Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Painted Hands


We've got these funny things at the end of our arms, but who knew they could be canvases?

From Visual Funhouse.com
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17 comments:

  1. UnknownDecember 8, 2009 at 2:08 PM

    that is soawesome!!
    thanks for sharing!

    i cant wait to show my kids, lol

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  2. Matthew GauvinDecember 8, 2009 at 3:19 PM

    LOL. That's awesome. I just posted that same image on my blog a few days ago along with a bunch of other weird mediums an such. I love these painted hands. Lots more on their website.

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  3. Will KellyDecember 8, 2009 at 5:39 PM

    When I was a kid I was obsessed with this hand art, and there was a series of a couple of books at my library that an artist (I can't remember his name) had done. I checked them out every chance I got. What fun!

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  4. bastienDecember 8, 2009 at 6:25 PM

    nice! that's fun !

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  5. AnonymousDecember 8, 2009 at 6:44 PM

    i love this! my favorite was always the elephant, but now it changed to the giraffe!

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  6. Ashleigh DavidsonDecember 8, 2009 at 7:04 PM

    I want one of these!! Wait...what? It's someone's hand? Hm....this poses a problem...

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  7. AngelaDecember 8, 2009 at 7:45 PM

    I was just showing these to my daughter a few days ago - found them while websurfing. The vast number forms that people's creativity can take just blows my mind...

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  8. AngelaDecember 8, 2009 at 8:00 PM

    http://www.secondose.com/twisted-balloons-fashion/

    Thought you might enjoy these also if you're feeling like exploring the 'non-traditional' art forms.

    They're tacky as all heck...but awfully fun anyway!

    :)

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  9. Tyler JDecember 8, 2009 at 8:32 PM

    I like the elephant best myself (sorry Stari! I think you had it right before). The use of the natural skin texture really sells it.

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  10. sfoxDecember 8, 2009 at 9:27 PM

    They really make a visual impact when you see them printed on big panels in an airport concourse. I think both United and AmEx are using the guy in their ads.

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  11. asherwritesDecember 8, 2009 at 9:41 PM

    I saw something like this on a site once. Very Cool.

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  12. RobertoDecember 9, 2009 at 1:09 AM

    Most portrait artists will tell you that the most difficult part of the anatomy to paint is the hands. Now I have a good solution the next time i have a difficult pair of appendages... I'll turn them into birds! -RQ

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  13. W i e d e s i g n a r c hDecember 9, 2009 at 6:00 AM

    Great!!!! almo0st tricks me!!
    ^__^like it so much...

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  14. Scott DalyDecember 9, 2009 at 9:54 AM

    Wow. I knew these were large but not this gigantic! I wonder how difficult it was transporting these suckers.

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  15. SteveDecember 9, 2009 at 11:01 AM

    Will, the books were probably Humands, by Mario Mariotti. I had them in my classroom in the '80s. Still available through Amazon. Same concept though not as fully realized as the images on Visual Funhouse.

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  16. AnonymousDecember 9, 2009 at 10:47 PM

    Awesome hand painting! I never knew that hand painting evolved into such. What I knew about it is just simple abstract designs.
    kitchen table

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  17. kosmiksoulFebruary 22, 2012 at 4:29 AM

    Guido Daniele ;)

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