Dictionary

compositry en · NOUN

Etymology

From composite + -ry.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:illustration) The use, especially in law enforcement, of ready-made images of portions of an object to compose a picture of the entire object, such as the face of a person described by eyewitnesses.
   • The single most common proportional mistake in both compositry and fine art portraits is making the nose too long in relation to the face drawn. 2007, Lois Gibson, Forensic Art Essentials: A Manual for Law Enforcement Artists, →ISBN, page 41:
   • This article examines issues in composite drawing and examines different methods for conducting witness interviews necessary to compositry. 1988, F. J. Domingo, "Forensic Art: Concepts and Approaches in Composite Interviewing," Journal of Forensic Identification, vol. 38, no. 6, p. 259, annotation
   • In recent decades, other attempts have been made at three-dimensional compositry, most notably by Fernado Poncé of the Los Angeles Police Department. 2001, Karen T. Taylor, Forensic Art and Illustration, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 206:

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Relateds

composite sketch · composite