 I'm so sorry, everyone, that I cannot tell time. My bad. My apologies. But I'm here. We're here. I'm here now. Hopefully, you can hear me. If not, I can't see for you to tell me otherwise. But in just a minute, I can. So one second. OK. You can hear me. Cool, cool, cool. So this is a piece we did day before yesterday, yesterday, day before yesterday. And I told you guys I'd show you how to floodcoat over a decal. So that's what I'm going to do today. You did not miss me laying this down. Jeff and I got a little bit too excited off-camera. And we went ahead and applied it. So I'm just going to take these. Do I need anything to pull it? Do you have the pull it off that paper? Yeah. So I'm going to show you on a different one how this went down. I don't know where my different one is. Here we are. Tutor, too excited off-cam, details. We really like the design. And so we were like, go, go, go. Just put it on, put it on. Forgetting that the whole reason why I did it was to show you guys on the live feed. So that's our bad. So we're going to apply. So I'm just going to do these little guys on here. So before I do that, I'm going to show you the kind of process. It goes on here. And then, wait, yeah. And then it cuts on here. There's too many different thing things. So he can design it on here, and then it cuts on here. And then stuff on here. But this stuff, this, this, you weed it. OK, so to weed it, we took that off already. Basically just the big outline. Well, it is Friday, but here in ATD Studios, we don't ever know what day it is because we work all day every day, and then that's it. That's all we do. So I'm going to use this stuff. I could just take these off individually and place them, but I want to show you what this stuff does. It doesn't have a name on it. But it's called something. But what's this stuff called? Transfer tape. This is called transfer tape. And what it does is it makes everything obviously stick to this so you can pull it up at the same time and not have to worry about putting things back where they belong. For example, if I didn't use this on this side where it has all these individual cutouts, I would have had to line them up individually to get them placed like it is. It's not so much a big deal on this one where all the lines are interconnected. I don't even know if that's the right word. But this business, all these little triangles up here would have been impossible almost for me to line up perfectly. So this was invented, and it's just like a super sticky contact paper. So you put it down over your decals or stickers, and then you have to make sure this is worn out. You have to make sure that it sticks to this paper. Because sometimes, if you don't apply enough pressure, it just won't stick all the way. So you add a little bit more pressure, and then it's on there. Then are we going to lay these out? I don't even know. Then you put them where you want them, add some pressure, and peel this up. And now they are where you want them to be forever and ever and ever amen. But if you don't care how they're, do you have two lines? We do. If you don't really care how it's lined up, then you can just apply them all willy-nilly. Actually, I'm very nervous about that because it bows a little bit. So I'm going to take the same piece of transfer and pick it up and then apply it. That way, I don't have to worry about these lines bowing. So we use this stuff in our decal cutting machine vinyl cutter, decal cutter. I don't know what it's called. But we use them a lot to add designs to different pieces of artwork. I just want the middle part of this. Oh, that one doesn't have a middle part. I'm not sure how I even want to do this. It's like that. So now that you guys know how to apply decal, I'm going to show you how to full-leg coat it. I already sanded this board before applying the decal. All right, let me find some glutties. I'm torn on if I want to add any kind of sparkle to the resin since there's a lot going on here in terms of sparkle. Are you all considering selling decals? We may sell decals just of the logo. But in general, I don't know that we have any plans to just carry and sell decals. Because then it'll turn into people wanting specific ones instead of the ones we carry. And it'll just be a whole thing. Probably not, unless Jeff decides he wants to. What grit of sandpaper did you use? I'm pretty sure he started with a 220 because there was a little bit of trash and then probably a 400. I'm going to be using Stone Coat Art Coat. And I'm using that because it's got a great working time, which really doesn't matter for this piece because it's just a flood coat. So I don't need a lot of working time to use it. But it finishes off really glassy, really smooth. I don't really have issues with bubbles. So the complexion is really nice. It's got great viscosity, so it doesn't just run off. It's easy to move. There's no real smell to it. And UV resistance is amazing. It's of the best in the industry. And since I have a white in the background, I don't want to risk it yellowing over time. So anytime you have resin, you want to make sure it doesn't amber, but especially when you're doing something with white. It's a panda. Too much sparkle in the background. Gotcha. A pink and purple piece with silver sparkle sounds awesome. Maybe I will do that one