DreamTime Pet Portraits Samples

Here you will find examples of images I've done in the past. Perhaps some will give you inspiration for special requests regarding your own pet portrait. Each thumbnail is clickable and opens up into a seprate larger window. (If your popup blocker prevents you from opening the larger images, just hold down your Ctrl key while you click.)

Included is a presentation of how a single photo can be adapted to various styles, as well as a detailed, filled-out sample order form to demonstrate how I apply your questionnaire to the resulting image. Enjoy....

A Galaxy Close to Home

For this image featuring Topaz, you can see the filled-in questionairre that resulted in the final picture. Note that I don't always incorporate every given piece of info into the image, but the more details there are, the better I can get a sense of who the animal is.

1. Your name:
	Raksha

2. Your e-mail address:
	Raksha@(various)

3. Pet's name (call name or full registered name, or both) :
	Sun-Gold Galaxy Topaz (aka Topaz)

4. Pet's species and/or breed:
	Pomeranian

5. Pet's gender:
	Male

6. Pet's age: 
	13

7. Country or region of origin of the species/breed:
	Pommern/Pomerania on the Baltic Sea, Northern Germany and Poland

8. Original working purpose of the breed (bred for herding, mousing, pulling carts, etc.), or lifestyle of the species (i.e. predator, herbivore, etc.) :
	Sled dogs back when the breed was much larger; currently home companions.

9. Tell me a bit about the personality of this animal. Be as detailed as you like:
	Topaz is alert, protective (a great little watchdog), affectionate, cuddly, enjoys comfort and activity to equal degrees, tends to be an "alpha dog" with strangers, expresses his enjoyment of life without hesitation. Likes cold, dry weather and snow, hates rain.

10. If you were to pick one word to summarize this animal's nature, what would it be?
	Exuberant

11. If this animal were a color, which would it be? (I don't mean his/her physical color - I mean a color representative of the personality.)
	Turquoise

12. If this animal had a theme song, what would it be?  List title and artist, if possible.
	"Heart of Gold" by Neil Young

13. Add any other significant information about this animal: achievements or awards, meaningful events in his/her life, something interesting about the history of the breed, or anything else you'd like to mention.
	Of the three dogs who survived the sinking of the Titanic, one was a Pomeranian who was carried to safety.  The breed was made popular (and also downsized toward its current stature) by Queen Victoria, whose favorite Pomeranian kept vigil at her deathbed.

14. Is there a style or effect on one of the sample pictures that you'd like to see used on your pet's portrait?  If so, list the picture(s).
	Anything with starfields and/or glitter! :)

ArchaeoCanis

In this series of images featuring Farasha, I'm taking the same initial photo and having fun with various effects.

The original picture, taken against a mostly-contrasting background.	Here she's placed in a fitting background and given a Painted Effect.	Painted/Inked Effect.
Textured, gilded, and partially lit, as though discovered among the treasures of an ancient crypt.	Painting on Sandstone Effect.	Stone Wall Mural Effect.
Woven Image.	Gold Plate.	Newsprint-Style Effect.
Stylized Photocopy Effect.	Pseudo-Grayscale/3D/Illuminated Effect.	Psychadelic Echo Effect.

Additional Portraits

(Some of these are available for purchase on the Prints for Sale page.)

Convergence of the Colors Featuring Pixel	Center of it All Featuring Champagne	Some Hearts Are Diamonds, Some Hearts Are Gold Featuring Champagne and Topaz
Worlds Before You Featuring Bast	The Witch's Cat Featuring Nocturne	Celestial Serpent Featuring Avatar

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