As I promised, this is an “anniversary” 150th post in this blog, so I found something very special for all of you, my dear readers. And what can be possibly more special than doodling right on one’s body parts? I meant HAND, not what you might have thought!It can be done, it has been done, and I want you to try your hand at it too (literally. hand. don’t forget to read to the very end)The Hand Project is a “baby” of a very talented artist Esti from Bilbao, Spain who, has been making these adorable “hand portraits” of people she knows (and even of some other bloggers). She drew them from photos and included little stories and mementos. Very neat, inspiring and beautiful:



Our “old acquaintances “, SHCH Graphics Group from Kiev, Ukraine, used human hands as a medium for their artistic messages:





Henna Tattoos are an ancient tradition of hand-doodling. It is very intricate, original (every tattoo is naturally “one of a kind”) and breathtakingly beautiful art that leaves the “real tats” (in my book) a lot to desire. These images are from a wonderful site Henna by Akiuo:





Craftster has some work_in_progress_pictures from somebody who’s trying to learn this old craft:





I’ve used my own hands for drawing Hamsas, Middle Eastern good luck charm. It has many-many different meanings and almost magical powers, but I mostly like the shape of it





Hope you enjoyed all of these and are feeling inspired enough to try your hand at some hand-doodling! Well, not necessarily your own (or somebody else’s) actual hands, but perhaps on some paper template? Download handoodle.pdf, print it or make your own (process of tracing hands is fun, relatively easy and fairly painless. Ok, it tickles a little ;))Looking forward to seeing results of your handy work! Btw, our old Flickr group is a good place to upload your HANDOODLES!