PetPortraits.ink

by Alvar Sirlin

About

About Pet Portraits

Hand-drawn pet portraits with ink on paper. No digital anything. Studio Portraits are detailed and expressive, drawn with traditional metal nib pen and ink. Street Drawings are fast, drippy, and abstract, drawn with graffiti markers at popups and events. Two styles depending on the vibe you want.

See specific materials.

Ordering a Portrait on the Website

  1. Checkout a Studio Portrait with the Order button above in the menu or Street Drawing with the Order button on that page.
  2. Post purchase you will be directed to a form to add all of your pet’s information and photos.
    Please add at least 5 photos, following these guidelines.
    If you have any trouble with the form, you can also DM me pics on instagram: @alvar.nyc
  3. Studio portraits take about two weeks to be ready to ship. Street drawings take about one week.

Ordering a Portrait at an Event

  1. Checkout using Applepay or other Tap to Pay.
  2. Send me at least 5 photos, following these guidelines via Airdrop, instagram DM (@alvar.nyc), text or email.
  3. If there is no queue you can pick up your drawing in ~1hr. Otherwise you can pickup your drawing at the end of the day or in the following days at the venue.

Email Me alvar@alvarsirlin.com

Links

About the Artist

I’m Alvar Sirlin, an artist and web developer based in New York.

I went to LaGuardia High School of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Bard College, SVA, the Art Students League, the University of Buenos Aires, and the studios of Juan Carlos DiStefano and Burton Silverman.

As a teen in Manhattan I was a graffiti artist, known by the moniker Baes. After RISD, my artwork expanded to include abstract painting, landscapes and reportage-style illustration for soccer and surfing magazines. Finally, before dedicating to pen and ink exclusively, I devoted myself to large scale oil painting portraits. Now I mostly do pet portraits but also dabble in print making and scultpure, along with pen and ink landscapes.

You can see some of my painting below. Past illustration work can be found at archive.alvar.nyc.

Past Artworks