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[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 60 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

I'm inside my apartment on the other side of the Atlantic and I too can smell it.

[–] misk@sopuli.xyz 45 points 2 years ago (4 children)
[–] TheDoctorDonna@lemmy.world 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Brad Pitt was his stand in, can't you tell?

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 21 points 2 years ago

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 points 2 years ago

Holy shit the pic with Caroline Ellison is amazing lmao

[–] killeronthecorner@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Is this the guy who starred in The Bankman?

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 32 points 2 years ago

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 28 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He should have asked to sketch artist to make him look not guilty.

[–] cley_faye@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

They are artists, not magicians.

[–] MermaidsGarden@lemmy.world 24 points 2 years ago

Wow, I’m shocked! Well, maybe not that shocked.

[–] TheRealLinga@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 years ago

It's early and I thought this was The Onion for a good 2 minutes. Wow.

[–] oldone@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago

sketch artist: "I'm good, but not that good"

[–] o0joshua0o@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago

The narcissism doesn't fall far from the tree

[–] Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Ah, like father like son I see

[–] Stuka@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

...why are courtroom sketch artist still a thing?

[–] Taigagaai@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Because it's usually not allowed to take pictures in court

[–] Stuka@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't think providing steady employment to a local artist is the worst thing taxes support.

[–] Stuka@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If we're gonna be handing out money for totally worthless tasks, oh boy imma be rich

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Be real, bro, you already do that.

[–] Stuka@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

....are you illiterate? That's exactly what I said.

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I called your current job useless, actually, but don't worry your pretty little head about the details.

[–] Stuka@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh, you are illiterate. Ok then.

Had to think a bit for that one, huh?

Understandable for your situation.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

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 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But why? Seems arbitrary and antiquated

[–] LufyCZ@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Think it's to protect the identities of people

[–] Stuka@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's working well, I definitely do not know it's trump Jr there.

[–] LufyCZ@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's not who it's supposed to be protecting lol

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Then who’s it supposed to protect?

[–] LufyCZ@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Witnesses, the jury, people like that

[–] topinambour_rex@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Because AI aren't allowed in court, yet...

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Artist is better for privacy.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Only proportionally to how much they suck at their craft

[–] kandoh@reddthat.com 1 points 2 years ago

More like for not accidentally including jury members in the shot

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

That would at least have made me laugh. This made me want to retch.

[–] eran_morad@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago

Classy guy like that? No way.

[–] TheJims@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

They’re sketch artists not magicians

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

They captured his stank cloud well

[–] theotherone@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

Take comfort knowing the sketch artist made him look like Jack Smith’s brother.

[–] kescusay@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I just threw up a little in my mouth.

[–] holycrap@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago

Well if the artist honored that request they wouldn't have gotten a likeness

[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He looks like the portrait of Dorian Grey

I'd make a joke about Jr saying, "Before, right? Right?!??" but he wouldn't get the reference.

[–] Txcfe@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 years ago