The rest of you, go visit Phokki because they are offering everyone 30% off all orders thru Valentine’s Day. Code: VDay
I like art.
But the kind I value won’t end up in a gallery or fetch a high price at an auction.
I love capturing pictures of my family and turning them into art.
Because decoupage is my friend. (It also covers a multitude of sins).
But I recently discovered very affordable art done by real artists. Imagine that! They put my ‘art’ to shame, y’all.
Phokki produces pieces of art from your digital prints. They can take your ordinary photo that you upload and create original caricatures, cool vector pop art, unique manga art, plus several other choices.
Look what they did for me! I wanted to capture this picture of my parents (two of my favorite people in the whole world) reading The Christmas Story to my kids on Christmas Eve:
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Isn’t it amazing? This illustration was hand drawn by the artists at Phokki. If you compare the two images carefully, you can see that the second is unique, even better. The prices are unbelievable too. I can’t wait to have this print framed for my parents.
Today Phokki is giving two of my readers gift certificates to style your digital photos into art. Plus, they are offering everyone 30% off all orders thru Valentine’s Day. Code: VDay
So, go visit, play around, and come back and tell me what you’d choose. My tip: Give your mother-in-law pink hair (it will make you feel better).
Giveaway closes Thursday afternoon.
Visit Works for Me Wednesday for more tips.
I’m loving that Vector Pop Art. It would be fun to give my MIL pink hair, though.
Awesome giveaway!
That is awesome!!! I think I would choose the Illustration as well.
I might send in a few photos to have retouched. I’m not any good at doing it myself!
Thanks!
I’d like to give my MIL more than pink hair! Ahem. Moving along.
This is such a cute website and I love your Christmas photo.
OOps, and I like the Illustration.
I just ordered an illustration of me and my husband. Hopefully I can win and I will get one done of the kids!
I love the illustration and photo restore. I will have to send them my original wedding day photos that we captured which a Polaroid. (shutters)
Hey, my 3 kids had the same Christmas jammies! Actually I should say have, as they are still wearing them. I’ve been really happy with them, they are so soft, cute and reasonably priced for the quality! Anyway, enough about jammies — I love the illustration!
Oooo, I love their stuff. It’s so much fun!
That is so cute!! Off to check out the site. TFS
My wife gave me a freamed picture for Christmas which was actually three separate pictures of our kids. If I won I would get an illustration of those pics.
I love the pop art and the magna art…it would be so tough to decide! But if I was getting one for free, I could probably get another one….the prices are amazing!
Wow! These are so cool! I love how they made little changes in your photo to make it even sweeter! Very neat!
I’m in. I’d love to see what they could do with a photo of my cats.
I really liked the Vector style option. A fun way to make a unique and clever family photo!
Thanks for offering this giveaway!
I love the illustration but my son is a huge Manga fan so I would get his photo done for a V-Day gift.
THAT is really cool. I’d have a hard time deciding between the illustration and caricature. Thanks for the opportunity.
I can just imagine an illustration of my toddler dressed as Dorothy…wit maybe the Emerald City in the background. Their prices are great too.
Love the Mix & Blend look – great idea!!
I would pick the illustration, then go over to their partner Zazzle and have it made into a cup….yea, that’s what I would do.
Thanks for the great giveaways.
I love the illustration! A picture of my kids would be great.
Lili @ The Porch Swing
I just recently lost a pie contest so this would really boost my confidence right now. Oh how I hope I win! I am loving the christmas picture it is just so cool! You always find the greatest stuff.
I would pick the illustration, what a cool idea!!
These are really cool! Thanks for doing the giveaway.
Love the illustration.
Oh, I’ve been wanting something like this!! I’d really like to have the family photo on my blog header done. I hope I win!!
Wow..that is fun! I love it!
-sandy toe
I would choose the illustration . . . what a great idea!
I have some photos that need enhancing/color balance . . . awesome!
heather s
hspesshardt@aol.com
oh my! Its magic! how could it changed?
oh my! Its magic! how could it changed?
The illustration that you had done is fabulous! What a wonderful keepsake! The Manga Art choice is very cool! I would consider that one, but I would also love to have my two dogs done in the illustration style!
