the pittsburgh synagogue
shooting trial:
These are the bulk of the sketches I completed for the Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Trial held in 2023. I did not include incomplete ones, or rough drafts. Click on the images to see a closer look and caption information.
Early in 2023, I was contracted by the local news stations (KDKA, WTAE, and WPXI) for the duration of the trial from jury selection to sentencing. There's a clear evolution over the three-month period of the proceedings where my skills grew and sketching style changed, and I found my rhythm, so to speak. The early sketches seem very rough. Then there are ones that I completed digitally with my Apple pencil and iPad Pro when I couldn't be physically in the courtroom and instead watched from the satellite media room in another section of the courthouse. Still later, I adapted to different paper and different tools for a crisper look.
Between April 24, 2023 and August 3, 2023, I turned in 156 completed sketches; I had 17 extra completed sketches that never made it to the news, and I have a stack of unfinished, rough sketches from the trial as well.
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