tomorrow. Sorry, I just ridder-hoffed it. My bad, my bad. So Stone Coat Art Coat is a one to one, which means you mix equal parts with A and B. And then you mix it for three minutes, making sure you scrape the bottom, the sides, and your stir stick to ensure a full and complete mixture. You can get this stuff on my website, artisttilldeath.com. I have a link in the description box. Or you can get it from stonecoatcountertops.com. I also have a link for their website in the description box. If you order through Stone Coat, use the code YALYALL, all caps, no punctuation for an awesome discount. Is the regular Stone Coat the same minus the working time? I actually like things set up a bit quicker to avoid having to baby them. That is a very good point. And one of the reasons why sometimes I use a quicker setting epoxy if it doesn't have a lot of whites in it. The Stone Coat countertop epoxy, not the art coat, the countertop coat, it is essentially the same minus the working time with the countertop. It's more in the 45 minutes to an hour working time. And it has just slightly less UV resistance. But everything else is essentially the same. What's up, Diane? Hey, Jen Germs. Way to be over here in our area, our neck of the woods, and not so far to say hi. Very sad about that. But I know you've been busy. Go figure I missed a video and missed a drawing. How do you usually choose a winner? I haven't done the drawing yet, so no fear. No fear. And how I usually do them is I will put all the names, essentially, in a hat and draw a winner. I know there's digital ways to do them. But some people don't trust that. And I still have the energy or the time to argue with anybody. So I just do a physical draw out of the hat. Thank you. Thank you. So now that we have this all mixed, I'm going to just do one more dust over. Make sure there's nothing on it. Not using a rag, because sometimes those even have little dust bunnies. And in doing this, I'm also making sure all of my decals are all the way down. There's nothing poking up. I don't know if there's different thicknesses for decals, but you don't want one that's too thick, or else you may see it in the finish. And you want a fairly thick resin so that it doesn't settle too thin, where you can also see the thickness of the resin. This should look even more awesome under a coat of resin. In my opinion, almost everything looks more amazing under a coat of resin. Let's have Angela Light. If you aren't sure if you got a full and complete mixture, I would recommend not mixing the scrapings from the side of your cup, like I just did, where I just went in and got all the leftover in here. Don't do this if you're not sure whether you fully incorporated everything already or not, because that will give you an awesome amount of weak spots or still techy areas. So I'm going to use our notch stir stick or trowel stick. It's got these little 1 eighth inch grooves down here. And what that's going to do is help me to move the resin across the piece. Sorry about that. While still distributing it, because it's going to go through those notches, have you guys seen those videos where those people do the big crepes? Oh, sorry. I like to move it around the surface first and make sure I got everything and just push everything up to the edge, but not over the edge yet, because as soon as you break that surface tension and it can flow over the edge, it's going to want to start moving that way. Then once you have it to the edge all the way around, just finish working it to the edge. I like these notch trowel sticks. Well, I'm a little bit biased because we made them. But to me, it's just softer than using a metal trowel that might lift my design or scratch something. What is it that the hair care people say, I'm not only the president, I'm also a consumer? Sweet, let's get some heat. Sorry about that. Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry. I fixed it. I fixed it, I fixed it. Had you guys plugged in until we went and saw the cutter. Now I need some heat. I guess I could just use torch. So I'm just trying to pop the bubbles on the surface. I'm not trying to create any movements, not trying to create any design elements. Only pop the bubbles. Now I'm just going to start pulling out hairs because my window's open. I think I got all the hair. As soon as I say that, I find another hair. It's inevitable. Anytime I do anything on the surface, I add a little bit more heat in that area because if you pick something out, sometimes the resin will fold over on itself when it lands back down. And you don't want that fold over to create an air pocket. Heidi, I'd be happy to help you color match. If you'll send me an email or a text, I'll send you a picture. Chris Logan says, tell Jeff if you ever decide to sell decals, a large dragon would be super awesome. Don't know if he's going to do that, but he has heard your request. So what do you guys think of my this guy? Evelyn says, mango. We're going to name this guy. Heads up. If anybody ever buys anything for me, there's going to be at least an animal hair somewhere. I'm possibly even one of my hairs. So this heads up. I forgot to add some heat to that arrow. If you want to get my this on the top, I don't see it. Oh, I think you're talking about this area. So the desk free zone. We go. Okay. I need to find an