If you like to make illustrations in your spare time as a hobby and you're going to give some of them as gifts to your loved ones, you might be interested in the following suggestions. Use a custom picture framing service It's best to have the illustrations that you'll be giving as gifts framed by a custom picture framing specialist. There are several reasons for this. Firstly, whilst your friends or relatives might be delighted when they receive some of your illustrations, they may not end up hanging them up in their homes for many months (or ever) if these pictures are not in frames when they receive them.