No, and that is worth knowing before you order elsewhere — tabby is a coat pattern, not a breed, and it turns up in almost every breed and in most cats with no breed at all. It means your cat's markings are genuinely their own, which is exactly why a portrait built from your photo beats a generic tabby print.

Do you cover mackerel, classic, spotted and ticked tabbies?

All four, plus the color variations — brown, silver, blue, cream and orange. Because the art follows your photo rather than a template, the pattern comes back as your cat actually wears it.

Will the M on her forehead be there?

Yes, as it sits in your photo. Send one where the forehead is visible and lit, and it is one of the first things to check when the art comes back.

Custom Tabby Cat Portraits From Your Photo

No two tabbies are marked the same way. The swirls on a classic tabby's flank are closer to a fingerprint than a pattern — they will not repeat in the litter or anywhere else — and the M above the eyes sits at its own angle on every cat. It is the detail you would notice instantly if an artist got it wrong, and the detail a generic cat print never even attempts.

A custom portrait starts with the photo you already love and turns it into art made only for you. Upload it, pick a style, and see your finished art free — before you pay anything. What you see is exactly what we print.

Selected Style

Watercolor Pet Portrait

Your pet in gentle watercolor washes

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This style can combine multiple photos into one artwork

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Styles tabby cats shine in

Watercolor

Soft washes that let the striping stay legible instead of muddying it.

Pop Comic

Flat graphic color and hard outlines, which suits a strongly marked tabby.

Mugshot

WANTED: for knocking one specific object off one specific shelf, repeatedly.

Wanted Poster

WANTED: for the 4 a.m. hallway sprint. You pick the offense.

The photo that works best

Fill the frame with head and shoulders. Tabby markings are fine detail, and fine detail is the first thing lost when the cat is a small part of a big photo.
Even daylight, not hard sun. Strong shadows across a striped coat read as extra stripes and confuse the pattern.
Get the forehead in shot. The M is the marking tabby owners check first, and a photo taken from below misses it entirely.
Phone photos are perfect; no professional shots needed.
If your cat has crossed the rainbow bridge, we work gently from the photos you have — you approve the art before anything is printed.

Looking for a remembrance piece? See our pet memorial portraits.

Common questions

Is tabby a breed?: No, and that is worth knowing before you order elsewhere — tabby is a coat pattern, not a breed, and it turns up in almost every breed and in most cats with no breed at all. It means your cat's markings are genuinely their own, which is exactly why a portrait built from your photo beats a generic tabby print.
Do you cover mackerel, classic, spotted and ticked tabbies?: All four, plus the color variations — brown, silver, blue, cream and orange. Because the art follows your photo rather than a template, the pattern comes back as your cat actually wears it.
Will the M on her forehead be there?: Yes, as it sits in your photo. Send one where the forehead is visible and lit, and it is one of the first things to check when the art comes back.

Other cats we make portraits of

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