iPad. I don't know why people want to call me when they know I'm live right now. Okay, that's enough, thank you. So now it's time for the drawing. I'm going to give away because they love me. It's probably more that they need something out of the shop. Meow. Just everything. What do you think, Bowie? It doesn't want to stay that way, so you can't see Bowie other yet. Sorry about all that moving. So, okay, Kujo, lay down. I actually got busy. I actually got busy working on a commission. And forgot to write these names down. So I'm going to do maybe a Q&A with you guys, just if you have any questions you want to ask. Something I can assist with. And also in the meantime, I'm going to be writing down these names. Kujo, sweet boy, lay down. But that's cool with you guys. It won't take me that long because it was a short video and not a lot of people entered that particular giveaway. So yeah. Is this still buffering? Is that a new comment? Because it's not frozen right here. So there's 52 entrants and I have already written 10 names down. I'm doing a pigment giveaway. I'm just going to do a drawing and whoever wins gets the color that they said was their favorite. Off-topic, where your skin looks flawless and beautiful. If you don't want me asking what face wash tinted lotion, war paint, do you use wear Melissa? Maybe I'll do a get ready with me one day. I am a little shiny. If you guys would want to do that, I'll show you my whole routine. If that's something you guys would be interested in. I usually just use a toner. I don't know how he knows. I usually just use a toner. Kujo, that's enough. Not going anywhere right now. Okay, if you want some, come say hi. I know, that's enough. Louiezy, calm down. Okay, that's enough. You're already doing too much. We're not done yet, okay? Now go lay down. That's good boy, lay down. That's enough. And then I have a tinted moisturizer and a primer and I usually just do concealer and a powder. Hi, Carol. Oh, it's very true. What did I miss? What'd you guys say? Miss, I hear you, but I can't do anything about it right now. We're not going outside. If you guys don't know, he has a heart condition and he uses it very well to get his way because when I'm not live, I drop everything to check on him and give him whatever he wants. And I have trained him accidentally to do that in order to get something from me. So he will just sit right there and cough until I look at him and tell him to go lay down. Yo, please don't think I'm mean to my baby boy. Oh, and love makes you glow. I get it, I get it, I get it. Hi, Violetta. What giveaway should I do next? What brand? He looks guilty. He absolutely is. Where are you guys watching from? RTD swag giveaway? Okay, okay. Would you guys want a mask or a shirt? Some of y'all's names on here are very, very long. I am writing it down. I should have done this earlier, but I got all the orders out today. Shirt, shirt, shirt, shirt. How about a painting shirt? New to this, I don't have many colors. So if I win, can I get a surprise color? For sure. Shirt, shirt or gloves? If Jeff can come up with, huh? Yeah, well, for sure. It's almost everybody said shirt. So the next giveaway will be a shirt. J-O-R-I-G-N-A-L. Anyone else have a hard time spelling words when you're on the spot? Almost done. All about to see my chicken hat, scratch, handwriting. A 25 cent box. Girl, I ain't nothing in my shop. That's 25 cents. Kujo, lay down. Lean, I didn't know there were two As in the beginning of your name. So what should I make the question for a shirt? Oh, I know. What should I do for the next decal in lay? What animal? So after this live feed is over, don't comment in the chat because then I can't pull it up later. Put it in the comments under this video. You know what I mean? Like as soon as the feed's over, put your comment down there and then I'll draw from that on Monday. And we'll send out a shirt. You guys have a lot of really good colors. Do you guys have any art questions or any kind of questions? Maybe I will do a Get Ready With Me video because I've been asked a couple of times about eyebrows. Nope, nope, nope, nope. You're okay. We got a ring doorbell in front of our place and we did it right when our neighbors are moving in and y'all, they're in and out all day every day now. It's like they knew. Okay, got all the names down. Got them all down and I just need to cut up them. If you guys didn't notice, my fiance, Jeff Brown. We love him. This is how many of you guys entered. So just so you know that nothing's getting turned into a shady lady. Okay, Bowie, thank you. He's licking my elbow. He's making me cut cricket. Okay, it tickles, it tickles. So you guys that are in this. Are you doing that right now? Oh, I'm cutting up the names, so go ahead. It's hard to see because it's daylight, but we got some new paper, glows. We got too much lights on, but think about making some masks with this glow in the dark paper. And I can make all these different colors. I'll probably put like two colors, three colors, just the black and white. Yeah. What colors would you put together to make a rose gold? So I like a platinum rose gold instead of like a coppery, bronze-y rose gold. So if I were gonna make my kind of rose gold, I would use a silver and a soft pink and just a drop of gold. That would be my ideal rose gold. I