Creating a custom pet portrait is a way to honor the love and loyalty of a part of your family. With today’s technology, it is easier than ever to capture the essence of your beloved animal companion, allowing you to memorialize their personality forever.
There are a number of ways you can create a portrait that accurately reflects your pet’s personality and what he or she means to you.
Hire an internet artist. While professionally painted portraits featuring favorite dogs or cats were once only for the wealthy who could afford such luxuries, just about anyone can benefit from the talents of professional artists these days. While you can certainly still have a portrait painted the old-fashioned way, you can now have a product that looks just as exquisite without the need to suffer through multiple sittings. There are companies that can take a photograph of your pet and, through the magic of computer software and an artistic eye for color and detail, create a picture that can be printed in dozens of different ways, imitating any number of different mediums. Far cheaper than real oils, these prints mimic oil paintings, acrylics, pastels, chalk, pencil, or charcoal. A beautiful frame completes the art. In addition, these digital portraits can be printed on multiple objects like t-shirts and other cloth, plates, mugs, etc.
Get out your camera. Sharpen your photography skills while capturing your pet’s quirks and personality. A few basic rules will help you take stunning photos, but make sure you have some time to spend getting multiple shots in order to select the best ones for printing. Getting on your pet’s level, fill the frame with its face and body, and work with your pet in a relaxed, calm way. If you’re unsure of your camera skills, check out books on animal and pet photography and practice as much as possible. You can also use inexpensive software to enhance the photograph in a hug number of ways, turning a so-so picture into a stunning representation.
Scrapbook. For a portrait you can enjoy in book form, scrapbooking is perfect. You can devote several pages or an entire album to your pet, including photos, mementos, and even 3-D objects. Scrapbooking stores and online catalogues offer ways to enhance the pages with beautiful papers and all types of embellishments. Your imagination is your only limitation.
Shadow box your pet’s joys. Shadow boxes are deep picture frames that allow you to include 3-D objects. Creating a shadow box portrait of your pet can be a lot like scrapbooking as you gather photos, artwork, and other mementos that evoke an understanding of your pet.
Hopefully, this list sparks your imagination and gets your creativity flowing. A custom pet portrait is neither complicated nor wildly expensive, but taking the time to create such a portrait will bring a great deal of happiness for years to come.