Police Sketch Artist : The Answers

Dan dos Santos

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2015

-By Dan dos Santos

On Saturday, I shared with you the results of a drawing game we made up called ‘Police Sketch Artist’. Several people took a stab at guessing who the celebrities were, and many were very close! Below are the answers.

Congrats to our reader, JRBarker, who managed to guess 6 of them correctly!

Lauren Cannon drawing Larry Bird. Photo © Dave Palumbo

Don Maitz drawing Mackelmore. Photo © Dave Palumbo

1: 
Peter Lorre

2: 
Dudley Moore

3:
Ninja

4: 
Yolandi Visser

5: 
Russel Brand

6: 
Jessica Lange

7: 
Harry Dean Stanton

 

8: 
Lionel Richie

9: 
Mackelmore

10: 
Larry Bird

11: 
Steve Guttenberg

12: 
Wilford Brimley

13: 
Michael Showalter

14: 
Richard Belzer

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    The Art of Kim Kincaid on November 3, 2015 at 2:59 pm

    I still think #12 could be Captain Kangaroo. Great game, Dan!

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    mwillustration on November 3, 2015 at 3:08 pm

    I thought Captain Kangaroo too! I think everyone got Wilford Brimley though.

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    Lauren Panepinto on November 3, 2015 at 3:15 pm

    those are pretty shockingly accurate once you see the pics!

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    Reginald Atkins on November 3, 2015 at 4:36 pm

    pretty cool…

    that sounds like an insanely difficult game!

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    Nathan on November 3, 2015 at 11:18 pm

    Wait. We still need to know who drew who.

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    Dan on November 4, 2015 at 1:35 am

    I would list them if I could remember. But drinks were flowing and there were a LOT of people drawing. This is only half of what we drew.
    The only ones I remember for certain are:
    1. Rebecca Yanovskaya
    4. Travis Lewis
    7. Dan dos Santos
    8. Winona Nelson
    9. Don Maitz
    10, Lauren Cannon

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    Cory Hinman on November 4, 2015 at 6:31 pm

    Neither here nor there on the topic, but one fascinating thing I picked up from a radio interview with a police sketch artist was that their real skill lies in helping a witness tap into details which had slipped below their conscious recollection.

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    Nathan on November 8, 2015 at 2:07 am

    Thanks, Dan!

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    raymond stevens on November 9, 2015 at 3:04 am

    Kinda scary to consider that our subconscious records all that we witness, huh?
    No 18 min. gaps in the collective unconscious (Sorry, Gen Xers; Boomer Ref).

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    Travis Lewis on November 10, 2015 at 12:32 am

    Hey. We're professionals here ?