I love the caricature style…..I would def choose a group shot of my kids for that style.
great giveaway!
hard to decide, but I would probably choose the illustration….those are just so cool! and your folks are going to LOVE, LOVE it!!
Suzanne
Vectored Art, mix and blend! Way cool. What a fun job those artist have. Hope i win.
The pictures are so awesome! I have some old black and whites I would love to have restored!
I love the caricature option! Great gifts!
Nikie
micheli@starpower.net
I think I’d choose an illustration. How fun!
I would either restore a picture of my grandparents on their 50th anniversary that was damaged on the way home from Grandma’s funeral or do the vector art on a pic me and hubbs for our anniversary.
That is a GREAT site!!!
I have the software to do this stuff but still don’t know how to do it! arghh…
I love to have the illustrations one!
That is so cool. My kids love Manga, so I’d love to do one with them in that style.
I liked it, especially the Christmas stuff…I think that would make one unique Christmas card! However, the weightloss and pregnancy retouch ones were a bit wild!
I love the vector pop art, LOVE IT.
haleyathome@gmail.com
That is so cool!
How fun! I would choose the illustration style though. It would be so cool to have! The 30 % discount is awesome though…thanks!
That is so fun!
tomaid@yahoo.com
I think I would choose the Manga Art. My daughter wants to dye her hair a rainbow of different colors. I could have her portrait done to give her an idea of how she would look. Close to a rainbow bright look-a-like.
I'm liking the Mix & Blend!
What a fun give-away! I would do the Vector Pop Art! My daughter is so girly and she would love a picture of herself for her room!
They do awesome work! I love how they have the baby looking forward and your mom looking down. I’d pick a characture. And you are right, the prices are awesome, I think I’ll do one for my husband for V-day.
Their work is amazing! I love the illustration! And what a perfect picture for you to have done. Definitely a keeper!
Very cool! I think I like the Mix and Blend. I think it looks really pretty that way.
that is amazing!!! I love it!
I’d definitely do an illustration – that is AWESOME and VERY inexpensive.
Being a photoshop junke myself…I can’t believe how inexpensive their prices are! And the examples of their work are wonderful….
I would love to turn my kids into charactures….since they are CHARACTERS already!
I like the mix and blend style
shopannies@yahoo.com
Very cool! sdewoody@hotmail.com
Wow, that is so amazing! I’d love to win this prize. I am a huge fan of photography. I have a lot of my pictures posted at my blog but believe me not even close to ALL of them. What a great contest, thanks for the fun!
I would have to go with the illustration style!
I love the illustrations! It would be great to do a picture of our 5 boys laying with their heads in a circle and have them do some mod illustration twist and get it framed for our hallway!! The one you did looks great! Very memorable!
Thanks for the contest! How fun!
The caricature style looks like a lot of fun! They all look great, though.
What a great idea – and the family picture you have is wonderful!
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Kristin
The Goat
I love the Super Hero pictures. They would be perfect for my kids for Valentine’s. My little girl was Superman for Halloween so she’d love it as well as my boys!
I would probably get a picture of my mother in law(now deceased)and have it done for hubby to give to him on her birthday this year.I probably will even if I don’t win:)
tmw1223 at gmail dot com
This is fantastic work. I would do the illustration. Perhaps this really great photo of my DH and his father on our wedding day.
This is beautiful! I love how the illustration tells a story in a way… I’d go with the illustration.
I am really liking the Vector Pop Art thing! I have the perfect pic of my kids that would look awesome hanging in my family room!
The illustrations are amazing!
I like Illustration and Caricature the best. Too cool!
Wow! How cool is that? I like the Photo Restore. We have some slides from when Greg was little that we recently scanned. But they don’t look very good. I’ll bet they could do wonders with them.
Now that is super cool! I would choose the illustration as well.
Patrizziag(at)comcast(dot)net
WHOA! this is awesome, you always find all the cool stuff. I’m going to hop over to their site and roam around.
I’m in love with this!!! I don’t even care if I win, I’m still ordering my little heart out. Upcoming V-Day and my parent’s 40th!!! They are going to love this.
Can you tell I’m excited?????
with all the !!!!!!!!?
Thought so.
Oh, I did go there and I love the illustrations and the caricatures. And how beautifully they restore. Wow.
