One pet photo in · Royal oil painting out · Free to try
Your dog or cat in royal costume, painted in rich classical brushwork, with the breed and the face still unmistakably theirs.
A real painting of a dog, made by the model behind this page. Drag the divider to compare the plain snapshot with the painted result. Every output is AI-generated, so your finished artwork varies with your photo, your prompt, and the costume you describe — treat this as a preview of what the tool can do, not a fixed result.
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Your scruffy rescue in a velvet coat and lace collar, rendered in the kind of brushwork a court painter would have used. Instead of commissioning an artist and waiting weeks, you upload a clear picture, describe the costume and the painting style you want, and the model builds the artwork while keeping the face, the breed, and the expression recognizable.
On Kavel the tool runs on the Nano Banana image model, so a finished painting arrives in one generation rather than a long back-and-forth with a studio.
You start from your uploaded photo — the flow defaults to image-to-image — set the format and the resolution, and the credit estimate updates before you commit; a failed run is refunded automatically (unless it broke the content policy), so trying a second costume costs nothing but time. The output suits an owner printing a canvas for the hallway, someone making a gift for a friend who talks about nothing else, or anyone who wants to see their cat in a crown.
And because the same studio also paints the humans and repairs the older prints on the shelf, one workflow covers a range of looks without a new tool for each. Think of it less as a filter and more as a court painter on call — with the direction in your hands, and your own animal in the frame.
Creative engine
Upload a photo, describe the costume and style, choose the format and resolution, and the credit estimate updates before you generate.
Upload one clear photo and the model reads the breed and the face, then repaints the animal in classical brushwork.
Describe the costume you want — royal velvet, a military uniform, Victorian lace, an admiral's coat — and the artwork follows that brief.
Set the format, check the credit estimate, and generate; a run that fails costs you nothing, so a second costume is free to try. A pet portrait is the animal version of the oil painting portrait; the pencil sketch does the same pet in graphite if the gilt frame is too much.
The royal painting is the default prompt, not the limit. Swap the brief and the same upload becomes something else entirely — these three come from what people are actually making right now.
Glowing red beams from your dog's or cat's eyes, the crypto-era meme that came back as an AI effect. Ask for intense red laser beams shooting from the eyes with a faint glow on the fur around them, and keep the rest of the photo untouched — the joke works because the animal is otherwise ordinary.
The pet grooming reveal, without the appointment: freshly styled and blow-dried fur, a bandana or bow, bright spa lighting, a clean pastel backdrop. Name the groom you want — trimmed face, fluffed ears — because 'make it look nice' is where the model invents a different animal.
Not royalty but something with a story: an astronaut helmet, a chef's whites, a tiny detective coat. One concrete costume plus one prop beats a long adjective list, and the breed still has to be named or it drifts.
From one snapshot to a framed painting, with the cost shown before you commit.
Add one clear picture with the animal facing the camera and the face well lit. A sharp, head-on shot gives the model the most to paint from.
Set the look: Renaissance velvet and a lace collar, a military coat, Victorian nobility, a gilded frame. Specific direction keeps the artwork on-brief.
Confirm the estimate, generate the painting, and download it. If a run fails, it is free, so you can adjust and try another costume.
Memorials, birthday gifts, an owner who wants the dog above the fireplace.
Print a canvas for the hallway and give your dog or cat the oil painting they have always believed they deserved.
Make a birthday or holiday present for the friend who never stops talking about their animal, without commissioning an artist.
Turn a favourite picture of an animal you have lost into a painted keepsake worth framing.
Common questions about painting your animal as a classical artwork with Kavel.
The model reads the breed, the face, and the markings, then repaints the whole thing in classical brushwork — the costume, the light, the dark backdrop, the gilded frame. It is a repaint, not a costume pasted onto a photo, which is why the result reads as a painting rather than a filter.
You get free credits when you sign up, and a failed run is refunded automatically (unless it broke the content policy). After that, each render spends credits based on the resolution you pick — worth raising if you plan to print it.
A sharp, head-on shot with the eyes visible and the face evenly lit. Profile shots and photos where the animal is looking away lose the likeness, and the likeness is the whole reason the painting is funny.
Yes — dogs, cats, rabbits, birds. The species matters far less than the photo: a clear, well-lit face beats an unusual animal every time.
