What is a reference photo? Your portrait is painted or drawn using your favourite photo(s) for reference. You can upload up to 6 photos when ordering online or email after you’ve ordered. Let us know your favourite photo or leave the choice to us. Your custom portrait is much more than copying a photo. It’s about capturing personality and character, in an original, handmade painting or drawing.
More than one person/pet? We can combine subjects from different photos and include them together on one portrait. We’ll send you a composition sketch to approve.
What makes a good pet photo? Outdoor photos taken in natural light, which show your pets eye colour are best. Some good examples above, all taken using a phone camera. Get your pet to look at you and take a photo at the same level as they are. We recommend a 1MB file size, which is possible from most phone cameras. Our team has a lot of expertise, so please email your photos to us for quick advice.
What makes a good human photo? For people it’s important to send us more than one photo and at least one good, clear photo with good lighting that captures the subjects personality. People don’t notice their flaws until you draw them, one eye smaller than the other, one ear higher than the other etc. Human faces are not symmetrical. When we recreate their faces people see things they’d never noticed before. Outdoor photos taken in natural light, which show eye colour are best. Some good examples below, all taken using a phone camera. We recommend a 1MB file size, which is possible from most phone cameras. Our team has a lot of expertise, so please email your photos to us for quick advice.
