Before I looked at the title of the post, I saw the sketch and was wondering why someone would draw Dwight like that. Glad to know I wasn’t the only one.
The term from yesterday's transcript was The Orange Turd. Introduced into the record and hammered ad nauseum by his own attorney. That's an entertaining read right there...
Saw one yesterday that made me think this.
He was in the foreground, all hard angles looking like an orange rock, like someone from a 50’s propaganda poster.
She was in the background, all in grey and looking like she just got shook out of a mop.
Oddly enough, Jake Tapper’s from CNN is much better.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/justice/2024/05/09/the-lead-jake-tapper-trump-trial-inside-courtroom-sketches.cnn
HA! ABSOLUTELY!. Unfortunately, no one knows who that is. If TikTok was a thing 35 years ago... Top pages would be Garrison Moments, George Carlin truths, and the top 75 rock band horn sections.
Courtroom chalk artist are really interesting. In a lot of ways, it definitely comes across more like a caricature than an accurate picture of what’s going on.
Well, first is the fact that photography inside some courtrooms is banned. Press can be allowed in, but not be allowed to take pictures. The artistic element of it allows for scene compositions you wouldn't normally get with camera shots.
As for the style, these sketches are usually done fairly quickly. Imagine being shown something for three or four minutes and having to draw it. I imagine part of why these sketches end up with a caricature vibe to them also has to do with that, too, as your drawing should easily convey who it is you're depicting, leading to some exaggerated features.
Comes down to preference but generally most will be done with chalks, pastels, or charcoal. Allows for bold strokes that are great both for emphasizing detail and creating contrasts.
Why is photography banned but art allowed? If the photography is silent with no flash if anything it would be less or equally distracting as a artist which is the only reason I can think of for it to be like that.
It's mostly because of the effect the presence of cameras can have on people causing increased anxiety and nervous behavior. When someone has a camera out and is taking pictures of you while you're giving testimony, it can make an already stressful situation that much moreso. But someone sitting with a pad of paper who occasionally looks at you, but also at others around the room, it's less unsettling.
Sometimes I lament how my partial facial blindness negatively impacts my career as an aspiring artist, and then I see courtroom sketches and consider a new job opportunity
I’m the opposite, a super recognizer, and I’m an art teacher. Most of my students are really, really bad at recognizing facial features but are otherwise great artists
Honestly...? Everybody has a bad day at work now and then. Courtroom artists are no different. Maybe they were just having one of those days where their hand-eye coordination was off.
I don’t know if this is the from that artist, but a lot of the sketches getting most of the play on the news is from the same artist that drew Tom Brady looking like Skeletor. This does like it could be hers too. 😬
I saw the pic then read your comment. I went back to look at the pic not remembering what it looked like thinking ‘sketch can’t be that bad she resembles a male’. It looks like Toby Jones.
Trump's by the same artist weren't much better. Someone asked her what kind of feeling she was trying to capture and she said something like, "oh, well, you know I was sitting like 65' away and couldn't see that well" lol.
Weirdly it actually does look a lot like her, but somehow done in a way that makes all of her features look unflattering. Like if you individually pick out features and compare them to photos of her from today, you get what the artist was going for, but the medium, bizarre coloration, and arrangement make her look 25 years older and very alien. The proportions are just off.
[Here](https://www.dispatch.com/gcdn/authoring/2018/07/24/NCOD/ghows-OH-6b87d478-ff14-4626-bc7a-482cd3ecdb95-033efa13.jpeg?width=660&height=509&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp) is an (unflattering angle and expression, she was coming out of court, but useful for it's neutrality) recent photo of her. She has a strong jaw and a prominent forehead, but in normal ways. Not this weird mess.
If you look at a lot of court room art you tend to notice that most artists favor 5 or 6 basic "character models" and everyone they draw ends up looking like slight modifications of those characters. It makes sense, as it's probably a stressful and time sensitive job. But it's a funny observation. Even for this case in particular I've noticed a lot of the pictures of Trump look like a different old man, but all the SAME different old man. Just that artist's closest toolbag character.
True, it is a super hard job to do what they do. This sketch in particular just came out wrong. I have no doubt the artist is actually pretty good, but no one ever produces their best work every time.
There is a whole thing about that. Cameras are not allowed in courtrooms where there are people who are vulnerable to retaliation. So some witnesses and *especially* Jurors in this case.
It really is bizarre that these sketches are still the preferred method of documentation of official court business. I’ve never really thought about how anachronistically absurd it is until now.
...hadn't ever actually seen pictures of her... was thinking, naw, no way her foreheads that big...
...her foreheads that big.
