In honour of my nerdy but sexy computer programmer boyfriend, I decided to do some circuit board inspired nails :)
They do look awfully messy up close but in real life, they looked pretty sweet even if I do say so myself! I didn't do a tutorial 'cause all it really required was a bunch of systematic-looking lines and a few strategically placed dots.
I used two coats of Illamasqua Scorn as a base coat, mainly because it's the best black I have but I realised afterwards that the matte finish of this polish made it even more suited to the design. The yellow parts were done with a bright yellow MeMeMe polish (can't think of the name) and a nail art brush - I wish I had an opaque yellow striper to do that with, it would have been much neater. The white parts overlaying that was just a cheap white eBay striper.
I wish I'd decided against adding a topcoat (the picture at the beginning of the post is sans-topcoat) because the extra shininess just detracted from the overall look. If I was to do this again I'd leave it sans topcoat as the shiny white and yellow lines over a matte black base was a really interesting combination. Even so, pretty eyecatching aren't they?
I'm thinking of maybe trying this again with a dark green base colour and silver and copper coloured lines... thoughts?
Oh I love!! Very good, you could even try some sparkly green, or if you have some bronze and gold? I used to collect RAM back in the days ...
ReplyDeleteOoh this reminds me of one I did, it was Tron inspired though, and a take on Klaire de Lys's Tron nails. Mine had a champagney foil as a base with black lines and coloured dots.
ReplyDeleteI love the idea of green with silver and copper, maybe a green shimmer would work well too? I love the circuit board idea :D
My boyfriend is an IT man too so maybe will have to try this one :D xxx
Very well done this looks great. My boyf is doing computer programming too, I saw some of the work he was doing and I swear Java and C++ looks like a different language.
ReplyDeletelooks so cool! Did it take long to do? I don't have a lot of patience when it comes to painting my nails. >_<
ReplyDeleteI love this! I don't think I could pull it off, but it reminds me of cyber-fashion (is that even a thing? hahha) xxx
ReplyDeleteLove these. Really cool. Doo the green based ones too!
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Hah! My BF works with circuits on a daily basis too! I'll try to do this sometime soon. He'll get a kick out of it!
ReplyDeleteThey are awsome!!! I did some simular to yours, but they we're blue and black, inspired by the tron movie!!! Love yours tho! Keep up the wicked nail art :) x
ReplyDeleteomg this pattern is to die for! I love it :) Now only if I could reproduce what you did there hehe
ReplyDeleteDark green base + silver + copper = DO IT DO IT DO IT :D Fab idea, woooo for computer nerd-errrry! :D xxxx
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