I have had a strong liking of truly good body art ever since the 1970's when I was involved, in a very peripheral way with a photo shoot of Lady Anushka Hemple for a Pirelli Calendar. I was lucky enough to be given a series of stills from the shoot which were unfortunately stolen some time later.

I found some of them, or some very similar, on the web a while back and would be most grateful if anybody has the remaining shots they could pass on to me.

Anyway, here is the start of my homage to body art. Please enjoy and contribute your own favourites.

The following are similar in style, but did not come from that shoot.

And for something a little bit different. The Zodiac

The artist behind these is called Rudi Everts. He is an Australian Body Paint Artist and you can visit his website here

Looks like I have a problem here. I shall upload from another place. Hopefully these will be okay.

Aquarius (300°) (The Water Carrier)

Pisces (330°) (The Fish)

Aries (0°) (The Ram)

Taurus (30°) (The Bull)

Gemini (60°) (The Twins)

Cancer (90°) (The Crab)

Leo (120°) (The Lion)

Virgo (150°) (The Virgin)

Libra (180°) (The Scales)

Scorpio (210°) (The Scorpion)

Sagittarius (240°) (The Archer / The Centaur)

Capricorn (270°) (The Goat)

Hand shadows or hand puppets have their place too!

Wow, I have never seen stuff like this before, thay are fantastic! Thanks for posting them.

Exceptionally beautiful !

Thank you.

LaoPo

Great stuff... thanks!

The following were sent to me by LeungKen:

Some of these may not comply with Thaivisa Rules and regs. I ask Admin to remove those thought too ..........

Now for a few more from my collection:

No reason why tattoos should not be celebrated too!

No prizes for knowing who this is celebrating!

Incredible artwork - all that effort for something so temporary - but thankfully preserved in photographic images. I have never seen a collection like it.