2025 Contest Submission Closed
Submissions Closed for 2025
Go to Portrait Contest Voting up in the header to vote for your favorite!
About my contest:
Ever since I began drawing I’ve had a pet portrait contest at the beginning of the year. The winner will receive a 9” x 12” graphite or colored pencil portrait of their dear furry, scaly or feathery pet totally free (including shipping to the continental USA).
How to Enter
***EMAIL ME the original (largest resolution) photo at [email protected] by 2/14/2025.
***I will assign the first 30 out of a possible 40 points for each entry, basing my decision on PHOTOGRAPHIC EXCELLENCE (10 pts); COMPOSITION (10 pts); and EXPRESSION/POSTURE (10 pts).
***I will notify you of the finalists on my Facebook Page.
***The final 10 points will go to whichever finalist receives the most votes here on the website.
I am amazed at the quality of the photos you send. Selecting the winner has become more difficult with each year. Peanut in her backyard was last year’s winner. Isn’t she adorable?
Helpful hints for success:
1) Follow the instructions on the HOW TO page of my website for how to take the best photo. Please, no copyrighted photos.
2) Zoom in on the photo you’ve selected to see if the most important parts (eyes/nose, etc) are in focus. Blurring of the outside of the animal is just fine—almost like the portrait mode on your camera. The winning photo of Moose in 2022 was taken that way. An interesting background or different pose might make your entry stand out! Choose that photo that makes people pause and look again.
3) Is the entire image that would need to be included in the portrait actually in the picture? The winning portrait will most likely not be missing an ear...
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