
The Courtroom Sketch Artist
A short profile of a courtroom sketch artist working in Texas, tracing the arc of a career built entirely on drawing what cameras are barred from recording. The film follows the artist through the practice's rise, when local courts relied on sketches to illustrate trials for newspapers and television, and into its decline as photography and video restrictions loosened and the demand for hand-drawn courtroom art dried up. It is a small, specific case study of a niche profession disappearing in real time, told through the person who lived it rather than through outside commentators. The focus stays tight on craft and livelihood rather than on any particular trial or defendant, treating the sketch artist as a witness to changing courtroom media rules as much as a working illustrator.