Yes, and it is the most common use. Generate at a higher resolution before you download if it is going on a wall — a 1K render will not hold up printed large.
It can be a problem, and it is worth knowing before you spend a credit. A black coat in a dim room gives the model almost no facial structure to read. Shoot near a window, or in daylight, so the eyes and the muzzle are visible — then the painting has something to work from. Coat texture is where these live or die: long fur wants a softer brush and more edge light, while a short-haired breed holds up better under the hard studio lighting a formal painting implies.
Yes — the laser eyes dog meme is a prompt here, not a separate tool. Upload the photo and ask for glowing red laser beams from the eyes with a faint glow on the surrounding fur, leaving everything else as shot. Keep the brief to the eyes; the more of the picture you ask it to change, the less it looks like your animal.
It is the grooming-reveal look — styled fur, a bow, bright even light. The same upload works, but a photo taken in daylight helps, because the model has to add shine to fur it can actually see. Say which parts to groom rather than asking for a general improvement.
Yes, and it is the most requested version of this. Ask for a royal or regal portrait and you get the full setup: a period costume with a high collar, heavy fabric, a dark studio background, and light coming from one side the way a court painter would have set it. Naming an era helps more than naming a colour — Renaissance, Baroque and Victorian each carry their own costume and lighting, and the model follows the era more reliably than it follows an adjective.
Sometimes, and it is worth knowing why. A tall crown or a big ruff crops into the top of the head and around the jaw — the two places you actually recognise your animal by. If the result stops looking like your pet, ask for the costume to sit lower: an open collar rather than a ruff, a circlet rather than a full crown. You keep the regal read and get the face back.
The royal one gets the laugh; the plain painted one gets framed. If it is going on a wall for years, a straightforward oil-painting treatment with no costume ages better — the joke in a crown wears out faster than the picture does. For a card or a group chat, the costume is the whole point.
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Model credit guide
You're only charged for successful generations. The exact estimate in the generator varies by model, length, resolution, audio, and number of images.
| Type | Model | Credit cost |
|---|---|---|
| Video | Seedance 2.5 | The long-take tier, priced per second: 5s 480p ≈ 211 credits, 5s 720p ≈ 473. A full 30s take runs ≈ 1,260 at 480p and ≈ 2,835 at 720p. |
| Video | Seedance 2.0 | 5s 720p image-to-video ≈ 188 credits; text-to-video ≈ 308 credits. Scales with resolution and length. |
| Video | Seedance 2 Fast | Faster and lower cost. 5s 720p text-to-video ≈ 248 credits. |
| Video | Seedance 2 Mini | The cheapest Seedance tier. 5s 720p ≈ 154 credits, 5s 480p ≈ 72 credits. |
| Video | Seedance 1.5 Pro | Audio doubles the rate. 5s 720p ≈ 27 credits silent, ≈ 53 with audio; 1080p ≈ 57 and ≈ 113. |
| Video | Veo 3.1 | Billed per video, not per second (Lite tier). About 45 credits at 720p and 53 at 1080p. |
| Video | Kling 3.0 | Audio raises the rate. 5s 720p ≈ 105 credits silent, ≈ 150 with audio; 1080p ≈ 135 and ≈ 203. |
| Video | MiniMax H3 | Fixed 2K, no resolution ladder. Priced per second — a 5s clip ≈ 158 credits. |
| Image | Nano Banana 2 | Generate or edit from text and images. 20 credits per 1K image, 30 at 2K, 45 at 4K. |
| Image | Nano Banana Pro | Consistent run times across generations. 30 credits per 1K or 2K image, 50 at 4K. |
| Image | Nano Banana 2 Lite | Faster, simpler variant, and the everyday editing price: a flat 8 credits per image at every resolution. |
| Image | GPT Image 2 | The lowest-cost premium image model here. 10 credits per 1K image, 15 at 2K, 30 at 4K. |
| Image | Seedream 5.0 Lite | Flat pricing — 20 credits per image whether you generate or edit. |
The model behind the painting, and other ways to restyle a photo.
The costume is your choice; the face has to stay theirs. Look at that first, before you think about printing it.
A real edit made with this tool — drag your own photo in on the left, the prompt is already written, then press Generate.
