Personalising your pet - Should I choose a tweak or a bespoke drawing?

Personalising your pet - Should I choose a tweak or a bespoke drawing?

by Kim John on Mar 29 2025

You know that your pet is as unique and individual as you are. From their funny habits that make you smile, right down to that tiny little smudge of white only you know they have on their chin. This is why, here at Syd & Co, we offer personalisation allowing you to show off your pet’s individuality and create a real likeness to your furry friend. 

We have two personalisation options, one a tweak to our existing illustrations the other is a bespoke drawing of your pet.

What is a custom tweak? 

A tweak is an adjustment to one of our existing illustrations. We have hundred’s of different drawings of dogs, cats, bunnies and guinea pigs on our personalisation sheets.

Whilst you might think “oh wow that looks just like my dog, but I wish that one ear was sticking up” then that is when you can add a tweak to your order. 

Other examples would be if you are looking for a colour change, or to add a patch over an eye, change an eye colour or make the muzzle that bit wider. Here’s a before and after example of a tweak.

 

Isn’t it amazing how small changes can transform the drawings to look so much like the real pet? The custom tweak can include a wide range of changes to our existing illustrations and they can be quite transformative to the initial drawing. It also shows how you are not limited to just one tweak.

What is a bespoke drawing?

A bespoke drawing is very different to a custom tweak. They are a brand new drawing using a photo you have chosen. They also include a preview  to make sure we get it just right. You might choose a bespoke drawing as an extra special gift for someone or as a memorial gift. 

Perhaps you don’t see any likeness to your pet on any of the existing illustrations, are they a unique breed, a rescue that doesn’t look like any one breed? That’s when we would encourage a bespoke.  Be mindful the bespoke drawings take a little longer as we draw these from scratch.

How to Personalise with a drawing of your pet

We want you to get a true likeness to your pet which is why you can opt to personalise with either a tweak or a bespoke drawing. It’s a really simple process to do so:

  1. View our personalisation sheets in the photos of the item listing to find a pet that looks like yours. If you find a pet that looks like yours enter the details in the option boxes. I.e Staffordshire Bull Terrier, Red.

  2. If you find something similar but it’s not quite your pet, such as you want to add a patch, ear shape change, colour change, change the face shape or to add a smile, add a tweak to your basket and leave us a note at checkout with instructions and send us a photo to contactsydandco@gmail.com - we always check the notes at checkout so add everything you need here 😊

  3. If you would like a 'new' bespoke drawing of your pet add a drawing to your basket and leave us a note at checkout with instructions then send us a photo to contactsydandco@gmail.com

  4. Leave the rest to us!

Making it easy the next time you order

We want to bring your pet’s likeness to life and we want to make ordering merch with your pet's face on in the future super easy.

That’s why, when you order a tweak or a bespoke drawing, we save your custom design under your name so you can use it again. This means when you next place an order, you can re-use your custom design by selecting ‘use my custom’ in the drop-down menu of the item you’re looking to purchase, you’ll only pay once for your tweak or custom illustration. 

More than one pet? No problem! We don’t want anyone left out and love to add additional pets to your order and we’re happy to adjust illustrations of additional pets too. We would never want you to choose a favourite!

 

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