Portrait UnionGifts for Cat Lovers
For the person whose camera roll is 90% cat
Updated 18 September 2026 · First published 3 September 2026
Free preview — painted in about a minute
A gift for a cat lover is their own cat — tabby stripes, tortoiseshell patches, the exact green of the eyes — painted from a candid you already have. No posed photograph is needed and the recipient is never involved. Previews are free; the digital file is €4.99 and a canvas starts at €69.99.
A cat lover is hard to buy for, because they already own a great deal with a cat on it and none of it is their cat. This is: one photograph, painted in a style you choose for them. The picture can be a candid — a cat asleep along the back of the sofa is enough, as long as the face is visible — so nobody has to be asked to take anything and no photoshoot has to be arranged behind their back. Two watermarked previews are painted free in about a minute, and neither of you signs up for anything, so nothing reaches them before the present does. The digital file is €4.99 and can be forwarded the same evening; a canvas is €69.99 and travels to whichever address you type at checkout, theirs if you want it to arrive by itself.
How to give a cat portrait as a surprise
Anyone devoted to a cat already owns a great deal with a cat on it, and none of it is their cat. That is the gap this fills: one photograph of the animal that actually lives with them, painted as a Renaissance royal, a Greek god or an astronaut. The cat portrait page has the rest of the styles and what stays true to the animal in each of them.
The photograph is the only real difficulty, and it is smaller than it looks. You are unlikely to be able to take one yourself, since somebody else's cat is under the bed within a minute of your arriving, so work from what already exists: the pictures they post, the one they sent you when the cat did something ridiculous, a screenshot from a story. None of it needs to be posed — a cat asleep along the back of the sofa is enough, as long as the face is in the frame and the light is decent. The photo guide will tell you whether a particular file is good enough before you spend anything on it.
Two watermarked previews are painted free, in about a minute, from whichever picture you managed to get. Use them, because whether that picture was good enough is the one thing you cannot judge by looking at it. One free preview a visitor a day is the limit, so it is worth deciding which style suits them before you upload rather than working through all twelve.
Nothing in the process reaches them. Neither side signs up for anything, no email goes to the recipient, and no paperwork is packed in the box, so there is no notification to explain away and no receipt to find. The digital files come to your own inbox; the canvas travels to whichever address you type at the checkout, theirs if it should arrive by itself, yours if you would rather hand it over. What actually turns up in the box is described on the canvas print page.
If the cat has died, a portrait can still be the right present, given gently: a style that adds no costume, a note that names her, and the chance to open it alone rather than in front of a room. The pet memorial page goes further into which styles suit and how to work from an old photograph. If you are aiming at a date instead, leave two to three weeks for a canvas and remember that the digital file is immediate; December's own cut-offs are on the Christmas portrait gift page.
What this page covers
Cat styles picked for a gift — It picks the readings that land as a present for a cat owner, the cat as a Renaissance royal, a Greek god or an astronaut, rather than listing all twelve styles and leaving the buyer to guess.
A sample wall of cats — Its wall is four cats: a British shorthair in a bow tie on a red carpet, a grey cat drawn in GTA ink lines on a wall at sunset, an older studio sample of a ginger cat on a ship's deck, and a Watercolor Scottish Fold, so the range is shown on the animal being given.
More than one cat, and a cat who has died — Its questions cover a recipient who owns several cats, and its closing paragraph handles giving a portrait of a cat who has died gently: a quiet style, a note that names the cat, and a chance to open it in private.
What you get
From a photo you already have
No need to involve the recipient. Any clear photo of their cat works
Sent or delivered
Send the digital file right after payment, or ship a canvas to their address with shipping included to 35 countries
No account on either side
You upload and pay without registering, and the recipient never needs to log in to anything
A keepsake, not clutter
A portrait earns a spot on the wall instead of a drawer
The preview is free. Upload one photo, choose a style, and look at two watermarked paintings before you decide whether to keep anything.
Painted from photographs like yours
Every portrait and every restoration here is made by an image model working from the photograph it is given, not painted by a person at an easel. These are samples, not customer work.
What does a cat portrait gift cost?
No packs, no credits, no subscription. You see a free watermarked preview first and pay only if you want to keep it.
| Product | What is included | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Gallery canvas | Portraits print at 20×25, 40×50 or 60×75 cm; restorations add the 2:3, 3:4, landscape and square sizes. Shipping and digital files included. | from €69.99 |
| Framed canvas | Portraits print at 20×25 or 40×50 cm; restorations add the 2:3, 3:4, landscape and square sizes. Black, Dark brown, Natural wood frame, ready to hang, shipping and digital files included. | from €129.99 |
| Digital portrait | One file, 2048 × 2560 px, without watermark | €4.99 |
| Both variants | Two files, portraits only, save €1.99 | €7.99 |
Prices shown in EUR. In the UK a digital portrait is £3.99 and a canvas starts at £59.99; in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Singapore and Korea they are $4.99 and $79.99. The preview page charges in your own currency automatically.
Frequently asked questions
I can only get a photo from their Instagram. Is that enough?
Usually. A screenshot works as long as the cat's face is not tiny in the frame and the picture has not been through a heavy filter. What the painting keeps — the coat pattern, the shape of the ears, the eye colour — has to be visible in the file you start from, so the one photograph to avoid is a dark cat in a dark room, which has none of it to give.
Can I keep it a surprise?
Yes. Nothing is ever sent to the recipient and neither of you makes an account, so there is no message, no confirmation and no login for them to notice. The first they know of it is the thing itself.
What if I want to include a note?
Yes, in your own handwriting. Nothing is printed inside the parcel, so whatever you want said has to come from you. For a digital gift the file can be printed small onto the card itself, with the link beside it.
What if they have more than one cat?
All of them can be in the painting at no extra cost, but they have to be in the photograph together and near the middle of it, because the picture is cropped to its centre before anything is painted. Two cats in one frame is a rarer photograph than two dogs; if all you have is each of them separately, one portrait each is the honest answer.
What if they would find a cat in costume silly?
Three styles rule it out in so many words: Floral Garden, Lavender Field and Watercolor add no crown, no cape and no props, just the cat. Choose one of those for somebody who would wince at a laurel wreath, and the present is a painting of their animal rather than a joke about it.