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Anatomy- For understanding bone structures and bodily functions
Biology- To better understand life
variety of art classes- to be able to give a detailed handwritten portrait
Art- To learn how to shade and draw better

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-Associates or bachelors degree in graphic art or design
- Bachelors degree in criminal Justice

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Some colleges that offer career training

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Some colleges that offer career training

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-Keiser University
-Liberty University
-Utica College
-University of the Southwest

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B.S. for forsenic science courses

Forensic Chemistry (CHEM 357)

Intro to Forensics (CJUS 360)

Forensic DNA Analysis (BIOL 361)

Forensic Entomology (BIOL 421)

Trace Evidence (BIOL 465)

Criminal Investigations I & II (CJUS 420, 421)

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B.S. for criminal Justice courses

Juvenile Justice: CJUS 310

Corrections: CJUS 320

Judicial Process: CJUS 330

Criminal Law: CJUS 400

Criminal Investigations I: CJUS 420

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-Sketch out criminal composites for  people that are unidentifiable
-Use 3d imagery to recreate skeletal features
-sketch out composites of decomposed items
-make age progression composites
-construct diagrams with chart evidence for court hearings
-use reports in court hearings
-use art to alter or enhance surveillance footage, photograph, crime scenes, etc.

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-most importantly need to be familiar with pen and paper
-charcoal and an easel
-Wacom tablets are used for computer sketches
- any evidence needed to help sketches
-somethings used before were bones, birds, clothes, items found on victims, etc.
-sometimes a lot of luck

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-80 hours of approved forensic art training
-40 hours of lectures, programs, or workshops
-2 years of experience in forensic arts
-30 examples of forensic art work
-portfolio with forensic art techniques

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for full time employees the salary range is usually anywhere from $30k to $345k with the average salary being $61k

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- law enforcement agencies
- crime labs hospitals
-coroners offices

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- usually don´t work with other forensic scientist but they do work with police officers, nurses, victims of crimes, anthropologist, and others

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- According to https://www.criminaljusticeprograms.com/ they predict that, ¨an estimated 18,000 forensic technicians, or 17% growth, so the field is growing faster than average¨

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On April 6th, 1963, in Toledo, Ohio Tina Shiets mother died in a violent car accident where she lost control of her car. The local news showed the incident on television where a young Tina Shiets was able to identify the car. Her and her two brothers, Chris and Craig,  were awaiting there mothers arrival at there aunts house at the time of the News telecast. Soon after the incident her two brothers were admitted into foster care while Tina was placed into custody of her maternal grandparents. Later on in life when Tina was sixteen years old, she began to search for her brothers. She searched through foster homes after foster homes with no traces of the boys who bounced around. She was only able to gain some photos and videos of them. Her last resort was asking forensic artist Lois Gibson to sketch out progressions of what the children would look like in the future. This story was aired on unsolved mysteries and on the night of the broadcast, Chris and Craig´s aunt, along with Chris and Craig´s biological father contacted the telecenter of the televison show. That night Tina was able to talk to her younger brothers on the phone for the first time in decades. A few weeks after that, the siblings reunited in West Virginia at Craig´s home.

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Lois Gibson, the forsenic artist in Tina´s case, holds the guisness world record for ¨The World's Most Successful Forensic Artist¨. She was able to help identify over 751 criminals with her work. Here is a video that describes her journey.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6vj-3KlcJM

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https://www.crimesceneinvestigatoredu.org/

https://www.criminaljusticeprograms.com/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/500470/15-secrets-police-sketch-artists

https://www.comparably.com/salaries/salaries-for-forensic-artist

https://www.criminaljusticedegreeschools.com/

https://unsolvedmysteries.fandom.com/wiki/The_Siblings_of_Tina_Shiets

https://loisgibson.com/
https://www.businessinsider.com/10-sketches-by-forensic-artist-lois-gibson-2015-7#don-dutton-2

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Would I be interested in this career and why?

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Would I be interested in this career and why?

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After doing this research project I became more and more interested about the studies of forensic artist. As my artistic ability isn´t quite remarkable, I don´t think I would be fully interested in this career. I did however dig into Lois Gibson career and I found that her accomplishments really caught my interest. She helped so many people with just a quick sketch and it is amazing to me how she did it. That is what you call truly remarkable.