2. What is AZFAA & why are we here?
Arizona Forensic Artist Association
We’re a group of Forensic Artists from around the state that have joined together to better serve our communities by assisting law enforcement agencies around the state with quality Forensic Art.
We’re here today to let you know all of the different ways we can assist you in your investigations.

3. What services do we offer?
Composite Drawings
Image modification, image enhancement
Courtroom drawings
Unknown remains

4. Composite Drawings
Any type of art made from combining different images to form a single image.
Intended to be a likeness or similarity of a victim's or witness's perception of a suspect or subject at the time a person was viewed.
Two methods for creating composite drawings: Freehand & Computer Generated
Uses:
Provide a lead on a case through recognition by others.
May provide new information and/or add additional information in the form of visual identification.

5. Composite Drawings
NOT intended to be a portrait of an individual, but more of a two-dimensional likeness that is a visual record of the witness' recollections.
Types of cases composite drawings may assist with:
Any case where the victim or witness has viewed a suspect.
Sexual assaults, homicides, hit & runs, assaults, robberies, etc.

6. Composite Drawing Hit

7. Composite Drawing Hit

8. Composite Drawing Hit

9. How do Composite Drawings Work?
Identification by recognition or recall
Recognition is visual ability
Recall is verbal ability
Remember this face

10. Nature of Identification
Photographs are real
Drawings are “sketch”
John Wayne
Will Smith
President George W. Bush

11. Recognition VS Recall

12. Image Modification/Image Enhancement
Taking an existing image and making changes or enhancing
Age progression
Drawings from Surveillance Videos
Removing or adding features like hair, glasses, etc & removing additions to images from Apps like Instagram & Snapchat
Uses:
Missing persons
Wanted suspects
Enhancing surveillance images
Modifying Mug Shot Line Ups to make suspects look similar (ie. Adding facial hair, tattoos, etc.)

13. Age after 3 years of Methamphetamine Use

14. Image Modification Remove hair & goatee

15. Composite from Surveillance

16. Courtroom Drawings Unknown Remains
Drawings of subjects in the courtroom when video cameras are prohibited.
Unknown Remains
Forensic Facial Reconstruction:
The process of recreating the face of an individual (whose identity is often not known) from their skeletal remains through an amalgamation of artistry, forensic science, anthropology, osteology, and anatomy.

17. AZFAA Contact Information
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18. Questions?