Forensic Art and Illustration

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Summary: Highly Recommended!!!
Review: This book is absolutely essential for anyone interested in forensic facial art. It contains a wealth of information that is presented in an easy-to-understand manner. The author has obviously researched her craft in great depth, and she is happy to pass along the information she has learned over the years. Her collaboration with Betty Pat Gatliff and Dr. David Glassman further adds to the textbook, and I have not found any other book that can compare to this one. I highly recommend this book!

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Summary: Forensic Art and Illustration
Review: I have been an artist for over 20 years. I started drawing when I was 12 years old and got better as an artist as each year went by. I am very interested in Forensic Art, Facial reconstruction and Illustration. I purchased this book last year "Forensic Art and Illustration" and I just love it! The author, Karen T. Taylor is very talented in what she does and explains herself in a very simple way so everyone can understand her. This is the first book I have found to be very beneficial to me. It is like a bible to me, when ever I have a question, I then turn back to this book. I recommend this book to anyone who is in the field of Forensic Art! It is one of the best books around. Thank you for publishing an excellent book that has helped me immensely!!!

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Summary: Invaluable resource!
Review: This text is a must-have for anyone interested or involved in forensic art. Karen Taylor does a remarkable job of providing the reader with a wealth of information in a clear, concise manner. The illustrations and photographs are not only useful, but exemplify how accurate forensic art can be when it's done well. This text is truly an invaluable resource.

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Summary: Exceptional reference book for the Artist
Review: 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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Summary: Forensic Art and Illustration by Karen T. Taylor
Review: 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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Summary: THE VALUE OF A GOOD TEACHER
Review: 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.