People ask us two questions a lot. "Do you also do people?" and "It's just a cute little figure — why does it take two weeks?" Same answer to both: because cute is hard, and we'd rather be great at one thing.
Why pets only
Humans judge human faces with brutal precision — a jaw 2% off and a portrait feels like a stranger. Pets are judged by something warmer: the ear that never stood up, the crooked tail, the exact patch over one eye. Those are the details we've built our whole process around capturing. By focusing only on pets, every hour of our craft goes into fur, markings and expression — not into being mediocre at everything.
What actually takes two weeks
- Photo review (24 hours). A human checks your photo will translate well before anything is made.
- Digital design. Turning a few photos into a full 3D character — deciding what the "back" of your pet looks like from a front photo is genuine artistic judgment.
- Printing & curing. High-resolution resin printing is slow by design; speed creates layer lines and fragile parts.
- Hand-painting & finishing. Painting, detailing and checking every piece by hand. This is where "3D print" becomes "keepsake".
The chibi paradox
Simplifying is the hardest part. A chibi figure keeps maybe 20% of a pet's visual information — the craft is choosing the right 20%, so that anyone who loves that pet recognizes them instantly. That's the whole job. That's why we do it slowly, and why we only do pets.