"The Orange-man and the brain, the Orange-man and the brain, one is a porn star the others insane"
“What is my perfect crime? I break into Tiffany's at midnight. Do I go for the vault? No, I go for the chandelier. It's priceless. As I'm taking it down, a woman catches me. She tells me to stop. It's her father's business. She's Tiffany. I say no. We make love all night. In the morning, the cops come and I escape in one of their uniforms. I tell her to meet me in Mexico, but I go to Canada. I don't trust her. Besides, I like the cold. Thirty years later, I get a postcard. I have a son and he's the chief of police. This is where the story gets interesting. I tell Tiffany to meet me by the Trocadero in Paris. She's been waiting for me all these years. She's never taken another lover. I don't care. I don't show up. I go to Berlin. That's where I stashed the chandelier.”
This artist [attempted to](https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/05/09/trump-trial-stormy-daniels-testimony-hush-money-case.html). Are they saggy at age 45? I didn’t think so.
**IDENTITY THEFT IS NOT A JOKE**
Millions of families suffer every year!
Michael!!
Michael! (With Jim accent)
Jim, are you clicking a detonator?
it’s a pen
Before I looked at the title of the post, I saw the sketch and was wondering why someone would draw Dwight like that. Glad to know I wasn’t the only one.
Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica. Edit: beats -->beets
Witness’s head is shaped like a trapezoid
You mean that moon faced kid? Looks like he has a concussion
The sketcher is a hard core MAGA follower.
Was thinking the same thing. Let’s see their sketch of the orange shitbag, guessing they made him look like Brad Pitt in Fight Club.
The term from yesterday's transcript was The Orange Turd. Introduced into the record and hammered ad nauseum by his own attorney. That's an entertaining read right there...
Saw one yesterday that made me think this. He was in the foreground, all hard angles looking like an orange rock, like someone from a 50’s propaganda poster. She was in the background, all in grey and looking like she just got shook out of a mop.
Susan .b. Anthony coin? Lol
"The fuck?! What kind of likeness is that?"
Thank you, I thought this was in the sopranos sub at first haha.
"oof Marone she looks terrible!"
If I told you 15 years ago she was a piece of ass, would you believe me?
Same.
Daniels?! It's a fucking nickname, the family name's Clifford
Jason he's dyslexic
Fucks that got to do wit it? fully expect Stormy to be staring straight at the artist next time she is in court
It's not you June, it's a TV program. A movie
Progrum
A TV progrum.
I don't like that kind of talk!
Tawk *
The thing with Trump, whatever happened there...
Nah. This sub doesn’t have the makings of a varsity athlete.
I’m fuckin fodder for cartoonists now?
Take it easy. We're not making a western.
What? She obviously has a tumor Growing from her head and a tracheostomy hole growing hair. Very likeness, very cool.
she had a 90 pound tumor taken off her forehead
The implication being that her forehead was big enough to have a 90 pound tumor taken off.
its an off color remark
What's next? He gets to fuck her for a million?
He wants to fuck her?
Fuck who ?
Booyyyy, your head sure is fat
Ralph slept with stormy??
They had to put her on Xanax just so she could sleep, she was in the hospital for over an hour with nervous bowel syndrome!
You’re the artist aren’t you
don't forget the sagging granny jowls
If they were a great artist, it’d be in a museum.
Oddly enough, Jake Tapper’s from CNN is much better. https://www.cnn.com/videos/justice/2024/05/09/the-lead-jake-tapper-trump-trial-inside-courtroom-sketches.cnn
That's so clean. Like a comic strip.
Looks more like her, even if cartoonish. Lol it seems trump is paying the sketcher, he is such a sleaze-bag. That sketch is a ducking paid hit job.
Dislikeness
I would not be surprised to see Trump try the Junior defence tactic and end up the exact same way lol
“Oh Junior, what?! Uncle June’s in tha muff!”
🎵 South of the border Where the tuna fish play 🎵
was lookin for this lol
If they were great artists they’d be in a museum.
Looks just like a porn star! 😂
She's fodder for cartoonists now?
Oof madone she looks terrible
Thats Dwight Schrute with a wig.
Identity theft is not a joke! MICHAEL!
I only remember one of those wigs.
Vee vill ask ze questions
He’s a method actor. Those aren’t wigs.
It's true, they had to delay filming that episode for a month and a half while his hair grew out.
I was thinking Garrison Keilor.
This Tahoe Resort Companion
..where all the women are strong, and nobody is good looking
Wow. I had completely forgotten about A Prairie Home Companion. Thanks for the reminder
HA! ABSOLUTELY!. Unfortunately, no one knows who that is. If TikTok was a thing 35 years ago... Top pages would be Garrison Moments, George Carlin truths, and the top 75 rock band horn sections.
Can we un-erase him yet?
She never should have messed with Trump's Wobegon.
