NAIL ART STEP-BY-STEP
AIRBRUSHING

Airbrushing
This is another look at airbrushing. Some designs can be done with fairly simple stencils. I would just like to write a little at this point regarding stencil cutting for nail art. With nail art there are the obvious limitations. First of all the canvas is very small- the biggest size being the thumb nail- so the the stencils are pretty small and get down to tiny for the smaller sizes hence the challenge is set.
I suppose the one thing that we noticed that changed the way we cut stencils was that stencils should be cut by ...- the best way to describe it is to say that the cutter knife has to be moved up and down... sorry - It is late...Let me try again. The stencil is dificult to cut in one flowing motion so it is almost like cutting with the same motion that a sewing machine makes- straight up and down. In so doing it you create a line of dots instead of an absolutely fluid line. Keep repeating the process until the stencil has been cut out.
Relax, breathe deep and take your time when cutting stencils. It's better than rushing and cutting too far. Some of the stencils can be so tiny that the task really requires your utmost attention. But at the end of the day it is worth it to keep the originality of design factor in play. More on stencils on the next page.

Video links

We have added a number of video links to our site as well which focus on nail art. We are always out there looking, so send us details on what you are after and we may be able to find just the right link or video tutorial to help you and others like yourself. Here are two examples of the video links that have been added to the site:

Video links

When watching the video links please be sure to keep your cursor off the viewing area. When using dial up networks please click on the play icon in the centre of the video screen then hit the pause button in the bottom left corner and wait for the video to fully download before watching it. You will know the download has been completed when a thin grey line has moved from the left to the far right of the thin grey bar extending from the circle with the red dot. Otherwise the download speed will be too slow on the first viewing and the image will freeze continously. Use broadband / adsl for optimum viewing. If anyone out there has a video of the nail art they have done showing off their work email us with the details.

Some of the videos are in other languages. We have selected videos with interesting or useful content so the language shouldn't be an issue. Hopefully we have taken some of the hard work out of searching for relevant nail art information. The video below was made by a school in China. It is was done by a nail art school. There are a number of these videos and they are all focused on handpainted nail art. The videos are ads for the nail school and the school's details including the phone number are a very big part of the footage. However that shouldn't detract from the nail art itself. So sit back and enjoy it.

Many of the nail art links are by individual nail artists. Some of these links have the most inspiring designs. Anyone out there who has made a nail art video is welcome to contact us and if we have the webspace and if it compliments our site you might find it up on the site. We prefer videos that are 100% nail art visuals. Preference goes to those videos with step-by-step "how to" nail art on them. The below video is an example of a nail artist's video portfolio.

WARNING:Almost all of the nail art video links have audio attached to them so turn down the voloume if you are viewing them at work. The nail art step-by-step videos are fairly self explanatory and the audio only really compliments the material so feel free to mute the sound if need be.

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