art, I decided to dedicate each nail to the
five main characters of the game.
Thumb – Pac-Man: I was dreading doing my thumb, as I knew I
had to draw a circle free-hand. It didn’t turn out too bad, but this was my
second attempt, the first was awful. Colours used were: OPI My Boyfriend Scales
Walls (base), NYC Lexington Yellow (yellow), China Glaze Liquid Leather (black)
Index – Blinky: These guys were easy enough to do – I just
painted my full nail the colour for the monster, then filled in the eyes and
the black bits with a dotting tool and a brush. The main colour for Blinky was
China Glaze Red Satin, and his eyes were OPI MBSW again, and Barry M Blueberry
Ice Cream for the blue. The black is Liquid Leather.
Middle – Pinky: Next is Pinky. I followed the same method as
Blinky above, the base pink is Show Off from Rimmel’s Lycra Pro range, and eyes
and black bits are the same as above.
Ring – Inky after power pellet: uh-oh! Poor Inky isn’t
looking too good! This is what happens to the monster when Pac-Man eats one of
the power pellets, so he can eat these guys and give himself a break from the
chase. Here, I used Essence The Boy Next Door for the main blue, and his eyes
and mouth were done with Barry M Blueberry Ice Cream. Black is LL again.
Pinky – Clyde: I love that he has a normal name that doesn’t
have any resemblance to the other guys. I’m also easily amused :p This little
guys was painted with Coral from Barry M, with eyes and black bits the same as
the rest of the guys above.
Here's a close up of ol' Pac-Man himself (I didn't notice the two random yellow spots until after I had taken the photos, I must have dented the polish doing something)
I could have done these guys a little better, but I’m happy
with them for now. Pac-Man was the hardest, as I’m still getting used to
free-handing art, but hopefully with more practice I’ll get there in the end.
Hope you enjoyed this issue of my Nerdy Nails. I have a
great idea to assemble for next week’s edition, I just hope I can pull it off!
Thanks for reading!
Ciao for now x
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