how come all the criminal face sketches always look like shit?

Probably because if you're a professional artist, you don't work as a police sketch artist.

>>2457835
The cop that draws the best is the sketch artist right? I know they don't hire extra guys for this.

>signing your 6th grade work

>>2457833
that guy needs loomis bad

>>2457833
that's a pretty good ted cruz drawing

>>2457892
I don't get this meme. He doesn't look like that at all.

Can't use references.

>>2457833
You usually have to draw from a witness explaining how the person looks from there memory, most witnesses are pretty shit at recalling shit, and this >>2457950

>>2457885
I'd imagine they sign it for record purposes, as opposed to signing it to inflate your ego

>>2457954
the drawing is quite vague, since it's based on a person's memories, which might have went throw a traumatizing event on top of that, BUT THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD BE. if you put too much detail into it, it might drive it away from the looks of the suspect

that being said, you can't say based on OP pic, that the dude isn't a beginner, he's stuff got goodish proportions, but that's all (the single most important think I imagine when it comes to the nature of the drawing)

what's over "case: bla bla bla" it's definality not for record purpose