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Feel free to send any photos you'd like me to check out to orders@emmiebean.com. Before you do, here is a handy list of tips for choosing your photo.


Santa Barbara, CA

Email me a photo. I'll draw it.

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TIPS FOR CHOOSING YOUR PHOTO

When selecting the perfect photo for your Portrait, please check to see that:

1. Your photo is big enough.

Please pick a high-resolution, sharp photo. While I wish I could work with every photo, if a photo is too small or poor quality, I can't make out enough detail to draw it accurately. A good test is to put the photo on your computer, zoom in on each person's face, and make sure that person's features are still as sharp as when you viewed the photo from far away. In other words, if a subject's eye looks great from far away, but turns into a pixelated blur when you zoom in a few clicks, this photo won't work.

2. Your photo was taken by a newer phone or digital camera.

iPhone photos emailed at "Actual Size" usually work great! Photos saved off Facebook, Instagram, or the web, or older film pictures are generally too low-resolution for me to work with. The best way to make sure a photo will work is to email the photo to your desktop computer or laptop and try out the above zoom-test.

3. Your photo is in focus.

Blurry or out-of-focus images don't work well for illustrations because I just can't make out the details.


Here are a few examples. Photo 1 is perfect! Photos 2 and 3 are too pixelated and blurry, and I'd ask that a customer pick a new photo.