Handcrafted Digital Portraits

As a practicing artist, designer and former professor of Fine Art Andy puts 35 years of Fine-Art and drawing experience right at your fingertips. Each portrait is carefully hand-drawn using digital tools, bringing composition, detail and nuance to capture the unique essence of a subject, person our place.

Our Process
Why Choose Us

We focus on creating portraits that are not only beautiful but also easy to share digitally or print on location for framing anywhere in the world. Postage Free. This is the perfect gift for a loved one, friends or simply to turn any image still lying in a folder or on a device into a unique and completely private work of art.

Our Process

Hand-drawn digital portraits crafted with care and creativity.

Select and Upload Image

The first step is to select something you'd like to turn into a hand made artwork. This can be anything type of photo with a clear image. Scratches, bad lighting, and annoying details can often be left out or altered to suit your desires.

See our simple commission guide with advice for selection, preparing and uploading your images. All images shared with AK-ArtStudios are strictly confidential and are not stored or shared following the completion of the artwork.

Close-up of a digital tablet showing the initial sketch of a portrait.
Close-up of a digital tablet showing the initial sketch of a portrait.
Detail

Next, layers of color and shading bring depth and personality.

Final touches add highlights and textures for a polished look.

Finish
Artist’s hand adding fine details to a digital portrait on a screen.
Artist’s hand adding fine details to a digital portrait on a screen.
A vibrant finished digital portrait displayed on a modern tablet.
A vibrant finished digital portrait displayed on a modern tablet.