<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features/court-artists-quick-on-the-draw-9091848.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art/features...</a><p>UK court artists are not allowed to sketch in court. They must observe and then leave to sketch from memory (a fact that I was not previously aware of).
Is there a reason an illustration is allowed and a photograph isn't? Why would you prefer a version of events warped through an artist's mind and hand OVER an exact picture?
I there any reason to prefer these illustrations over photos, other than "charm"? Something like not recording things that weren't the centre of attention?
The one of Tom Brady has to be the best of all time. <a href="http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/08/tom-brady-courtroom-sketch-memes-lol" rel="nofollow">http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/08/tom-brady-courtroom-sketch-m...</a>
My mom was a judge and she took one of the courtroom illustrations she was in and framed it. I am sure my sister and I will fight over it some day as a family heirloom.