A portrait of someone you love 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 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. Daylight, eyes visible, the face filling a good part of the frame. Older, scanned or slightly blurred photos usually work at 8×10 to 16×24. We never smooth, slim or retouch a face.
The size. 16×24 in a hallway; 24×36 for a single face over a console table or a mantel.
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.