/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>8949359
Depends. For that set, it looks like the characters, the macarons, and the centers of the candies were made separately on a gently curved surface (like maybe a bit of wax paper draped over something) and then certain details were sculpted on once they were in place, like the wrapper edges of the candies and maybe the bows on the lamb(?) character. Though, honestly I don't much like how they seem to have brought their acrylic/gel over the edges of everything to smooth it. I understand its probably sturdier and more practical, but it looks messy and I think it would be too heavy. I wonder if these are competition nails or actual customer nails.

Honest seagull to seagull here, don't attempt that, at least not before you've even tried acrylic at all before. If you're really serious:
>get some plastic practice fingers for beauty students (theyre cheap and kind of hilarious to have anyway) and a big pack of cheap glue on tips and practice doing the actual base nail first
>start with practicing shorter nails and once you have them down pat graduate to longer ones
>use tips when you first start on yourself too, don't try to use the little forms. trust me, i did my time in school and in a salon and i'm STILL shit at doing my own acrylics with my non-dominant hand
>a piece of wax paper or a bit of laminated paper is great for practicing sculpting decorations
>if you wanna cheat, that silly Mod Podge deco whip mold has some great little cute shit in it that you can carefully fill with over-wetted acrylic powder and then attach to your nail when cured, or if you're making press on nails you can actually stick the nail directly to it as its in mold. the one I have has some cute sweets and a hello kitty knockoff rabbit
>stuff like >>8948638 will be much easier for you to start with than something with so many parts like >>8948647

Gonna see if I have some acrylic tutorials too.

>>8742026

>>8557527

>>8194854
This is an acrylic shapes step by step. Best way to practice is to print this out, laminate it, and "paint" the acrylic directly on top. Clean up is just letting it dry and flexing the paper until it pops off. You can actually make small shapes on the paper and then glue them on to your nails if doing them directly on is a bit tricky.

>>8049740
I do have this if anyone wants to try sculpting their own.