About | Portraits by David Davis

Capturing the Earliest Adventures

The Ultimate Baby Book is a hand-drawn portraiture service that captures some of the most significant moments of your little one's earliest adventures.

Each album contains a selection of between 12 and 52 hand-drawn portraits, each one the result of many hours of dedicated, loving work. Every portrait is drawn slowly and with care, referenced from smartphone images taken by yourself, your family, and/or your friends.

By using such personal reference images, you and your family become an essential part of the album I create with devotion.

          "Referenced from the very first photo ever taken of Charlie, just a few short moments after he was born. Taken by Dad."
        

More Than a Collection of Drawings

This is not a digital print or a quick sketch. Each portrait is an original graphite drawing that takes between twelve and fifteen hours to complete. The process is quiet, deliberate, and deeply personal.

Your finished volume is bound by specialists at Hartnack & Co in Devon – craftspeople whose work elevates the album into a true family heirloom. Large framed A2 portraits are also included so that key moments can live on your walls as well as between the covers.

Accompanying video footage of every portrait being created is supplied digitally and on a memory stick, along with a digital photo frame – perfect for sharing the story of how the album came to life.

Why This Matters

Personal Reference Images

You choose the moments. The photographs you already love become the foundation of original artwork that will outlast any screen.

Time & Attention

12–15 hours per portrait. No rush. Every line considered. The result is work that feels alive with the care that went into it.

An Heirloom

Bound to the highest standard and designed to be passed down. This is the book your grandchildren will open one day.

Ready to Create Something Lasting?

Let's talk about the story you want to tell through these portraits.

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