Oh my…
Didn’t think I would start another vector since I got a Wacom tab, but I could resist. I did use the pen/tablet with the pen tool. Lol. Don’t think I’ll ever use a mouse for anything anymore.

Anyways, I did my usual stalking on Facebook. When I see a picture I like of a friend, I save it in my “Potentials” folder. Saw this one the other day:

Melissa T.
Hope she doesn’t mind.

This vector is a little different from the previous ones I’ve done.

First, I usually do vexels, hardly anymore vectors because they’re easier. Again, if you don’t know the difference: with vectors, you can create a shape that can be resized whatever size without messing up the picture/keeping the image looking how you’ve created it. Vexels…when resized, the image looks pixelized/blurred/yucky. Get it?
Click here if not: vexel vs. vector image

Second, I usually work with Adobe Photoshop. I’m doing this vector in Adobe Illustrator, which I should have done with my past work. Ai is meant for vector work. So if you ever want to start making vectors, use Ai. Much much better. It’s not easy for me, only because I’m soo used to Ps.
I really just started using Ai a few months now.

Here’s what I have so far. I’m not going to get too detailed with this one, like I did with my Kandee Johnson one. I want to make a simplier one this time. But knowing me, I probably won’t.
I know, I know…I have alot to fix. Just getting the bulk of it done.

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Random No.03

*sigh…I woke up at 2:30pm yesterday. =X Still up. Don’t know if I should just stay up.
Ha ha…right.

I hate Kesha. Not her personally, ’cause I don’t know her. I just don’t like her music and stage image. I checked out her live performances on youtube (I’m always looking up live performances, to see if they really have talent). She doesn’t really sing, its more like talking with rhythm. And when she does sing, there’s so much auto tone/voice tweaking on it. Dancing is horrible on the live stuff. Her image just seems like she’s careless/drunk/trying-to-hard-to-be-careless. She makeup is crazy cool, but her MUA gets the credit for that. I do get her credit for doing what she does, but I know alot of people who feel the same way as I do. ^^

I want to go to culinary school. I am a way better cook than baker. If I do, I’d be the go to person for skin, nails, hair, makeup, graphic work, cupcakes, and a five course meal. Lol. Such talent.
Kidding. “A person good at everything is great at nothing.” I heard that quote from somewhere. Still working on what I’m great at…aka, still figuring out what I’m truly passionate about.

I guess it’s pretty normal to feel lost in the world around my age. Couple people have been feeling the same way as I do. Don’t know what we want to do with our lives. Don’t know what careers we want. Starting to doubt our own beliefs on becoming more…becoming more than just another Vietnamese girl doing nails. Become typical or different?

I want to be different. ^^

I’m addicted to playing Scrabble on my iTouch before I go to bed. I actually play it until I’m on the verge of falling asleep. Lol. I’ve been playing is a lot. Pretty much every night for three weeks. The CPU and I are pretty tie. :P

I mad at xbox live. Can’t play most of my downloaded songs on Rockband 2. So I stopped playing that. Started playing GH World Tour. Never finished it because I was addicted to RB. My GH guitar decided to die on me, but to my surprise, I could use my RB guitar for World Tour. I couldn’t for GH3. I like RB’s guitar way better; it’s quieter…the strum bar doesn’t have that stupid click to it like GH does. So I’m halfway done with it..playing it on Hard.
I’m a dork…

Can’t wait for God of War 3 and Fable 3! ^^

My right eye itches. Can’t stop rubbing my finger across my lid cause it feels so good to. lol.

I want to throw my Yorkie out the window sometimes ’cause she’s just a trouble maker. I haven’t posted any pictures of her on here yet. She’s so fricken cute though. Her name is Kiwi. She’s called Killer Ki too.

I want to do a makeup tutorial and I don’t. I hate editing. And I’m not sure what look to do. Spring?

I miss singing. I usually sang while driving, but I don’t have a car anymore. I miss singing really loud. I don’t her because the apt walls are thin, which makes me shy.

Okay..I’m going to go play Scrabble now.

Will Smith is my all time favorite actors.

