Why Neape

The first years go quickly. What you keep from them should last.

Drawn by people

Every portrait is drawn by a human illustrator, working from your photograph in the style you choose. You see a proof before anything is printed, and one round of changes is included.

Made once, for one family

Nothing is made in advance. Each piece is made to order from your own photograph or your child’s artwork. Tell us the names to include and the details that matter, and we make it from there.

Your photographs stay yours

We use your photographs for your order and nothing else, and delete them within seven days of delivery. They never appear in our marketing: the pieces we show are our own commissions.

Printed to archival standards

Prints are made in New York on 100% cotton, acid-free Hahnemühle paper with pigment inks, the materials galleries and museums rely on to hold color for decades.

Framed to protect

Wood frames in matte black, matte white, natural maple, or natural walnut, with cotton mats, acid-free backing, and museum acrylic. It is shatter-safe for a child’s room and shields the piece from fading and yellowing. Museum acrylic blocks 99% of UV light, the main cause of fading.

Originals, kept as originals

We collect the first painting, or the drawing from the fridge door, from your home. We frame the original itself, never trimmed or glued, so what hangs on the wall is the one your child made.

A person answers

Write to us by email, iMessage, or WhatsApp, and a member of our team replies, Monday to Friday, 9 am to 6 pm Eastern.