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Skull cleaning class teaches students science, and business

A friend sent me this article about a high school applied science class in her town that teaches student how to clean skulls…and run a business at the same time: “(The) applied ...

Facial Approximation

FACIAL APPROXIMATIONS are drawings and sculptures created from an unidentified human skull. These are the coldest of all cold cases. By the time a skull makes it to a forensic ...

“Why shouldn’t I use a template to do my composites? It’s so much easier!”

I thought I would use this guy’s mug shot from the other day to talk about something that can easily be the death of a successful composite sketch. Not that ...

New facial reconstruction workshop

For anyone interested in learning more about facial reconstruction, but either 1) can’t make it to New York for Joe’s class, or 2)  took Joes’ class, loved it, and now wants ...

“Are forensic artists qualified to do facial image comparisons?”

If you are currently doing image comparisons, and the only background you have is your experience as a forensic artist, please check out the following website for the  “Facial Identification Scientific ...

I Want to be a Forensic Artist More Than Anything….

….BUT: I don’t want to join Law Enforcement I don’t want to work odd hours or be on-call I don’t want to move I don’t want to take a pay cut ...