I'm just going to go out on a limb and assume the sketch artist makes money on Patreon selling custom Edward Cullen "art" and just couldn't stop the habit.
That's not a real reason. Most courts are recorded, have stenographer and apparently sketch artists. There's absolutely no reason for court sketch artists to exist in modern society. It's just silly and wreaks of some conservative tradition.
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Tattorack@lemmy.world · 69 pts · 2y
I smell insecurity...
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
I'm inside my apartment on the other side of the Atlantic and I too can smell it.
CubbyTustard@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 2y
misk@sopuli.xyz · 48 pts · 2y
Sam Bankman-Fried must have tried this and succeeded.
https://abovethelaw.com/2023/10/sam-bankman-fried-courtroom-sketch-becomes-metaphor-for-crypto-industry/
TheDoctorDonna@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 2y
Brad Pitt was his stand in, can't you tell?
DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe · 22 pts · 2y
I'm just going to go out on a limb and assume the sketch artist makes money on Patreon selling custom Edward Cullen "art" and just couldn't stop the habit.
loutr@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 2y
Holy shit the pic with Caroline Ellison is amazing lmao
killeronthecorner@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Is this the guy who starred in The Bankman?
gigachad@feddit.de · 2 pts · 2y
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 2y
Sketch artist: "No can do, but if you slip me a Bennie, I can make it look like you have a chin"
sndmn@lemmy.ca · 35 pts · 2y
He should have asked to sketch artist to make him look not guilty.
cley_faye@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 2y
They are artists, not magicians.
TheRealLinga@sh.itjust.works · 27 pts · 2y
It's early and I thought this was The Onion for a good 2 minutes. Wow.
MermaidsGarden@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 2y
Wow, I’m shocked! Well, maybe not that shocked.
o0joshua0o@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 2y
The narcissism doesn't fall far from the tree
oldone@kbin.social · 21 pts · 2y
sketch artist: "I'm good, but not that good"
Gingerlegs@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y
Stuka@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 2y
...why are courtroom sketch artist still a thing?
Taigagaai@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 2y
Because it's usually not allowed to take pictures in court
Stuka@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
That's not a real reason. Most courts are recorded, have stenographer and apparently sketch artists. There's absolutely no reason for court sketch artists to exist in modern society. It's just silly and wreaks of some conservative tradition.
DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe · 16 pts · 2y
I don't think providing steady employment to a local artist is the worst thing taxes support.
Stuka@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 2y
If we're gonna be handing out money for totally worthless tasks, oh boy imma be rich
DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe · 3 pts · 2y
Be real, bro, you already do that.
Stuka@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 2y
....are you illiterate? That's exactly what I said.
DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe · -1 pts · 2y
I called your current job useless, actually, but don't worry your pretty little head about the details.
paraphrand@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Those recordings are not available to the public though, right? Isn’t that the difference? Or am I just mislead here?
I see why the tradition of it feels conservative. But I dunno. I think it’s cool. Seems like good culture.
RidgeDweller@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 2y
But why? Seems arbitrary and antiquated
LufyCZ@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Think it's to protect the identities of people
Stuka@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
It's working well, I definitely do not know it's trump Jr there.
LufyCZ@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
That's not who it's supposed to be protecting lol
intensely_human@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 2y
Then who’s it supposed to protect?
LufyCZ@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
Witnesses, the jury, people like that
topinambour_rex@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Because AI aren't allowed in court, yet...
Kase@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
"Why does the defendant have a different number of fingers in every scene?"
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
-AI flips you off with 13 middle fingers on each hand
kandoh@reddthat.com · 0 pts · 2y
Artist is better for privacy.
intensely_human@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 2y
Only proportionally to how much they suck at their craft
kandoh@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 2y
More like for not accidentally including jury members in the shot
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
It's even worse if you see him do it on camera. He did everything but wink and do an air kiss.
tacosanonymous@lemm.ee · 14 pts · 2y
Finger guns?
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
That would at least have made me laugh. This made me want to retch.
eran_morad@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
They captured his stank cloud well
theotherone@kbin.social · 10 pts · 2y
Take comfort knowing the sketch artist made him look like Jack Smith’s brother.
NatakuNox@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
They are an artist Jr not a miracle worker.
TheJims@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
They’re sketch artists not magicians
kescusay@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
I just threw up a little in my mouth.
holycrap@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 2y
Well if the artist honored that request they wouldn't have gotten a likeness
nxdefiant@startrek.website · 4 pts · 2y
He looks like the portrait of Dorian Grey
DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe · 6 pts · 2y
I'd make a joke about Jr saying, "Before, right? Right?!??" but he wouldn't get the reference.
Txcfe@lemmy.sdf.org · 4 pts · 2y
Nailed it
NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social · -32 pts · 2y
His fellow prison inmates will certainly find him sexy. Don’t drop the soap Donnie!
ZeroCool@feddit.ch · 35 pts · 2y
Stop embarrassing yourself.