+Hoiditthroughthegrapevine Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 Hello wonderful sharders! I've been getting more into painting lately and have been painting pictures of my dogs and pictures of my friends' and family's dogs and cats too, and realized that there's nothing quite as nice as doing a good portrait of a dog or a cat. I've seen some of your furry family members on the Spread some cheer! Share your pet photos thread (and they are adorable). So here's the deal, you post the two best pictures of your pet (dog/cat/bird/snake/ferret/rat/goat/pig/etc) and I'll paint a portrait based on your instructions. These will take at least 2 weeks to do, so how long it will be until your pet portrait is done will depend on the length of the queue. When your portrait is done I'll post it here and also take a high resolution scan of the painting (or a high resolution photo of it depending on which looks better) and if you want a copy of the high resolution image just PM me and I'll send you a Dropbox link. And the final image is yours to do whatever you want with it, make stickers, make a coffee cup, make a poster, you know, whatever you want to do with it. Here are a couple samples of the reference pictures and the paintings. Here's a picture of my two baby boys, Chewy and Sargeant: And here's the painting: Here's a family members dog: And here's the painting (it was for a birthday card): And here's a family member's cat: and here's the painting (also for a birthday card): And here's a friend's dog: And here's the painting: The more your request deviates from the pose of the reference picture, the less I can vouch for it looking spot on, but hey if you want your dog to be in the cockpit of an F14 tomcat wearing a flight helmet that says "Maverick" on it, then that’s what I'll paint. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of Iron Posted August 21, 2021 Report Share Posted August 21, 2021 We've got two dogs that are quite the duo... is that two requests, or...dare I say, must I choose just one!? It'd be absolutely fantastic if you painted one/them, if you wanted. And your sample art looks awesome! I get so jealous just looking at. I'm just sending one right now, I'll let other people have a chance. Meet Coco, the golden doodle. Are you going to pick one of the two pictures to work with, both, do I need to give more detailed instructions...? Spoiler 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasmgoat Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 very cool! now I just wish I had pets... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hoiditthroughthegrapevine Posted August 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 6 hours ago, Knight of Iron said: We've got two dogs that are quite the duo... is that two requests, or...dare I say, must I choose just one!? It'd be absolutely fantastic if you painted one/them, if you wanted. And your sample art looks awesome! I get so jealous just looking at. I'm just sending one right now, I'll let other people have a chance. Meet Coco, the golden doodle. Are you going to pick one of the two pictures to work with, both, do I need to give more detailed instructions...? Ok, Coco is first up. If you want the painting to have both your dogs, post a picture with both of them. It's useful to have them both in the same picture to establish scale. If you just want a portrait of Coco, then I would probably base it off the first pic, but instructions are things like paint her at the beach, on the surface of mars, etc. If you don't have any specific requests it would just be a painting of her with a nice painterly background. She's adorable by the way, I love the rose coronet and tongue lick action in the first pic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of Iron Posted August 22, 2021 Report Share Posted August 22, 2021 8 hours ago, Hoiditthroughthegrapevine said: Ok, Coco is first up. If you want the painting to have both your dogs, post a picture with both of them. It's useful to have them both in the same picture to establish scale. If you just want a portrait of Coco, then I would probably base it off the first pic, but instructions are things like paint her at the beach, on the surface of mars, etc. If you don't have any specific requests it would just be a painting of her with a nice painterly background. She's adorable by the way, I love the rose coronet and tongue lick action in the first pic. As much as I would like them together, that first pic is pretty good for a painting, not gonna lie. If I had a pic with them both it wouldn’t be nearly as cute. Let’s just stick with that now since she’s couple years older and most likely to die soon and so having a card or something would be nice. As far as the background I can’t really think of anything special to do so do something simple or whatever. And yes, thank you!! She’s like 7 years old now I think, has always hated being social or playing with other dogs, is just pretty chill, yet loopoves the attention of humans. