10 Reasons to Replace Your Family Photo with a Drawn Family Portrait
Are your walls covered with somewhat monotonous family photos? More or less successful, always missing someone, and the image never pleases everyone… It's time for a change! Discover our 10 good reasons to replace your family photo with a drawn family portrait.
A Drawn Family Portrait Offers More Freedom Than a Photo
The freedom allowed by a drawn family portrait is much greater than that of photography. With drawing, you can represent whatever you want, and remove anything that's unnecessary in your eyes!
For example:
- you can compose your portrait from different photos;
- show your little family in the middle of the Simpsons' living room;
- or even add your pets to the composition, in the spirit of our custom cartoon pet portraits;
- etc.
In short, anything is possible! Your only limit here is your imagination.
A Drawn Family Portrait Is Much More Fun Than a Photo
It's not the same at all to give a framed family photo or to give a drawn portrait as a gift!
Especially when the drawing lets all your family members become the heroes of their favorite cartoon.
The cartoon family portrait allows easy and immediate identification of each person it represents, while adopting the characteristic style of the inspiration universe, which can be:
- a manga (DBZ, One Piece, Naruto…);
- a comic (Iron Man, Hulk, Wonder Woman…);
- a cartoon (Simpsons, Disney, Family Guy…);
- a movie (Star Wars, Harry Potter…);
- a video game (GTA, Fortnite, Super Mario…);
- etc.
Honestly, turning Uncle Hubert into Homer Simpson in a custom Simpsons family portrait, Mom into Wonder Woman, and Grandpa Jules into a Super Saiyan… Isn't that way more fun than just taking their photo?
A Drawn Family Portrait Adds More Pep to Your Decor Than a Photo
Once it's framed, the drawn family portrait is used to decorate the walls of your house or apartment.
In a living room, bedroom, hallway… The drawn portrait is a perfect alternative to the impersonal paintings and prints you find in stores! It's also a great way to add some fun to your too-classic and formal photo portraits.
Thanks to the drawn portrait, your home gets a personalized, original, and unique decor. This type of representation shows your family's personality and adds color to the decor.
A Drawn Family Portrait Is More Original Than a Photo
Since its invention in the early 19th century, photography has largely replaced painted portraits in our homes. So, few people choose to order a custom cartoon portrait from an illustrator rather than going to a photographer.
As a result, you don't see a drawn family portrait in every house—this type of representation is very original, even rare, these days.
So, by choosing a family drawing, there's no chance you'll find the same decor at your neighbor's! You're unique, and so is your decor. Especially if you chose to have your household members drawn in a quirky universe.
A Drawn Family Portrait Is a Unique Gift Idea
It's obvious, the drawn family portrait is an excellent gift idea. Unique, surprising, moving, and funny, it will touch the heart of whoever you give it to, much more than a simple photo!
The drawn portrait also has the great advantage of being suitable for any occasion. You can give it for:
- Christmas;
- Mother's Day, Father's Day, Grandmother's or Grandfather's Day;
- a wedding anniversary;
- a family member's birthday;
- etc.
In short, the drawn family portrait is a memorable gift reserved for the few privileged people who are among the most important in your life.
Unlike a Photo, the Drawn Family Portrait Always Pleases Everyone
Taking a family photo that everyone likes is almost impossible!
Aunt Marie obviously doesn't like her expression in Grandpa Jacques' favorite photo, while cousin Josianne closes her eyes in almost every shot, and the youngest refuses to look at the camera… Even after taking lots of pictures, there's always someone unhappy. Watch out for the arguments that spoil what should be a moment of family sharing and togetherness.
Not to mention everyone's little insecurities, which can make the photo session very uncomfortable.
In short, the drawn family portrait avoids all that, since the artist can perfectly use individual photos of each person to be represented rather than a group photo. All you have to do is grab Uncle Émile's latest Facebook profile picture, and you're set!
Once the painting is unwrapped, bet that no one will have anything to say and that the work will be unanimously loved! After all, we'd all love to step into the shoes of a cartoon hero, right?
Even the Absent Can Be Represented in the Drawn Family Portrait
Today, families are often scattered all over the country, or even the world.
It's not always easy to get everyone together at the same time for a family photo! Daily life makes it very complicated to coordinate everyone's schedules for a family photo session.
Even at big events, there are always a few people missing.
The drawn family portrait doesn't have this problem, since, as we've seen, it can be composed from individual photos of each family member.
The Drawn Family Portrait Highlights Your Unforgettable Moments
Today, almost all of us have smartphones. They let us instantly capture precious everyday moments. Unfortunately, not all these photos are of the same quality. Some unsightly details often spoil the image (a plastic bag lying around, a trash can in the background, etc.).
The drawn portrait, on the other hand, lets you highlight what's essential by ignoring the unnecessary. The work thus faithfully represents your family, both in image and in emotions and personality.
A drawn family portrait is much more than just capturing a moment. It's a way to share and connect, a precious object that conveys information, but also emotions and a state of mind. It speaks of who you are or who you were, and the people you cherish most in the world.
An illustration can show everyone's emotions and personalities much more clearly than a photo, thanks to the addition of little details related to each person's temperament (a tattoo, an object, an animal, etc.)
The Drawn Family Portrait Is a Lasting Part of Your Family Heritage
Whether we like it or not, life is full of changes, just like families.
The drawn family portrait lets you immortalize your home at a specific moment in its history.
Custom-made, the result is a true work of art that you'll keep in your family heritage for a long time.
Later, the work will be looked at sometimes with nostalgia, sometimes with joy—a true illustrated testimony to your family's spirit and personality.
The Drawn Family Portrait Helps Create Bonds
The family portrait has this essential ability to strengthen the bonds that unite your household members.
But when it's a drawn work, the portrait interests everyone even more. The group then tends to gather as one around the drawing.
We know that laughter is very important in social bonds. So, when it's caricatured, the family portrait never fails to provoke collective laughter, creating new happy family memories.
Conclusion
Illustration offers many advantages over photo portraits. In summary, the drawn family portrait:
- allows much more freedom and creativity;
- is much more fun;
- adds more pep to your decor;
- is much more original;
- makes a unique gift idea;
- pleases all family members;
- lets you represent everyone, even the absent;
- highlights your family's story;
- is a lasting part of your family heritage;
- helps create laughter and bonds.
As long as, of course, it's perfectly done… At Cartoonely, your drawn family portrait project is entrusted to particularly talented illustrators. Visit the platform to tell us about your project!