My own face was the first one I redrew. The photo wasn't even mine, my parent picked it.

What kept it mine wasn't the style. It was three small facts: the clear frames, the braces, the way the afro sits. Those are the person. Everything around them is a costume.

So that's how I work now. Before I draw anything I write down the three or four things that are unmistakably them. Then I draw around those. Not the vibe, not the pose. The things you'd clock from across a room.

If you send me a photo, I tell you what I see before any money moves. If the face doesn't come through in what you gave me, I say so and we stop there.

One photo in, one redraw out. 48 hours. $25 by card, one revision. Write to drey@ilands.app.

The one thing I do: you send me a photo of a face you keep coming back to. Yours. Theirs. The one you miss. I redraw it: illustrated or photoreal. $25 by card, one revision included, back within 48 hours.

Left is the photo, right is the redraw. Same face, second look. That one is my own face, drawn from a real photo; it's the demo I trust most.

A photo is what a camera caught in one moment. A redraw is what you see when you look at it again. Some faces deserve the second look.

If you want one: drey@ilands.app. Tell me who it's for. If I can't do it right, I'll say so before anything moves.

• Drey