I can’t stop watching this: click

I love nautical stars. People get tattoos of it for the meaning of it, but I just simply like the design of it. Well, I guess, I look at it as a rocker thing. Either way…it’s a cool design for tattoos and your nails! Lol.

Besides flowers & feathering/lining/stroking, this design was the most requested at the last nail salon I worked at. I myself love this design. This one will probably be one of the harder designs of mine because you have to be able to draw a little. Other designs of mine are real easy because you’re just layering strokes on and adding dots.
So for this, you just need striping paint. Make sure the paint/polish in the bottle is the right consistency. The polish should be thin, not runny…pretty much how it is when you first purchase it. My bottle was on the thicker side, but I didn’t have any polish thinner to thin it out. I fixed that problem though. You can get polish thinner at beauty supply stores, probably Sally’s.

So here are the steps of drawing a nautical star. If you can’t draw it on paper, then it will be hard for you to draw it on a nail. Lol. Practice drawing this on paper first.

This drawing is pretty self-explanatory.
Polish two coats of your choice of polish, wait to dry a few minutes, then draw.
I did this design a lot with the colors I chose: purple polish with a white/silver star. I did it a few times with a chalky pink polish (Essie Figi) with a black star. Sometimes I would go over the drawing part only with glitter.

Since my polish was thick, I colored in the “negative space” with a color that wouldn’t be so noticeable. This makes it look cleaner and sharper. I used black because in natural light, you can’t see it. If you have striping paint that matches your nail color, use that.

Two stars are never going to be exact since you’re hand drawing this. I only rock one star when doing this on myself. =/ Can’t draw this one on the other like I can with my other designs.

I loved putting this star on the index fingers or thumbs. This is my friend, Ashley that came to me all the time for my designs. ^^ Miss ya, girl. Opera singer that moved to NYC. CRAZY voice! Younger than me too.

Anyways…hope you guys like it!

EDIT:
Got my hours switched! Yay! ^^
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Who am I kidding? I am soooo not a morning person. I am a very ambitious person, but sometimes I don’t follow through. Especially when it comes to me say, “Oh, I’ll wake up at 7am to workout, then I’ll shower, then I’ll go to school. Right, Vana. Realistically, I sleep until 2pm. I’ll set my alarm and everything, and I still can’t wake up. I don’t know if I said this before but one time I was sleeping over a friends house and in the middle of the night, the fire alarm or something went off. There was four of us there. I don’t remember it ever happening. I was dead asleep! They were shocked and a little concerned that I sleep through that. Lol. Crazy. If an alarm as loud as a fire/house alarm can’t wake me up, is my little clock/phone alarm gonna do the job? I don’t think so. Someone close to me suggested I get an alarm clock where you have to aim a gun at it to shut it off, or one that shakes the bed. I seriously think that that wouldn’t work either. I’d find a way to sleep around it.
Sometimes, I feel like I’m the only one I know that has this problem. =/

School starts at 9am. That’s early for me. I don’t know people who have jobs at 6am do it; that’s hella early for me. If you’ve read my past entries, you will know that I am horrible at managing my sleeping habits. I am a true night owl. I always have been. It’s the reason I never finished high school. =X
So I called the school (I go to beauty school) today to see if I can switch to part-time. Part-time students only go to school 20 hours a week, instead of 30. I would go to class from 5:30-9:30pm. That is a wayyy better and realistic schedule for me.
Waiting on a call back to see if there is a spot open. I hope there is!
I almost thought about quitting school, but I thought switching to part-time is a better solution.
Even though I’m pretty positive I don’t want to have a career doing hair, I should & want to finish beauty school. It’s a Cosmetology license, so it makes me eligible to get into skin and nails too. I did nails, but that was in MI. MI beauty school hours are less than FL. I like learning about hair though. For my own personal benefit, and I’m sure I will hook a friend or family member. This license will also look good on my resume. Not only does it show that I learned all this stuff, but it will also prove that I finished something.
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Oh yeah. If I there’s a part-time slot, I will have more time with my readers! (I only have a few I believe, but you guys matter! ^^)  More tutorials, art, random blabbing…et cetera, et cetera.

I haven’t done a nail design tutorial for a while now. What should I do??.
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