Christmas gifts for a dog mom or a cat lover: their own pet, drawn

Most pet gifts are made for every dog owner at once, so they say nothing about this one. A drawing of their animal is the one thing on a gift list that could not have been bought for anybody else. It suits the person who has everything, and the cat person who would never wear a cat slogan.

It also travels well: a sister two states away, a friend who has just adopted, a parent whose dog is the grandchild for now. You need one photo of the animal, which they have almost certainly sent you already, and nothing from them.

There are 9 drawing styles (Watercolour, 3D animation, Comic book, Royal portrait, Caricature, Storybook, Pencil sketch, Pop art, Oil painting) and 4 funny scenes with the pet as the star (Head chef, Bubble bath, Tucked in, Who, me?).

For the dog mom who laughs about her dog’s crimes, the scene beside the shredded cushion is the one. For the cat that is plainly in charge of the house, the royal portrait. For a print that sits quietly in a living room, watercolour or pencil.

You do not have to decide blind. Pick up to 3, and all of them are drawn from your photo, free, before you pay. Print the one that looks most like them.

Pick up to 3, upload one clear photo of them, and see every one drawn before you decide. Take a look

Yes. We draw the animal from your photo with an image model, in the style you choose, and you see the drawing before you pay. If you want a portrait painted by a person, this is not that, and it is better to know now than when the parcel arrives.

What you get instead is choice before you spend anything: several drawings of the same animal, in about fifteen seconds, so you judge the likeness on their own pet rather than on a sample of somebody else’s.

An 8 x 10 in print on coated art paper, $29.00. It fits a standard 8 x 10 frame; the frame is not included. Their name goes beneath the picture, with one more line of up to 40 characters: their years, or something like "Good boy since 2019".

Shipping and the delivery estimate for the address are shown on the payment page, before you pay, and you can send it straight to them. If it arrives damaged or misprinted, reply to the order email with a photo and we reprint it or refund you.

Order by 8 December in the United States, 2 December in Australia, 14 December in the UK and 7 December in Canada.

These are the same last safe days we give for our printed books: the slow end of the carrier’s window plus a December margin, counted in working days. Past your day, read the estimate on the payment page before you pay: it is worked out for that address.

Sending it abroad? Every country we ship to is listed with its delivery window, worked out the same way. Take a look