Lukas Portrait

 During  the summer I commissioned a digital portrait of Lukas. The artist is a young woman whose work I saw on a friend's pet sitting page. I paid up front and was expecting a final product within a month, as she indicated. After waiting past the allotted time, and receiving some updates along the way, I contacted the artist and nicely enquired about her deadline. She apologized, saying she had a problem with time management. Three weeks later, I received a video containing sketches and a portrait, along with the link to a company called Canvaspop which can put photos and digital paintings on ready to hang canvas.

I sent the digital painting in despite some misgivings, choosing a different

background color. then called the company and actually spoke with someone who was helpful in sending two separate backgrounds in colors that I liked. I also decided to use a photo rather than the digital painting which is too brown and lacks texture. 

This is the proof  we came up with using the photo. You can see his fur, the M on his forehead and his eyes. I ordered three, two as gifts and one to hang here. When done, the final product is supposed to have the appearance of an oil painting.