Would you be happy to receive this as a gift?

[nirvanauk]

A family portrait illustration similar to the one pictured?

Considering them for Christmas presents (I know I'm early!) but DH thinks people would rather have a realistic portrait or canvas photo.

No, I absolutely hate people giving me stuff to display
It's their taste and this is a vanity present
It's nice on its own in your house I'm sure

It's too cutesy for my taste, though a Biff and Chip style story book would just about be okay.

Sorry but no, I can think of little I'd want less. It's all a bit naff and twee for my liking.

I'd prefer it to a canvas or photography which I'd find even worse but wouldn't hang any of them. It just really isn't my bag nor to my decor taste. I kno what the members of my family look like and don't need to see them on the wall in novelty formats. I would prefer something useful, fun, or edible as a gift.

I can see some people loving it but it really depends on their existing tastes.

I don't like it, I wouldn't hang it if I got it as a gift. It would end up gathering dust in a press/cupboard somewhere in the house.

I would say thank you to the person giving it to me at the time but it wouldn't end up on my walls.

I would not like it and it would go in the bottom of a drawer.

I'd absolutely love it- sort of JB Handelsman-style.

How much do they cost? can you share the link?

I like it but I would NOT want it as a gift. A picture (of any sort) of someone else and their family?

I think it’s really sweet, but I don’t have anywhere to put it. It needs to be in a big corridor on the way to the loo from a farmhouse boot room.

Think about what you've seen in peoples houses... do they have similar twee things? Did they have a pregnancy or newborn photo shoot? Do they have Live Laugh Love items around? If so they'll love it.

If not, they won't. So just choose wisely!

Presumably OP means a picture of the recipient's family?

Thanks everyone, big range of opinions!

A few people asking - obviously the portraits would be of the family receiving the gift, not of my family or any random family!

They are priced at £50 each

Would you mind sharing the link, @nirvanauk ?

I can barely see it on the desktop site. The new update is crap.

I would smile and thank you, but inwardly cringe and wonder what to do with it. Some people will love it but "art" is very personal taste.

I think it depends very much on personal taste. I wouldn’t want one but that’s just me. Someone else might love it.

I think it's really sweet. I'd be really pleased to receive it, assuming it's fairly small eg A5 or so. I wouldn't want to receive a canvas photo or anything large that is intended to take up wall space - I don't have any big photos hung on the walls. But I'd put that drawn portrait in a photo frame on the mantelpiece or on my desk and enjoy looking at it.

No l wouldn't but you do whatever you want to do OP

I'd quite like it if it was small eg A4 at largest, but it's a bit marmite. You'd have to know the recipients well enough to know if it's something they'd appreciate or not.

Is it of my family or yours??

Sorry, ignore me! You've answered this one ... (RTFT Kenton!)

I’d say the right things because I have manners, but it’s not to my taste so I’d not display it, and I’d feel guilty that you’d wasted your money

It's nice, but not to my taste. I think it so depends on the person you are giving it to.

Is this meant to be a picture of the giver or recipient?
If it was for doting grandparents then yes, anyone else, no.

I'd think it was very personal, and would like it. You'd need a photo to work with, I assume?

I would loathe it.