Labrador Retriever Portraits

Labradors look simple to paint and aren’t. The short, dense double coat means there’s no feathering to hide behind — the portrait succeeds or fails on the head: the broad skull, the kind hazel-to-brown eyes, the thick "otter" tail if it makes the frame. Each colour has its own challenge: yellow Labs range from fox-red to nearly white, chocolates shift dramatically between sunlight and shade, and black Labs lose all detail in a bad photo.

Because our pipeline protects the eyes and face before styling, dark-coated Labs keep the subtle highlights that make the face readable — the single most common failure in generic AI pet art.