have a canvas prep with three layers of paint while it worked for inks. At least I'm not sure. It would all depend on how smooth the surface is. And if you prepped the board with a non-porous paint like a gesso or gloss spray paint. I swear, you guys, I looked at the clock earlier and it was like 1115, so I said to myself, self, you got time to work on that lip commission. And then I blinked and it was 612. So my apologies for being late. Everyone says those look great, Bea. Evelyn Warner says, send me the red one. Did you have a red one? Shoot me a DM, Evelyn, or order one on the website and say the red one. That's probably the fastest way to do it. What's up, John? You did miss the live. I am feeling better, but you're here in time for the drawing and I saw your name on a piece of paper. How's paint? Can I see it with something? Yeah, I would put at least one layer of like a gloss spray paint on it. Better if it's a spray gesso. Totally up to you though. Has anyone ever had ink boil and resin? Minded three times just boil. Was it a water-based ink? If you guys are just hopping in, I'm about to do a giveaway and I'm answering y'all's questions while I have a moment. This giveaway is already closed for entrance, but if you want to be part of the next giveaway, all you have to do is comment what animal you think I should create out of a decal next and that will be in the comment section of this live feed after it posts, not in the live feed comment bar. So don't give your answers now because it won't count. It was alcohol ink. What kind of resin was it, Chris? I've never seen alcohol inks do that. What brand alcohol ink was it? And also what brand of resin we're using. Heidi could be too much. There's John. Typically when I've had resin go off, which is what it sounds like yours did, which is where it gets really hot really quick and then it bubbles up like an evil witch's cauldron from childhood, like that visual. Sometimes it smokes and it just, it seeds as it gets, it sets up just in the cup right away. This promarine, okay. I've never heard of pigment 24, but all the times that I've had it do that, it was because I was mixing a water-based paint into my resin and I went over the 10% suggested ratio. I was just commenting on the fact that I never noticed that your last name, which is Art Vark, love it, had two As, which makes sense since it's Art Vark. Wait, does it have two As? I don't know, birds are hard. The acrylic paint will do that, but also all other water-based pigments, you risk that. But if he says it was alcohol ink, then I don't know if that would be the case. Alcohol inks typically just thin out the resin instead of making it set up faster. Chris, be advised that some piñata inks are actually acrylic. I know that I accidentally bought some acrylic inks off of Amazon. They were mislabeled as alcohol inks and they were actually acrylic. There's a lot more entrance in this one than the last one. So I'm gonna have to get a bigger hat. I'll try to fold all these in the same size so that none feel more attractive to pick up than the others. Arlene, I already did the piece for today. So I am about to do a drawing for the just resin paste giveaway. You can put acrylic ink in resin, just the same thing. I would advise sticking to the 10% and under ratio in order to avoid it going off too soon and boiling as it were. So here we go, are y'all ready? Miss Early Early, you've got till Monday to get with me and claim your prize. But while we're at it, we'll just do two more. Maybe what, what kind of vinyl was the decal? Arlene, I will have Jeff figure it out and let me know. Leslie Reed, now one more. That is expensive ink, Griff and Melissa. All right, so you three have till Monday to reach out to me, send me an email. Also, if you're interested in being part of our next giveaway, it's happening right now. Well, kind of right now. What's gonna happen is after I end the live feed, we're just gonna be in a minute. Comment down in the description box what animal you think I should paint or add into a decal next. And on Monday, I'll pull from those people and you'll win a shirt. So make sure that you comment under this video. So you can be part of that giveaway. Anyways, I am so excited that you guys came to see what we were up to today and being part of our giveaway. Happy birthday. Whose birthday is it? Valerie, happy birthday. Happy, happy birthday. I hope you have a great one and yeah, don't forget to enjoy the contest. You guys have till Monday to claim your prize. Otherwise, I'm keeping this to do a redraw for anyone that doesn't claim theirs. Cool, cool. Yeah, I'll be live tomorrow, probably to do a pink and purple resin piece and I'm about to get back on it with this piece. So thank you for watching. Please subscribe, share the video if you liked it. If you don't like it, share with people you don't like. Ruin their day. Be kind to one another. You never know what someone's going through. Be kind to one another because you never know what someone's going through. You just never know what someone might be going through. That took four times. Oh, hold on. Little babies want to say hi and bye, huh? Don't you? Thank you, Diane. I don't know where my height button is, but you ready to go outside, baby miss? Come on, let's go. Okay. Y'all have an awesome day. Bye. Bye.