Pit Bull portraits from your photo

Big head, bigger heart

Pit Bull is a name for a family of muscular, short-coated bull-type dogs: American Pit Bull Terriers, American Staffordshire Terriers and the many pit mixes found in shelters and rescues. Broad heads, wide cheeks, expressive eyebrows and that full-face smile make them wonderful portrait subjects. Coats come in blue, gray, fawn, red, brindle, black, white and every patchwork in between, often with a white chest. A Draw Paw portrait is made from your own photo, so it’s your dog’s own head shape, markings and expression, not a generic Pit Bull.

Styles for a Pit Bull

Royal Highness gives a gentle giant the crown and robe they clearly deserve, and Pencil Sketch shows off a sculpted head and soulful eyes in fine graphite. For fun, ’80s Glamour turns a short shiny coat into a soft-focus studio star, and Bath Time is for the Pit Bull who acts tough until the bath comes out.

Photo tips for Pit Bull coats

• Short, shiny coats reflect light: avoid direct sun and flash, which leave glare spots on the head. Open shade or a bright window is ideal.
• A relaxed smile after a walk photographs better than an excited, wriggly one.
• Blue, brindle and dark coats need plenty of light to show the color and pattern.
• Shoot head-on at their eye level so the broad head and cheeks look as they do in person.
• White chests and white Pit Bulls can wash out in bright light: tap the white fur on your phone screen to set the exposure.

Any clear, well-lit phone photo works; see the photo FAQs for more.