Monday 16 September 2013

31DC2013: Day 16 Tribal

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Good Morning!

Today's challenge is Tribal, I really enjoy doing tribal nails, and have done a number of different tribal designs in the past, but I have never looked up any specific tribal art and recreated that! It has always been just a random application of colours and patterns. When I was in Alaska last month I learned a lot about the Tlingit Natives, pronounced Klinget, one of the groups of native people that still call Southeast Alaska home. At the stop of Icy Strait Point, Hoonah, Alaska we discovered much of the history of the Tlingit Natives and got to experience much of the art and totem poles that exist there. I took a number of pictures of the carvings that were on the walls and I decided to recreate one of those works today!



Here is the picture I took of the carving I recreated! The lighting isn't the best, but you get the idea. In person these were so beautiful.



For this manicure I started off with a white base using Cult Nails Tempest just to have a good surface for creating the art on. Then I drew the outlines of the fish and the wings with Wet n Wild Black Creme. Then I began to fill in the coloured areas using Born Pretty Store Sweet Color #009, the teal, Cult Nails Evil Queen, the red, and a mix of Cult Nails Feel Me Up and Joe Fresh Caramel for the yellow. All the details were done with my smallest cut down nail art brush and a small dotting tool.



I went back in with OPI A-Piers To Be Tan and filled in all the remaining white areas to mimic the wood of the carvings. I really loved the final outcome of these!



I created this combination image in case any of you want to pin my tribal manicure! I had a lot of fun in Alaska and learned a great deal about the Tlingit People. If you would like to learn more, you can check out some of the facts on this Wikipedia page!

Be sure to check out The Lacquerologist to see Emily's tribal manicure today! She has been killing this challenge so make sure you're checking out her posts!
Check out last years tribal manicure here!

7 comments:

  1. This is ALL KINDS OF AWESOME! I love how you based it on something from your Alaska trip....such great work, Steph!!

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  2. What an amazing tribal design, I LOVE it! This day was definitely the hardest for me but your design is stunning and I love the inspiration.

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  3. This is a really awesome design!

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  4. Wow Stephanie, this is amazing! Such a unique take on tribal nail art... I really get that totem pole feel. That brown base is perfect and your artwork is incredible. I especially love the effect of that green and turquoise together... so cool. Great job =D

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  5. Very different take on 'tribal' than i've ever seen. Props for being creative! Looks great!

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  6. This is incredible! I love how you went for something totally different for tribal. Amazing, great work! (:

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  7. This is amazing!! You are really talented :)

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