How To Make a Fun Oil Painting Pet Portrait in Photoshop

Follow along with today's Photoshop tutorial to turn your pet into a renaissance masterpiece. We'll use a public domain oil painting of a 19th century Dutch General as the source, then combine some Photoshop filters to apply the painterly look to a digital photograph to blend the two images into a comedic portrait that is cute, surreal and hilarious at the same time!

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[spoongraphics]

Sad news from the Spooner household... Yesterday we had to say goodbye to our dog Jake 😢 He will always be remembered with this image taking prime placement on our kitchen wall

[thevisinaryy]

I've come back to this video at least 10 times over the last couple of years, I make these as gifts for friends & family. Thank you for the tutorial.

[PieterSchrevens]

4:17 It's nice how you can customize the *ruff* -ness of the dog


Great tutorial as always!

[TheDillaMonster]

This type of content is why I turned on notifications

[meggiefrancisco]

Thanks so much for this. I was lost on what to get for a friend who just lost a beloved pet, but I was able to follow the tutorial and make the sweetest memorial tribute.

[spookybookz]

Most informative and to the point tutorial I’ve ever come across 👍

[woin]

This was exactly what I needed and it was so helpful! Thank you so much for walking me through it step by step. ☺️

[T-aka-T]

FABULOUS. Thank you so much, you are a wonderful teacher. What a gorgeous, noble hound Jake was. Was so sorry to scroll down and see that he's gone. So glad you have the image. Woof.

[sayleatkinson]

This is awesome, used for wedding gifts for my sisters and her fiances doggies

[danmamo]

Have you ever found that you've been looking for years, and when you least expect it and you say all sorts of crazy things of your excitement. I was like " yes yes I love you I love you I love you....". You can imagine what people in the room thought when they heard me.

[melindaa]

Perfect! Quick, easy and straight to the point. Thanks! Can’t wait to try it!

[Helloitskovo]

Our dog died yesterday and this is a perfect gift for my GF's upcoming b-day! Thanks a lot for this tutorial. Subbed!!

[gtaylor]

Hi, thanks for the great video. I want to get into this as an hobby....but just wandered which variation of Photoshop is sufficient to achieve this? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[djfrickinrick]

terrific tutorial! This was exactly what I needed. The final art came out great (portrait of 4- royal family of two adults and two cats)! Thank you!

[chermontro]

So sorry for your loss 😞
What a well explained video in a short amount of time, and full of photoshop tips I've never used, thank you.

[douchymcdouche]

Bonus tip: You can use mixer brush to go over the dog for even more realistic looking brush strokes.

[jellybean]

Can't belive that some sites are charging so much for something that can be done yourself. Thanks.

[irynalk]

Great lesson, thanks! Usually I also draw the fur on the edges of the pet and add a shadow under it's head and ear(s). On this image I'd made less contrast of the dog's head.

[michellestone]

Thank you, nice to have content that is easy to follow and step by step, especially for total novices like me with Photoshop

[sarahw]

Thank you so much for this! I wanted to get one of these for my Dad for Fathers Day but didn’t think he’d really want a canvas picture of it to hang (especially not for $50 and up!). This was a perfect tutorial and now I have a digital file I can print myself for a fraction of the price! I am an absolute beginner with Photoshop and your tutorial was very clear and easy to follow. I had to pause it A LOT to find all the things you were clicking on, but I got through it and I love the result!