I do what I can to depict you or your animal as faithfully as possible. However, my style is not "hyper-realistic", so that every pore is exactly as in the photo. In my art, I emphasize emotion and the expression of inner strength and connection between humans and animals rather than making everything look perfect and like a photo.

With digital painting, however, it is once again easier to orientate yourself very closely to the photo than with traditional painting. So my recommendation here would be: the closer you want your commissioned work to be based on the photo, the more I recommend booking a digital drawing and having it printed to a high quality (if you need help with this, I can commission the printing for you).