Camp Flog Gnaw carnival nails

Today I decided to dedicate a nail wheel to hip/hop rap group Odd Future.

The nail wheel was extremely fun to do. Painting the same basic coloured nails everyday is boring and this gave me a chance to switch things up.

Creating this nail wheel gave me the perfect opportunity to procrastinate and listen to music, which is probably why I enjoyed it most.

The one thing that you really need for this design is patience (as well as the correct nail art equipment)

Here is the finished nail wheel below. It features the Odd Future donut logo, plus other logos that the American rap group own:

Odd Future: Tyler, The Creator, Frank Ocean, Domo, Earl Sweatshirt, Left Brain, Hodgy Beats, The Internet, Taco, Jasper.

If you are familiar with the group then you would know that the OF donuts at the front stand for Odd Future.

I would of included all logos but then it gets complicated.

They usually just recycle old names, for example Golf Wang is a clothing brand but then they flip that name around to create Flog Gnaw which is the carnival name.

Most of the hip hop groups brands/logos are designed by Tyler, The Creator.

Tyler is the leader and co-founder of the alternative hip hop group Odd Future. He creates the clothes brands, writes the songs and he is the face of Odd Future.

The group is so large that they have only made one song all together, which is actually one of my favourites:

80’s vs 90’s

Both the 80s and the 90s were huge for music, so today I thought I would compare both eras.

For me the 90’s has to be the best era for music. In the 90s Yo! MTV Raps took over peoples TV’s and hip-hop music as a whole became more and more popular, and if you haven’t noticed from my blog already I am a big fan of rap/hip-hop music. Aswell as hip-hop music you seen the rise of famous pop stars like Britney Spears and bands like Oasis.

Being a 90s baby myself I was brought up on 80s music, which I can’t lie was also a great era for music but I still prefer the 90s.

I decided for my 90s themed nails that I would mix together some of my favourite things, like run dmc for example:

90s inspired nail wheel.

I interviewed Mark Brun a Multimedia Journalist who runs an 80s themed music blog and would disagree with my opinion, “The music was so diverse with loads of different styles back then like new romantic, rock ska, reggae and it was the start of house music.”

“Some of the most popular things in the 80s were: tight jeans, white stiletto shoes, mullet hairstyles, novelty songs and singers, yuppies, drinking to excess, launch of MTV, compact disc and the launch of 24 hour television.”

Of course for my 80s nail art I just decided to do some crazy patterned nails:

80s inspired nail wheel.

I asked a couple of people which era they thought was the best:

15 years of Slim Shady

People who know me will know that I am a fan of Eminem, and to commemorate the 15 year anniversary of his first album, Slim Shady LP, I thought I would design some Slim Shady inspired nails. The Slim Shady LP was a huge success and earned the rapper his first Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. The album was released on February 23rd, 1999.

Last year Eminem was awarded The Global Icon award at the 2013 EMA’s, so I thought it was only right to feature him on my nail icon blog.

Eminem aka Slim Shady.

Eminem logo, silhouette, and D12 logo.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My favourite songs off the Slim Shady LP album would have to be ‘Guilty Conscience’ and ‘My name is’ because they are both really catchy. For the people who don’t know who Slim Shady is, he is Eminem’s alter ego, who is usually more aggressive in certain songs.

Leave a comment below if you would like to see more iconic rap artist inspired nails!