VOLUME II · THE MAKING · EDITION 2026

From your photo. To their portrait.
PUPTRACE · A PROCESS JOURNAL

A NOTE FROM OUR STUDIO
Every PupTrace pendant begins the same way: with a single photo, sent by someone who loves their pet very much.
What follows is the journey from that photo to a piece of jewelry — drawn by hand, laser-engraved into 316L surgical steel, and tucked into a box. Five chapters. Real people. No shortcuts.
FELIX & THE STUDIO
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. Upload p. 02
II. Hand draw p. 06
III. Vectorize p. 11
IV. Engrave p. 16
V. Gift ready p. 20
Chapter I.
UPLOAD · 2 MINUTES

It begins with one photo.

Aclear photo of your pet — face in focus, decent natural light. Most phone photos work. Old prints, blurry candids — we’ll do our best from what you have. If the photo can’t carry the engraving, we’ll reach out before we begin.
What you upload
2 minutes
Format
JPG, PNG, HEIC — up to 10 MB
Subject
Any pet · one pet per
pendant
Optional
Pet name (script engraving) · Preview opt-in
Next
Hand-draw begins within 48 hours
Plate I.
The upload form & the pendant to come
p. 02
Plate II.
Pencil portrait, drawn from photo
p. 06
Chapter II.
HAND DRAW · BY A REAL ARTIST

Drawn by one real artist.

Atrained portrait artist studies your photo and draws your pet entirely from scratch — every whisker, every marking, the exact ring around their eyes, the curve of their ear. No filters. No AI. One person, one pencil, several hours of focused work.
STUDIO NOTE
The hardest part isn’t likeness. It’s their look — the way you’ve watched them watch you, every morning, for years. That’s what we draw first.
ChaChapter III.
Vectorize · Refined for the laser

Refined into
engraving art.

The pencil portrait is scanned, traced, and refined into precise line work the laser can follow. Every shadow becomes a stroke; every stroke becomes a path. No raster compromise — every line stays crisp at any size.
How we refine it
2 minutes
Tools
Vector pen · traced line by line
Output
Scalable line art · laser-ready paths
Why vector
Crisp at any size
Optional
Want to see the sketch first? Opt in when you customize your pendant — Sketch in 24h · engraving made from it.
Plate III
Sketch → precision line art
p. 11
Plate IV.
Laser pass · 316L surgical stainless steel
p. 16
Chapter IV.
Engrave · Built to never fade

Held in
the metal itself.

Your portrait is laser-engraved directly into 316L surgical steel — every line of the drawing burned into the metal’s surface at a depth measured in microns. This is not printed. This is not coated. Built to never fade.
Materials & finish
Permanent
Base
316L surgical stainless steel · hypoallergenic
Plating
18k gold · 18k rose gold · rhodium · vacuum-deposited
Engraving
Laser-engraved · traced from the artist’s hand
Promise
Built to never fade
Chapter V.
Gift ready · Ships within 48 hours

Polished, packed,
on its way.

Each finished piece is hand-polished, inspected under daylight, and packed in a velvet box with a hand-tied ribbon — ready to give or keep. Sealed, labeled, and on its way within 48 hours of order — with 30-day returns if anything’s not right.
The piece you’ve waited for, packed like it matters — because to someone, it does.
Plate V.
The keepsake, packaged
p. 20

Their face.
Keep them close.

The journey starts again every time someone
uploads a photo of a pet they love. Yours could
begin today — your portrait, drawn by hand,
ships within 48 hours.
MADE TO ORDER · SHIPS WITHIN 48 HOURS · 30-DAY GUARANTEE · LOVE IT OR REMAKE
PupTrace · Volume II
— Drawn entirely by hand
Edition 2026