Review of Forensic Art and Illustration by Karen T. Taylor

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	• Forensic Art and Illustration Karen T. Taylor CRC, 2000 - 608 pages average customer review:based on 102 reviews view larger image
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Forensic Art and Illustration by Karen T. Taylor

I purchased this book as the required text for a Forensic Sculpture class I will be taking. "Forensic Art and Illustration" is the most fascinating book I have ever read. I learned a great deal just skimming over the book, with more careful reading the information contained in these pages is astounding. I was excited about taking the sculpture course before I received my copy of this book, now after reading the book I am even more so. Karen T. Taylor has dealt with some pretty horrifying subject matter in a clear, rational, respectful, and compassionate way. She takes the reader step by step through the processes used to render likenesses of those who have committed crimes, victims of crimes, and even showing the aging process in people who have been missing a number of years. The age progressions shown in this book are astounding. The processes of restructuring faces range from sketches, clay reconstructions, and computer reconstructions are all covered in great detail.

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Review of Forensic Art and Illustration by Karen T. Taylor

This book is unique, in that it successfully combines a step-by-step approach to the techniques of 2- and 3-dimensional forensic facial reconstruction with essential information on the legal issues of concern to those who do this work. Among many other important subjects it covers are computerized aging programs, composite imagery, superimposition, graphics reproduction, interviewing techniques for the artist, advice on dealing with the news media and testifying in court plus the history of forensic art techniques. It has become an important reference book for many forensic reconstruction laboratories around the country. It is truly comprehensive and eminently suitable as an academic textbook in art, forensic anthropology and law-and-justice university courses. For those university programs that provide a concentration or major in forensic sciences, it would be an excellent resource for interdisciplinary, team-taught courses. I plan to recommend it for adoption at Rowan University for just such a program.

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THE VALUE OF A GOOD TEACHER

BEFORE THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN THERE WERE ARTISTS WHO TRIED TO MAKE FORENSIC ART A SOLO CAREER. MS. TAYLOR SHARED HER TALENT TO DRAW AND TEACH WITH SO MANY PEOPLE. SHE IS TRULY A HERO. SHE TEACHES OTHER ARTISTS WHAT SHE KNOWS AND LETS THEM TAKE IT FROM THERE, ALWAYS BEING AVAILABLE. IF THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP ANYTHING IS TO LET IT GO, THEN KAREN WILL BE REMEMBERED, AND READ, BY GENERATIONS. SHE AND BETTY PAT. GATLIFF ARE TREASURES TO US ALL. MODERN MASTERS!

Exceptional reference book for the Artist

I very highly recommend Karen Taylor's book, "Forensic Art", to anyone interested in recreating the face, either in drawing or sculpture. I had been looking for such a reference book for nearly a year when Karen was recommended to me. After a call to her about my search for such an in-depth facial, muscle by muscle, reference, I bought her book and am delighted with its depth and scope. Astounded really, it presents an incredible amount of material that is distilled from a lifetime of drawing, sculpting and forensic recreations. Karen also recommended Betty Pat Gatliff, who teaches a week-long Forensic Sculpting class I attended at the Scottsdale Artist School (AZ) - and who contributed to the book in Part 3. If you have any interest in recreating the face, `from the skull up', this is the book for you; and, Betty Pat's class will give you the hands-on, clay sculpting, facial muscle recreation essentials so necessary for the artist - beginner or expert.

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Great Breakthrough Book

Karen Taylor has set a high standard for forensic artist books to come. I don't know what else could be added. The book is extremely well organized, illustrated and informative.

Ms. Taylor's experience and talent brings life to the skill of forensic art. It is a great service Ms. Taylor has done for the forensic art community by going through all of the work of writing this book. Thank you.

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