A family portrait in the Royal style
Velvet mantle, gold braid, a sash and deep crimson drapery — the regal pet portrait, painted in the manner of a baroque court painter, from $49.
What Royal does with a family portrait. A court portrait with an invented costume around a real, unaltered face — usually done with a wink, for an office or a hallway. The costume and the drapery carry the joke.
The photo. Everyone roughly the same distance from the camera, every face clear, taken in daylight. A horizontal photo turns the sizes on their side — 36×24 over a sideboard.
The size. 24×36 or larger, so each face reads from across the room. For four or more people, 32×48.
How to start. Upload one photo and see it painted in Royal free, in about 20 seconds. Your first three paintings are free; leave an email for as many more as you like, and change up to five details free. A person checks the full-resolution proof, and you see it before anything prints; if it isn't right, we repaint it until it is.