"Unless Someone Like You Cares a Whole Awful Lot...

...Nothing is going to get better - it's not."

So for Friday's You-Pick-My-Art, the popular vote by a landslide was The Lorax.  This Dr. Seuss book was my absolute favorite as a kid, so I'm pretty happy it won ^_^  It was really difficult to choose a design for it, because there is so much from the story I just love.  I narrowed it down to five key scenes that I painted on each nail.

I had toyed with the idea of blending the book art with the movie art, but decided to stick to the book since most people did not like the movie version of the story.  I actually liked it, I loved the resolution in the end and seeing the Lorax come back :)  But I'm such a softy and a sucker for happy endings :D

Sorry to cut this short, I've got a little toddler pulling on my arm, wanting to show me (for the 20th time) how his train looks when it crashes :P  Hope you all enjoyed this art!  Have a wonderful Monday :)

It Only Takes a Moment

I would have loved to put more detail into these nails, but truth be told, I simply ran out of time this weekend :(  Saturday I felt like I was barely home because I was out and about running errands all day, and Sunday was the husband's birthday.  By the time I sat down last night to get started, it was already 7pm.  So, that being said, here is how my You-Pick-My-Art Wall-E themed nails turned out:

I had grand plans to put Mo on my pinky nail and the Axiom on my thumb, but after spending 4 hours on Wall-E, Eve, and the Directive, I decided to call it and head to bed.  The design turned out decently well, though it is definitely not one of my best. I found it very challenging to translate a beautifully done computer-animated character to my nails using acrylic paint.  Wall-E was particularly tough because of all his machinery and the different tones and textures.  I'm still not too thrilled with how he turned out.

But, as I have always said about my art so far - not bad for a first attempt, especially considering I have only recently discovered the art of painting on my nails with acrylic paint.  :)

Thanks for participating in last Friday's You-Pick-My-Art!  What do you want to see for this Friday's theme?