Are the designs drawn on real skin?

No. The hand is a thin outline on a plain sheet, so the design can be seen and copied. The pictures are not photographs of a hand.

Which design is simplest?

The simple fingers design, which fills only the fingertips and puts one small round on the back of the hand.

How do the three styles differ?

Traditional is dense netting and dot fills in henna-brown, Arabic is bold flowers and leaf trails in black, and geometric is diamonds, chevrons and dot grids in black.

Can I ask for a different motif?

Yes. The direction field takes a change such as karva chauth, on feet or for kids. A direction you type is a request, not a promised result.

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Diwali mehndi: diya palm, back of hand, simple fingers

Diwali mehndi — a palm design with a lit diya at the centre of a mandala, fine mesh filling the fingers and a band of paisleys at the wrist, traditional Indian work in a fine cone line, dense netting, checkerboard and dot fills between the motifs

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Reading 1Diya palm

Reading 2Back of hand

Reading 3Simple fingers

Mehndi for Diwali, Karva Chauth or a wedding in the same season, each a full design drawn on the outline of one hand, to copy with a henna cone: a diya at the centre of a palm mandala, a vine across the back of the hand with a lotus and small lamps, and a design with only the fingertips filled. Traditional is fine cone line, Arabic bold strokes, geometric strict diamonds.

a Karva Chauth mehndi
a Diwali hand design
a design for a wedding in the same season
a first design for a beginner with a cone

Frequently asked questions

Are the designs drawn on real skin?: No. The hand is a thin outline on a plain sheet, so the design can be seen and copied. The pictures are not photographs of a hand.
Which design is simplest?: The simple fingers design, which fills only the fingertips and puts one small round on the back of the hand.
How do the three styles differ?: Traditional is dense netting and dot fills in henna-brown, Arabic is bold flowers and leaf trails in black, and geometric is diamonds, chevrons and dot grids in black.
Can I ask for a different motif?: Yes. The direction field takes a change such as karva chauth, on feet or for kids. A direction you type is a request, not a promised result.

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This page is a showcase and a starting point: nine samples already rendered, three readings of the pack crossed with three styles, each shown at the size and ratio it was made for. Take any of them further on the wall with a few words, or ask for all nine again under your own direction; a sign-in keeps what you make, and it is free while Toile is new. The recipe behind each sample — the subject, the style, the palette, the framing — travels with the image rather than staying private to the render: it is in the alt text of every sample and in the page's own structured data, so a search engine reads the same handles a person would.