Awkward Pet Portraits Nov. 28-Nov. 30
Awkward Pet Portraits are rolling in hot — and shipping’s included. Stick with the classic randomly assigned artist, or upgrade and pick your artist by name. Scroll down to check out the lineup!
Meet Your 2025 Awkward Artists
For a $25 donation, your portrait will be created by a randomly assigned artist (as always). For a $100 donation, you can choose your artist. Shipping is included for all portraits.
Kim Solem (SOLD OUT)
Laura Spector (SOLD OUT)
Lisa Sellers(SOLD OUT)
Hayley Heartfield(SOLD OUT)
Yvette Boren
Risa Marie (SOLD OUT)
Judit Dobos
Heather Smith
Madeline Soileau
Megan Van Velzen
Amy C. Evans
Nicole Mcwhorter
Diann Zimmerman (SOLD OUT)
Jordan Stewart
Catherine Alexander
Halina Dodd
Solida Chem(SOLD OUT)
Erika Korkowski (SOLD OUT)
Sara Fanning
Vivien Yip
Salise Shuttlesworth
Cat McDonald(SOLD OUT)
Donna Van Fleet
Christina Miller(SOLD OUT)
Niklas Oberfeld
Carol Gonzalez
Rona Lesser (SOLD OUT)
Pamela Figueroa(SOLD OUT)
Elizabeth Burrows
Esther Ospina
Barbara Elmore(SOLD OUT)
Nery Rubio
Ellen Anne Burtner (SOLD OUT)
Veronica Pearson
Claire Richards
Ana Moreno(SOLD OUT)
Bethanne Garcia (SOLD OUT)
Sara Plunk
Marissa Ferriera (SOLD OUT)
Christi Johnson
Peggy Engells (SOLD OUT)
Kathy Klouda
Darci Martin(SOLD OUT)
Emma Hernandez
Lisa Runfalo (SOLD OUT)
Gulshan Rahman
Hanna Warren
Heather Smith
Jenn Sabin
Jen Paschke (SOLD OUT)
Jacky Gonzalez
Jenny Zuniga
Samantha Hempel
Margaret Mckay (SOLD OUT)
Kim Hoang
Laurie Hammons (SOLD OUT)
Tatjana Szatanik
Kermit Eisenhut(SOLD OUT)
Laura Causer
Can I submit a photo of a human for you to awkwardly draw?
No. This fundraiser is strictly for pet/animal photos.
Can I gift a portrait to someone?
Yes! Shoot us a note with the details and we’ll get you all taken care of. 🙂
When will I get to see my artwork?
Most portraits are turned around within 24 hours, but sometimes artists want to put that extra special touch on them and it takes a bit more time.
If it’s been 72+ hours since you submitted your artwork, please reach out to us and we’ll get check in on it.
How will you get my artwork to me?
If you participated on Facebook, we’ll reply to the comment you made with your artwork.
If you’re participating through our website form, we’ll email you back your portrait once it’s complete.
We include shipping on artwork, so if you participate on Facebook, we will send you the link to send us your shipping address.
If you participate through our website form, we’ll send it to the address you put on the form. If you want us to ship it somewhere else please let us know at unshelteredart@friends4life.org
Can I order the original version of my artwork?
We include shipping on artwork, so if you participate on Facebook, we will send you the link to send us your shipping address.
If you participate through our website form, we’ll send it to the address you put on the form. If you want us to ship it somewhere else please let us know at unshelteredart@friends4life.org
Can I request a specific artist?
Not unless you select our upgraded option 🙂
I wanted a super awkward drawing like some of the examples, but I got one that is actually amazingly good!!
- That’s not a question.
- No takesy backsies!
I wanted a super amazing drawing like some of the examples, but I got one that is actually awkward (you know, AWKWARD like you guys put in the title of the event)!!
- That’s not a question.
- No takesy backsies!
- You can purchase custom pet portraits by small artists on Etsy.com if you’re looking for a specific style. This is a fundraiser, so artist assignment is purely luck-of-the-draw. 🙂
I don’t like my artwork. Can I get a refund?
Since this is a fundraiser, we’re not offering refunds. If you’d like to enter your image to be done by another artist, feel free to donate again for a second portrait and we’ll get it in queue!
What even is this?!
Lost or confused on what this event is? Here is the background on how we started it.
Okay, so… for our 18th birthday back in June 2020, we ran a single-day artwork fundraiser. Folks donated a minimum of $20, sent us a photo of their pet, and we had a volunteer artist (awkwardly) draw the submitted pet photo.
Apparently The People of the Internet like awkward, and we were super surprised by the outpouring of support. It was a LOT of work. For the second round, in November 2020, instead of a sprint, we decided to run a marathon by extending the event for a week.
For our 19th birthday last year (June 2021, in case anyone is still experiencing time as a flat circle like we are), we ran the event for 72 hours starting June 18 at noon and ending it June 20 at 7:00 p.m. (which is 19:00 — see what we did?!).
We then did it AGAIN in December 2021 with the HOLIDAY edition of this fantastic, fun, fawkward fundraiser. And then again for our 20th birthday. And then again, and again, and… you get it.
And naturally, for our 21st birthday, we just had to bring it back.