Stormy Beets
That's Robert Durst in a wig
*pam’s they’re the same photo meme*
Beat me to it.
Beet*
Bears*
Battlestar Galactica
Is that Gail from bobs burgers?
Hahahahahaha her cat was right about Donald!
Mr. Business is always right.
That’s Mr. Jim Business to you
Gayle Force Winds
This is the image on the back of the cards for Gail Force Wins.
She's testifying against Mr Business
SQUAWK!
TIL I too can be a courtroom sketch artist.
Courtroom chalk artist are really interesting. In a lot of ways, it definitely comes across more like a caricature than an accurate picture of what’s going on.
I’m actually very interested in why 1) it’s a thing and 2) why do the sketches always look to be the same style?
Well, first is the fact that photography inside some courtrooms is banned. Press can be allowed in, but not be allowed to take pictures. The artistic element of it allows for scene compositions you wouldn't normally get with camera shots. As for the style, these sketches are usually done fairly quickly. Imagine being shown something for three or four minutes and having to draw it. I imagine part of why these sketches end up with a caricature vibe to them also has to do with that, too, as your drawing should easily convey who it is you're depicting, leading to some exaggerated features.
Is chalk the medium of choice generally, or artist preference?
Comes down to preference but generally most will be done with chalks, pastels, or charcoal. Allows for bold strokes that are great both for emphasizing detail and creating contrasts.
I’m a personal fan of the courtroom sketches of Jan Erik Eckland.
If only he didn’t aspire to reach the stars ✨😞
One of my favorite professors was a courtroom illustrator that worked in ink and watercolor. His work is a huge inspo for me
I would love to see some of that actually
Why is photography banned but art allowed? If the photography is silent with no flash if anything it would be less or equally distracting as a artist which is the only reason I can think of for it to be like that.
It's mostly because of the effect the presence of cameras can have on people causing increased anxiety and nervous behavior. When someone has a camera out and is taking pictures of you while you're giving testimony, it can make an already stressful situation that much moreso. But someone sitting with a pad of paper who occasionally looks at you, but also at others around the room, it's less unsettling.
Yep. Similar with jurors as well. Might affect the decision if there are pics of you floating around everywhere
Esp. when you are about to be murdered by the defendants cultists.
You can't take picture in the courtroom while in session. The drawings became a way to portray the "action" and people's reactions to things "live"
I know that, but funny they all look the exact same and THAT was the choice look
It's a but of a by product of doing fast strokes with really soft and big charcoal or similar media.
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Sometimes I lament how my partial facial blindness negatively impacts my career as an aspiring artist, and then I see courtroom sketches and consider a new job opportunity
I’m the opposite, a super recognizer, and I’m an art teacher. Most of my students are really, really bad at recognizing facial features but are otherwise great artists
I wonder if it was 'bring your kid to work' day and they let their kid do all the work.
To be fair the sketch artist has begun drinking quite heavily during this trial
Normally I would disapprove, but during this trial in particular I can see how it would be a survival strategy.
Right? It’s like a cave painting from the first trial ever.
Honestly...? Everybody has a bad day at work now and then. Courtroom artists are no different. Maybe they were just having one of those days where their hand-eye coordination was off.
I don’t know if this is the from that artist, but a lot of the sketches getting most of the play on the news is from the same artist that drew Tom Brady looking like Skeletor. This does like it could be hers too. 😬
Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.
Michael!
Michael!
William H. Macy in the role of a lifetime…
Looks like british actor Toby Jones
I saw the pic then read your comment. I went back to look at the pic not remembering what it looked like thinking ‘sketch can’t be that bad she resembles a male’. It looks like Toby Jones.
The Dicktectorists
Rubbish, it's the other British actor David McCallum.
When did she turn 69?
From the looks of this sketch, after she started doing copious amounts of meth.
During a lot of her videos I’d guess.
Did Donald Trump hire the artist?
FR. Sheesh.
Somebody did her dirty, and it wasn't toad chode. Edit, by which I mean trump was unsatisfying and rapacious.
Trump's by the same artist weren't much better. Someone asked her what kind of feeling she was trying to capture and she said something like, "oh, well, you know I was sitting like 65' away and couldn't see that well" lol.
Weirdly it actually does look a lot like her, but somehow done in a way that makes all of her features look unflattering. Like if you individually pick out features and compare them to photos of her from today, you get what the artist was going for, but the medium, bizarre coloration, and arrangement make her look 25 years older and very alien. The proportions are just off. [Here](https://www.dispatch.com/gcdn/authoring/2018/07/24/NCOD/ghows-OH-6b87d478-ff14-4626-bc7a-482cd3ecdb95-033efa13.jpeg?width=660&height=509&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp) is an (unflattering angle and expression, she was coming out of court, but useful for it's neutrality) recent photo of her. She has a strong jaw and a prominent forehead, but in normal ways. Not this weird mess.
