Video Karen T Taylor www.karenttaylor.com
Forensic Art is tool used in law enforcement in different capacities. The most popular form of forensic art that many people have seen is the police sketch, or composite sketch as it is is now better known. Do you remember the times of the old photofits? , well law enforcement has come a long way since then with taking assistance from forensic artists to produce quality drawn images of suspects.3D Facial Reconstruction is one of my favorite forms of forensic art. The trained constructionist has the ability to build a face from the skull of human remains for identification. It has proved to be a very valuable tool in naming the unidentified and bringing killers to justice. Its kinda funny because when I first started showing my forensic art, many people thought it was just something they had seen on TV and was amazed to see it in real life, how do you do it I as asked. I reconstruct face using markers for tissue depth and clay for tissue. I have to say its remarkable to see this face transform before your eyes.2D Facial Reconstruction, pretty much the same as 3D with the exception of clay. Tissues markers are used but this time a photograph is taken of the skull and the face is drawn on top using a piece of acetate or tracing paper.Age Progression, one of the newer forms of forensic art and when age progression comes to mind so does Frank Bender who was well known and a legend in forensic art. Franks reconstructions were incredible its was amazing how he had the ability to age a persons face with such accuracy. What is age progression? This is when a face of a fugitive or missing person is aged so we can see what a person may now look like. It has had wonderful success and has aided in cases of missing persons and from many years ago and in the apprehension of fugitives.Forensic art is moving with the times and many artists are now turning to computer software for drawings, this doesn't mean to say that the drawings are computer generated. The artist is still hand drawing but hand drawing digitally. While I do not think it is suitable for all forensic art I do think it is a step in the right direction.
Forensic Art is tool used in law enforcement in different capacities. The most popular form of forensic art that many people have seen is the police sketch, or composite sketch as it is is now better known. Do you remember the times of the old photofits? , well law enforcement has come a long way since then with taking assistance from forensic artists to produce quality drawn images of suspects.3D Facial Reconstruction is one of my favorite forms of forensic art. The trained constructionist has the ability to build a face from the skull of human remains for identification. It has proved to be a very valuable tool in naming the unidentified and bringing killers to justice. Its kinda funny because when I first started showing my forensic art, many people thought it was just something they had seen on TV and was amazed to see it in real life, how do you do it I as asked. I reconstruct face using markers for tissue depth and clay for tissue. I have to say its remarkable to see this face transform before your eyes.2D Facial Reconstruction, pretty much the same as 3D with the exception of clay. Tissues markers are used but this time a photograph is taken of the skull and the face is drawn on top using a piece of acetate or tracing paper.Age Progression, one of the newer forms of forensic art and when age progression comes to mind so does Frank Bender who was well known and a legend in forensic art. Franks reconstructions were incredible its was amazing how he had the ability to age a persons face with such accuracy. What is age progression? This is when a face of a fugitive or missing person is aged so we can see what a person may now look like. It has had wonderful success and has aided in cases of missing persons and from many years ago and in the apprehension of fugitives.Forensic art is moving with the times and many artists are now turning to computer software for drawings, this doesn't mean to say that the drawings are computer generated. The artist is still hand drawing but hand drawing digitally. While I do not think it is suitable for all forensic art I do think it is a step in the right direction.