Custom Dog Portraits from Your Photo
One photo, a style of your choosing, and a painted dog portrait in about a minute. Free preview, no account.
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Styles dog owners love
Every breed, every personality
The same photo, painted eight different ways — breed, coat and markings carried straight across.
Tips for the best dog photo
The best photo for a dog portrait is taken at the dog's own eye level, in soft daylight with the flash off, close enough that the head fills most of the frame. The difference between a good reference photo and a bad one is entirely about the head, not the camera — almost every phone made in the last five years is more than enough.
This is not our advice originally. The RSPCA tells owners to try photographing a pet "from the floor, at your pet's eye level" (RSPCA) and to turn the flash off in favour of natural light, and the ASPCA's professional guidance for shelters says "soft, even, natural light is best" (ASPCApro) with a clean background behind the animal. The same things that make a good adoption photo make a good portrait reference.
- Get down to their level. A photo taken from standing height looks down on the dog and shortens the muzzle. Crouch until the lens is level with their eyes.
- Use daylight, not flash. Near a window or outdoors in open shade. Flash flattens the coat and turns the eyes into discs.
- Fill the frame with the head. If the dog is a small shape in a big garden, there is not much detail to work with.
- Keep the whole face sharp. One ear in focus and the nose blurred is the most common reason a preview disappoints.
- Hold the phone back a little. Wide-angle lenses held close to a nose make the muzzle balloon. A step back and a slight zoom fixes it.
Old photos of dogs who have passed are a different case, and usually still work. There is more about that on our pet memorial portraits page.
Sizes & prices
Free delivery on every print. Nothing is charged until you have seen your preview.
| Size | Fine-art paper print | Stretched canvas | Framed canvas |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm · 12 × 16 in | $69 | $149 | $189 |
| 45 × 60 cm · 18 × 24 in | $99 | $229 | $269 |
| 60 × 80 cm · 24 × 32 in | $129 | — | $319 |
Prefer just the file? The digital download is $49 on its own, and what you pay for it comes off the price if you order a print later.
Free delivery on every print. Prices shown in US dollars; visitors in the United Kingdom are charged in pounds.
A gift for dog lovers
A dog portrait works as a present in a way most personalised gifts do not, because it is about a specific animal rather than a category. The recipient recognises their own dog on the wall, not a generic silhouette with a name printed under it.
If you are buying for someone else and cannot get a good photo without spoiling the surprise, the digital download is the safer choice: they can pick the size and framing themselves, and what you paid comes off the price of a print later.
For last-minute presents, the digital file is ready within minutes of payment. Prints are made to order and usually arrive within 5–9 business days, with a 12-hour window after ordering in which we will remake the artwork free if it is not right.
Everything we make is AI-created from your photo, reviewed by our team, and printed by professional print partners. It is not a hand-painted commission, and we price it accordingly.