That is an amazing illustration! I love it. Thanks for the chance to win!
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GREAT IDEA! I think that pic is super cool.
I would have to pick the illustration style. I love the thought of my kids being hand-drawn!
sylviarj@yahoo.com
I like the illustration style.
o’ my… that is AMAZING!!! just love it! so cool!!! please pick me!
Pardon my language, but those are so-darn-freakin’-cool!
I love them all, especially the illustration.
However, can I just say, it saddened me to see that young woman’s lovely freckles retouched away. What about real beauty?! If I win, maybe I’ll have them give me freckles. How about that!?
[stepping off my soapbox now]
Please pick me.
What a neat site! The vector pop art is fun.
Mix and Blend, for sure!
Illustration for sure!
Such a cool idea! I think I’d probably get something done of my kids as a V-Day present for hubby. He’d love it!
I am loving the Vector Pop Art! Way cool. I love the way your is done as well.
LOVE this!! I would definitely go for the illustration. I’m going to bookmark that site right now…and go look through my photos. Thanks!
That is really cool!
i like the mix & blend. what an unusual gift idea! thanks
oh these are all so neat! If I had to pick one, I would pick the mix and blend effect.
I would love to play around with all the options. Very cool!
jama@gondtc.com
The pink hair is awesome. But I really like the pet one. Thanks for the chance to win.
scrappylori at gmail dot com
Good job! I love art myself and dabble. http://kellidaileyart.weebly.com
I do graphite portraits from photographs. It’s much more realism than I ever imagined myself doing, but I truly enjoy it. I love the vector illustration they did for you! I enjoy that too. I just need more hours in a day and more energy with which to operate! I love your blog and found it through WFMW. I don’t have a tip this week, but love yours. Thanks!
I am loving the illustrations,What a neat idea. It would make a terrific gift. I also loved the Vector, and the Caricatures. I could have a good time with this site.
Thank you so much for sharing it with us.
Rene
Wow! That’s cool!
I do like the Illustration. It reminds me of a children’s book. Very neat site!
I would get an illustration of our first “family” photo done.
I LOVE this! I would get an illustrated one so fast! Plus I need to restoration one as well. Thank you for featuring this company!
Those are cool! The characatures were my fave…thats a hard word to spell!
This is awesome! Thanks for posting about Phokki!
I liked the Vector pop art style. I am the mother in law and would not like pink hair thank you.
barbaraeford@yahoo.com
I like the Vector Pop Art and Photo Restore. Thanks!
bethfouche at hotmail dot com
I would choose a fine art reproduction of a photo of the Boxer Babes for Mama Mia’s birthday!
I’d choose an illustration of our family. What a cool site…
I love this. Where did you find out about this it is great!! Can’t wait to get one of my own.
Carrie
I don’t think giving my MIL pink hair would upset her. Making her a dragon would. Gives me ideas what to do with the Christmas pics.
I think that this is such a great idea and would make an awesome gift too!!
I like the Illustration a lot. It would be cool to get one of my boyfriends band photo:)
cyclona66@aol.com
I like the mix and blend, cool stuff!!
Caricature of my niece looks good, or even that doggy caricature was cute.
ashlomb at yahoo dot com
Love the illustration. Those would look great in my daughters room and something so different.
Thanks!!
Very cool! I would do in “illustration” my favorite picture of my husband and I and give it to him at the end of the 30 day Kiss challenge:) What a great present to do a pic of each child for their rooms.
Ooo! Ooo! Pick me! I want an illustration one!!
I would love to have an art print from one of my photos! I think I’d choose Caricature! (Did you know that you’re photo is up in the Illustration gallery now?!?!)
I like both the caricature and the illustration. It will be hard to choose just one photo though!
I love this idea!!! I think I’d get an illustration of one of our favorite family photos. Thanks for the chance to win, crossing my fingers!
borsky_dre at yahoo dot com
This would be so fun the kids would love it! I would pick the Illustration!
Thanks!
Probably Illustration…..What a great site! I love it! I could spend a lot of $$$$$ there! Thanks very much!
vac924@gmail.com
I’d be all over the illustration! I did ONE vector illustration from a photo…ONCE…and I’ll never do it again! SO time consuming! Love the pic of your family…so very cool!