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 with heavy impasto on the fabric, from $69.
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 and the texture.
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 16×20. We never smooth, slim or retouch a face.
The size. 16×20 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 fifteen seconds. Leave an email to see the other five styles and make up to three free adjustments. A person checks the full-resolution proof and you approve it before anything prints; if it isn't right, we repaint it free.