Welcome to “Ask a Forensic Artist”
Welcome to AAFA, the site that aims to give you solid, current information on the field of Forensic Art, and the people behind the scenes that do the work.
Do you want to be a Forensic Artist? The information is here within this site to help you reach that goal. I won’t sugar-coat it; it’s not an easy field to break into. But it can be done. Hundreds of artists are out there doing the work right now. You can too, if you have the skill and persistence. But first, you need to know where to start.
Are you already a forensic artist? Then share your knowledge and insight with others: provide a case-study, tell everyone about a great class you took, or a helpful tip you discovered. Let everyone know how valuable this field is, how you’ve worked together with law enforcement to identify suspects, given names back to the unidentified, and ultimately helped the victims of crime.
Are you a CSI fan? Are you fascinated by anything to do with forensics, wonder how a face can be reconstructed onto a skull, how artists can digitally age someone from 15 years old to 50? You’ll learn it all here, and know the difference between what you see on TV (holograms of crime scenes, and gun-toting anthropologists!) and the reality.
From the artists themselves.
This site is chock full of information, and is constantly growing and being updated. There is are interviews with real forensic artists, tutorials, news updates, career information, training opportunities, and case studies. Also, there will be my blog postings about things happening in forensic art, or anything related to the field that happens to be of interest to me at the moment.
And if you have any questions along the way, something you want to know about that you haven’t seen here, just ask.


