Star Animal creates custom animal portraits like no other: humanized and historical! And, a little silly. OK a lot silly.
You send your photo and choose your style, then artist Philippe Tyberghien will create your pet’s portrait and you receive a file and/or a printed portrait. Website is in French.
I love a lot of things about Anthropologie, but one of the things I love most about this very cool company is their love for dogs and the philanthropic work they do for our four-legged friends. Anthopologie’s most recent pet project — cutely entitled Sit, Stay, Love — is a series of pet adoption events and supply drives taking place in their stores nationwide throughout the month of September. Click here to find a Sit, Stay, Love event in your area. While you’re there, be sure to check out Anthropologie’s stunning collection of dog-related products. I am completely in love with them all!
From top left, clockwise: Bernese Mountain Dog Dish Towel, Potrait Surprise Nut Bowl, Loyal Tea Towel, Francophile Dinner Plate, Dog, Shih Tzu Dinner Plate, Billy Hound Plate
Award-winning photographer Martin Usborne will present a new solo exhibition, MUTE, at East London gallery theprintspace on Thursday October 21, 2010. The exhibition consists of photographic prints of dogs looking silently out of car windows in the dead of night. While you might think that this is a statement on leaving dogs in hot cars — it’s not. Rather, Martin is exploring the sense of loneliness and isolation that many humans (and animals) experience in modern times. These images are poignant and haunting.
I love Roll & Tumble Press’ no-holds-barred approach to creating hand-printed posters and prints. Their newest poster, Fetch is made from hand-carved wood blocks and inspired by their four rescue dogs.
The guys behind Superstudio can turn a favorite photo of your pooch into a fun and colorful pop-art portrait. All you have to do is just email them the photo and they’ll digitally draw and color it and then mail you the print. The pet portraits are available through their Etsy store (p.s. they do humans, too!).
Stephanie Millner is an example of a true pet portrait photographer (though she does humans too!). Her pet portraits focus specifically on her subjects faces & actions with little to no props or action. I really love that she stresses the facial expressions — particularly smiles — and captures that one specific moment in time.
Tim Flach takes portraits of animals, many of which are dogs. His expressive portraits are much like human portraits rather than snaps of dogs in their natural habitats. There is an emphasis on the traits of the particular kind of dog he is photographing almost as if he is trying to exaggerate what is already there. I can’t imagine what it is like to get that one great shot, especially with an animal who is far less cooperative than a human!
Are you looking to pay homage to your dog, but don’t want to go the painted portrait route? Why not get a custom mosaic by Martin Brown?
Each piece is made up of of thousands of pieces of hand cut glass mosaic that are assembled to produce an exquisite representation of your pet. Based in Barcelona, Martin works with US and non-US customers alike, working from a selection of photos or specific photo of your dog. He will work with you to select the best photo and can even retouch or alter the photos to bring out the best form, color or shape before he begins the mosaic. The commissioned works are about 28″ x 24″ in order to get the best detail possible, and take about four weeks to complete.