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hoiditthroughthegrapevine Posted August 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted August 24, 2021 Just finished this portrait of my buddy's lab, he's as big a fan of the beer Hamms as I am. Spoilered below is a vintage Hamms beer ad, their jingle is one of the best. Spoiler @Knight of Iron, I have 2 more pet paintings for friends to do before I get to Coco, but I'll be painting her in about 3 days. If it takes more than one night to paint I'll post update pictures. Spoilered below is an earlier state of my buddy's painting. Spoiler 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of Iron Posted August 25, 2021 Report Share Posted August 25, 2021 17 hours ago, Hoiditthroughthegrapevine said: [ trimmed for length ] That's no problem! Trust me, if there's one thing I can do, it's wait. And that's looking great! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hoiditthroughthegrapevine Posted September 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2021 @Knight of Iron, I am finally getting to the portrait of Coco, here's the pencil undersketch: I'll probably get to the underpainting tonight, and I'll post another update if I do. She's adorable, by the way, and the rose headband is going to be fun to paint. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hoiditthroughthegrapevine Posted September 17, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2021 Hey @Knight of Iron, I painted the bg of your Coco portrait, and did some more work on the portrait of my buddy's dog: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of Iron Posted September 17, 2021 Report Share Posted September 17, 2021 4 hours ago, Hoiditthroughthegrapevine said: Hey @Knight of Iron, I painted the bg of your Coco portrait, and did some more work on the portrait of my buddy's dog: This is looking amazing! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hoiditthroughthegrapevine Posted September 21, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2021 Hey @Knight of Iron, I had some more time to work on the Coco portrait, just need to add some final fur flourishes, and paint her tongue and rose headband. And spoilered below is the current state of my buddy's dog's portrait. Just need to paint the table and the fruity tropical drink. Spoiler 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isabelle6060 Posted September 22, 2021 Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 CoCo looks amazing! You’re so talented. Great job! (I’m Knight’s sister btw) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hoiditthroughthegrapevine Posted September 22, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Isabelle6060 said: CoCo looks amazing! You’re so talented. Great job! (I’m Knight’s sister btw) Thanks! She's adorable and fun to paint! @Knight of Iron, here's the finished painting, if you want a high resolution scan of it just let me know and I'll PM you a link to a high resolution JPG of Coco. The request line is open for any other sharders who want paintings of their furry friends (or feathered or scaled, whatever the case may be). I'm a bit busy at the moment, so it would be at least 3 weeks out, but I'll get to them. Edited September 22, 2021 by Hoiditthroughthegrapevine 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight of Iron Posted September 22, 2021 Report Share Posted September 22, 2021 8 hours ago, Hoiditthroughthegrapevine said: Thanks! She's adorable and fun to paint! @Knight of Iron, here's the finished painting, if you want a high resolution scan of it just let me know and I'll PM you a link to a high resolution JPG of Coco. The request line is open for any other sharders who want paintings of their furry friends (or feathered or scaled, whatever the case may be). I'm a bit busy at the moment, so it would be at least 3 weeks out, but I'll get to them. This is amazing. You got, like, everything right. If it's not too much trouble, I'll take an high resolution JPG. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hoiditthroughthegrapevine Posted September 23, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2021 14 hours ago, Knight of Iron said: This is amazing. You got, like, everything right. If it's not too much trouble, I'll take an high resolution JPG. Glad you like it! I just PMed you the download link, let me know if you have any issues getting it. It was a good night for painting last night, I finished two paintings of my friends dogs (spoilered below) Spoiler Got him his table with his fruity tropical drink cuz he's a good boy. My buddy names his Boston terriers after characters from the movie The Road House, so this handsome guy is on the stage of the Double Deuce. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesh Posted November 4, 2021 Report Share Posted November 4, 2021 Sorry if I'm a bit late, but would you be willing to do one of my bird? Spoiler Sorry it's sideways. His name is Kaladin, by the way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Hoiditthroughthegrapevine Posted November 20, 2021 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2021 On 11/3/2021 at 10:52 PM, Tesh said: Sorry if I'm a bit late, but would you be willing to do one of my bird? Hide contents Sorry it's sideways. His name is Kaladin, by the way. Sure thing, I've got a backlog of paintings to do but Kaladin is in the queue. I'll let you know when I start working on his portrait. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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