Optical illusion artworks painted on hands by talented body paint artists Annie Rally and Annie Miller.
Hand models had to stay in specific position for more than five hours.
Beautiful photographs were captured by Ray Massey for Ecclesiastical’s “You’re in Good Hands” advertising campaign.
Castle
Hand Olympics
Pencil Pot
Mosque
Collection Box
Banana Hands
Finger Pen
Footballers
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Nicole
Ew. These are cool but make me feel weird.
Sep 15th, 2012
Max
I see there’s a lot of work involved, even some skill, but I don’t get why this was done. Hands already have a very strong symbolic value in any society and can pretty much visualize anything without having to paint them over. Less is more.
Sep 15th, 2012
Charlie
Max, it’s called creativity. You should try it once.
Sep 15th, 2012
Gert
Lol Charlie. Agreed. These are well executed.
Sep 15th, 2012
Jahangir
@MAX, it doesn’t mean you should not try anything with hands because they already have symbolic value in society.
We see hands as just 5 fingers of different size and functions but creative people see the same thing totally different and this art is example of it.
Sep 15th, 2012
Sharyn
Awesome creativity, and great hand posing too! The finger pen one really creeped me out until I watched the video.
It’s a new & interesting way to get across the message.
Sep 15th, 2012
Douglas
Finger pen!!
Sep 15th, 2012
Badar
me too…doug
Sep 15th, 2012
Betty
Wow! I’ve seen a fair amount of hand/body painting but these are unique! Beautifully done.
Sep 15th, 2012
Max
@Charlie It’s creative yes, just like everything on this website. I’m putting up for discussion the quality behind this project besides its creative value and the skill involved. For example, it would have been possible to have these hands in the same poses and and have the word of what they’re representing as the title of the photo. When documented well this could be as visually stimulating as it is more and just as playful, if not more. As the project is now it’s to me like the Queen of the UK dressing up as the Queen of the UK to represent the Queen of the UK…but like I said, I’m all for less is more.
@Jahangir I’m not saying you can’t try anything because of their symbolic value in society. Nobody sees hands as just 5 fingers with different functions, they’re vital part of body language. Why do you think artists like to work with hands so much? For the rest see my response to Charlie
Sep 16th, 2012
Dax
@ MAX actually what you would want to see , hands just as they are but only in poses, is actually like the Queen of the UK dressing up as the Queen of the UK to represent the Queen of the UK.
Why so sad Max?
Sep 16th, 2012
Mel
I love it! Very very good!
Sep 17th, 2012
Casey
Excellent counters to the fairly weak criticism by Max. The decision to use hands is executed wondefully, utilizing thier form to accentuate the pieces. The idea that some sort of ‘rules’ or preconceived notions should have dissuaded the artist from doing so runs counter to the concept of art. Beautiful display of skill and creativity. “Less is more” is not a universal rule.
Sep 17th, 2012
shayl
“rules” and “shoulds” keep people from creating things way too often. These are cool.
Oct 3rd, 2012