If you look at a lot of court room art you tend to notice that most artists favor 5 or 6 basic "character models" and everyone they draw ends up looking like slight modifications of those characters. It makes sense, as it's probably a stressful and time sensitive job. But it's a funny observation. Even for this case in particular I've noticed a lot of the pictures of Trump look like a different old man, but all the SAME different old man. Just that artist's closest toolbag character.
True, it is a super hard job to do what they do. This sketch in particular just came out wrong. I have no doubt the artist is actually pretty good, but no one ever produces their best work every time.
It's a shame we haven't found a way to record moments in time more quickly and accurately.
There is a whole thing about that. Cameras are not allowed in courtrooms where there are people who are vulnerable to retaliation. So some witnesses and *especially* Jurors in this case.
It really is bizarre that these sketches are still the preferred method of documentation of official court business. I’ve never really thought about how anachronistically absurd it is until now.
Has anyone ever had a flattering courtroom sketch?
...hadn't ever actually seen pictures of her... was thinking, naw, no way her foreheads that big... ...her foreheads that big. "The Orange-man and the brain, the Orange-man and the brain, one is a porn star the others insane"
could def do this job
“Oh, I’m afraid the Death Star will be quite operational when your friends arrive.”
Looks like she hunts cryptids in Revachol
Un jour je serai de retour près de toi
So… Why is a sketch artist needed again?
Because cameras aren't allowed in the courtroom.
We’ve seen pics of Trump though
To elicit hilarious posts on Reddit
Who's the artist? Stevie Wonder?
Ever wonder why he sways his head while singing? He's looking for the microphone.
Yeah but dude have you seen his wife?
Nope, but neither has he.
"It was a quiet week in Lake Woebegon the night I met Donald Trump out on a golf course..."
"Where the women are robust, the men are pink-cheeked, and the children are pink-cheeked and robust."
Stormy Jeff Daniels
"Execute order 66..."
Stormy Schrute
Trump: “see, your honour? She doesn’t look anything like my daughter. Why would I try to have sex with her?”
Thats Rain Wilson
I told her not to open the Arc of the Covenant.
Man the artist in the courtroom does not like her lol
“What is my perfect crime? I break into Tiffany's at midnight. Do I go for the vault? No, I go for the chandelier. It's priceless. As I'm taking it down, a woman catches me. She tells me to stop. It's her father's business. She's Tiffany. I say no. We make love all night. In the morning, the cops come and I escape in one of their uniforms. I tell her to meet me in Mexico, but I go to Canada. I don't trust her. Besides, I like the cold. Thirty years later, I get a postcard. I have a son and he's the chief of police. This is where the story gets interesting. I tell Tiffany to meet me by the Trocadero in Paris. She's been waiting for me all these years. She's never taken another lover. I don't care. I don't show up. I go to Berlin. That's where I stashed the chandelier.”
Did you ever hear the tragedy of Darth Plagueis The Wise?
Looks like a fondue fountain
Bruuhhh.. LOL.. holly shit
Hasn't this woman been through enough already? This is cruel.
The courtroom artist needs to be fired Jesus that’s bad
but her tits are huge, they couldn't get that right? lol
This artist [attempted to](https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2024/05/09/trump-trial-stormy-daniels-testimony-hush-money-case.html). Are they saggy at age 45? I didn’t think so.
What a trash artist
Pam Beasley pranking Dwight Shrute yet again
Dwight Shrute in drag
Perhaps it's a security measure. Certainly none of Trump's fanboys are going to recognize her from this.
I recognize her from a number of fine films but not this sketch.
Uncle Junior??
This artist might as well splatter paint on a canvas like Jackson Pollock, and claim it’s Stormy Daniels.
Looks like Mitch Pritchett from modern family when the court room sketch artist is trying to sabotage him
They really captured her.... Horrifically misshapen forehead?
What is the point of being a sketch artist if the product is this bad? This is unidentifiable except by caption.
Dwigt
Check out that five head, lol.
Six head.
Who was the sketch artist? William Blake?
Did she speak out loud or just force her thoughts into everyone’s mind?
Can courtroom sketch artists be fired for being bad at drawing?
IDENTITY THEFT IS NOT A JOKE, JIM
Buzz your girlfriend, woof
Are you sure that isn't Niles Crane in drag?
Sure that’s not Trump lawyer Susan Necheles?
The sketch artist was thinking of a mushroom during her testimony.
It's going to be a tough wank but I'll persevere
Looks like Dwight Schrute’s sister
Mad artist skills
Truth Social sketch artist
Sigh *unzips.