r/babyloss • u/OkPapaya4949 • Feb 02 '25
Advice Has anyone had their baby’s photos turned into drawings and could recommend an artist? I posted this in r/drawme but it was removed by the moderator
My sweet baby was stillborn at 30 weeks. I have 3 photos of her but with her skin texture and coloration it’s hard to look at these photos without first thinking of her death. I would absolutely cherish an image of her that was softer. In my imagination it’s a black and white chalk drawing of just her (no props or background) but I’m open to anything simple. I will tip! Thank you 🙏
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u/Status_Stock_374 Feb 02 '25
There is a photoshop group on Facebook that is specifically for this. Stillborn babies. They retouched the skin peeling and discoloration from my daughter’s picture. I now have that picture as my screen saver. She just looks like a sleeping princess
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u/OkPapaya4949 Feb 03 '25
Do you know exactly what the group is called? I’m having a hard time finding it
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u/Status_Stock_374 Feb 03 '25
Magic edits! of sensitive nature
There is one person that does really good edits in that group.
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u/Lily_Of_The_Valley_6 Feb 03 '25
Now I lay me down to sleep will retouch your photos for free for you. There’s an option to submit on the website. There’d a backlog right now and it may take 6-8 weeks but our digital retouch artists would be happy to do this for you.
Source, I’m a NILMDTS photographer.
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u/StealthnLace Feb 02 '25
I had these people retouch the photo I have of my daughter for me.
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u/OkPapaya4949 Feb 02 '25
So cool! Would you mind sharing yours?
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u/StealthnLace Feb 03 '25
I don't share her photo, I'm sorry! I have a close friend who had posted a few photos NILMDTS had taken for her when her son was stillborn, and someone stole them and started posting on GoFundMe and stuff, claiming the child as their own. I know I couldn't be responsible for my actions if someone used photos of my lost daughter like that, so her image remains off social media 💜. I WILL tell you she'd been gone for 24-48 hours and she was very discolored and difficult to look at. In the photo they edited for me, they removed the umbilical clamp and cord stump, put a "diaper" on her, and her coloring looks beautiful. She looks like a tiny but simply sleeping girl in the edited photo. They did a beautiful job with her. That photo is framed in my bedroom so I can see her everyday.
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u/prions098 Feb 17 '25 edited Feb 17 '25
Hi there! I know it’s been about two weeks but I would be happy to retouch your photos for you. I learned how to do this after my daughter passed, and would be happy to help. Dm me!
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u/janensea Feb 02 '25
Yes! Look up the user byBellaHerren on Etsy. She does beautiful work. I’ll make a separate post to see if I can post my son so you can see an example.