Composite drawings, or “bad guy sketches,” are a long-standing form of crime-solving. Former NYPD forensic artist Stephen Mancusi met with Business Insider at his studio to explain how the process works. The drawings are produced through an interview process with a witness or a victim as the artist translates the given information to create a likeness.
Mancusi says that the interview is the most difficult part of the process. “As the artist I have no idea what the guy looks like. I have to work from that vague, kind of fluid memory of a witness or a victim.”
“You want to keep in mind that a composite sketch is not an exact representation or a portrait of a suspect. What it is is a drawing of a witness or victim’s perception of somebody.”
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