Artist Guido Daniele Turns Your Arm Into Your Favorite Animal

Guido Daniele Eagle

Guido Daniele Painting

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We might regard body painting as a relatively new art form, but in reality it is an ancient practice shared across many cultures. Be it tribal painting rituals, henna tattoos or morning makeup routines, the human body has historically presented itself as an apt canvas for personal expression.

In the West, most of our knowledge on the subject begins and ends with clowns painting animals on kids’ faces at birthday parties. But artists like Guido Daniele take the process to the next level. Daniele doesn’t paint animals on human skin so much as he uses paint to transform people into the animals in question.

Guido Daniele Cheetah

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Guido Daniele Dog

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Daniele was born in Soverato, Italy. In 1972, he graduated from Brera Academy, where he majored in sculpture. From there, he attended tankas school in Dharamsala, India until 1974. Daniele has taken on a variety of subjects in his work, which he promotes through multiple channels, like advertising, housing murals and set designs. Hand animals, or “handimals”, as he calls them, are his specialty. It is through this medium that Daniele has become something of an institution in the body art world. Some of his designs are so true to life that viewers often have difficulty distinguishing his hand animals from the real thing.

Snake Hand

Source: For Wallpaper

Zebra Hand

Source: Guido Daniel

Hand Elephant

Source: Guido Daniele

Guido Daniele Eagle

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Guido Daniele Wolf

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Most of Daniele’s works follow the same simple principle: one hand, one animal. However, some of his more ambitious projects require two or more people to come together for a successful execution.

Guido Daniele Deer

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Python Hand

Source: Demilked

Hand Duck

Source: Guido Daniele

Hand Dagger

Source: Guido Daniele

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