Monday, July 23, 2012

What time is it? - Adventure Time Nail Art

I've been promising this post since Friday... and finally, here it is! Adventure Time is one of my favorite cartoons ever. I think the humor in it is so weirdly fantastic, and the characters are so entertaining. What better way to honor one of my favorite shows than with one of my favorite activities -- doing nail art!


I know I'm not the first person to do Adventure Time nail art, and that's okay! I absolutely loved the way that these nails turned out. On my thumb you can see the Ice King, followed by Jake the Dog, Finn the Human, Lumpy Space Princess (my personal favorite), and Beemo.

I think the Ice King turned out the best, but his face is also inherently more detailed than the other characters, and therefore it had more visual impact.


I used a load of colors for these nails. I'll go over some of the highlights, but I won't be getting into every color!

  • The Ice King's skin was done with OPI What's With the Cattitude?, his dark blue mouth was done with China Glaze Man Hunt. The crown color was a mix of a few colors as I was trying to get the right shade.
  • Jake's color was hand mixed using China Glaze Desert Sun and China Glaze Happy Go Lucky.
  • Finn's skin color is Zoya Kennedy blended with some white. His shirt color is Orly Skinny Dip.
  • LSP's base color is piCture pOlish Wisteria. I honestly could not have asked for a better color for her.
  • Beemo's color was made by mixing OPI WWTC? and OPI Mermaid's Tears.


These nails were done using a medium length striper and a fine detailing brush. There was definitely some frustration involved in this manicure because the perfectionist in me had to keep redoing certain nails multiple times. Jake, I'm looking at you...

I ended up being awake way later than I should have been (on a work night) because I was finishing these nails, and it was absolutely 100 percent worth it!


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57 comments

  1. I love Adventure Time. Soo cute. I'm in love with this Nail Art :)

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  2. ive been wanting to do adventure time nails for awhile but am just kind of daunted by the task. these are freaking awesome and the fact that you got bmo in there is the best of all.

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  3. This is beyond amazing, when I saw this I almost peed myself! You've got some serious nail-art talent, this is so good!

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  4. I LOVE THIS. The little Beemo is my favorite!!!

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  5. Haha these are awesome. I love the ice king, his facial expression is perfection!

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  6. This is sooo cool! Adventure Time is one of the better new cartoon shows.

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  7. So well painted, very fun and sweet :)

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  8. so fuuuunny ! i'm in love wth your middle finger!!

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  9. This is soooo math!! LOVE it so much! They are PERFECT!

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  10. Omg! I have been following your blog since I got into polish and you've been one of my faves since the beginning... But now you are absolutely, hands down, my absolute fave and I am pretty sure you are probably one of my fave people outside the nail world also. Haha! I love adventure time, too, and thought I was just a nerdy adult because of it! Haha! <3

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  11. Ice King is my favourite, you did it spot-on! (I don't watch Adventure Time, but it pops up a lot on my tumblr feed)

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  12. Oh wow!! This is awesome!! Can't wait to show my nephew who is totally into Adventure Time

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  13. These nails are algebraic! Holy crap, I love these. I love Adventure Time! LSP looks like she's going, "What the lump?" haha. These are perfect.

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  14. WOW!! The Ice King is AWESOME!!! my favorite nails so far!

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  15. I cannot tell you how much I LOVE this! We are huge huge fans of Adventure time. We have the dvd's. toys, t-shirts, you name it. I just ordered an LSP t-shirt for myself today, my husband and kids are convince that character was modeled after me ;)

    Nice work

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  16. Adventure time is such a stupid show! But the nails turned out perfect!

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  17. Oh my Glob, these are awesoooooooome! These are definitely on my to-do list.

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  18. OMG that is insanely cute! Great job. :)

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  19. Oh these are cute Sarah! Showed them to my kiddo and he said he loves them!! -high 5-

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  20. My daughter nearly wet herself when she saw theses!!! then she says to me..mum why didnt you paint my nails like that when i asked for adventure time? i then had to explain to her that she only has tiny nails and it would have been too hard for me to do it!!! but here is a link on what i did do!
    http://osirisandlokipainttheirnails.blogspot.com.au/2012/07/adventure-time-nails.html

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  21. lol so awesome! These look incredible!

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  22. These are so MATH!!!! I absolutely love Adventure Time!!!! This made my heart skip a beat!!!

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  23. OMGGGG I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!! Can you do Regular Show nails? You're amazing<3

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  24. WOW! I was actually thinking of doing Adventure Time nails too, but I wasn't sure which characters to use and such. Yours turned out amazing, but your creations always look perfect so there's no surprise there! My favourite is BMO/Beemo he is so adorable! Thank you for sharing Sarah! xxx

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  25. Oh they are so funny! Love 'm.

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  26. Wow, your nails look fab, love 'em.

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  27. I LOVE THESE NAILS!!!!!!! I also love Adventure Time. This is going to be really dorky, but my friends and I walk around and talk like Lumpy Space Princess when we are drinking lol. It's amazing! I'm so jealous of your art skills

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  28. Great job Sarah! I love Adventure Time, especially LSP.

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  29. Literally squealed out loud when I saw these - LOVE! They are sooooo amazing!! :)

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  30. I looooooove this! Adventure Time is awesome!

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  31. OH MY GLOB. These are AMAZING Sarah!! Adventure Time is a favorite for my boyfriend and me. ^_^

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  32. Love Adventure Time And Thanks For Sharing What Nail Polish's You Used I've Been Searching For What Color To Do Lumpy Space Princess With!:)

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  33. You may not be the first to do Adventure Time nail art, but you ARE the first to do them RIGHT :)

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  34. Omg! You go girl! I wish I had the right colors. Darn, oh well.... Guess ill try my best!!! You Have DEFINITLY got talent girl. Go You!

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  35. Awesome nails I did it myself and they sucked so really good job and do more AT nails cuz me is obsessed. U should c my room =3

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  36. my brother watches adventure time, and i guess that just because he likes it i try to hate it. but ill admit, the characters are pretty cute, and the shows not too bad either.(but i dont tell my brother and whenever he watches it i tell him its stupid)
    NICELY DONE!!

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  37. Wow. This ish is Wicked as Hell!!! I am stunned! LSP is my fav cartoon character...Eeerrmmmeeggerrdd!!! I LOVE THIS MANICURE!!! UP TOP!

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  42. Awesome Sauce, im so doing this

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  43. OH MY GLOB!! those are amazing, i'll try to do them but, i will have an epic fail. :D !!

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  44. Is it possible for you to make these on fake nails and i can pay you for them?????? honestly these are amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  45. I made an epic fail trying to do these

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  46. Can u please make these on false nails so I can purchase them I just can't get them to look right.

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  47. chalkboard nails = CN = cartoon network

    I kept looking at the "CN" logo in my browser tab and was confused about which website I was on. :)

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