Just stumbled on this great painting-combo-mug shot, beautifully rendered and lit. I think it is concept art for a character named Dante in a video game - "Devil May Cry". Couldn't find the artist's name but if you know, send it my way! 

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Just stumbled onto these fantastic mug shot, scratchboard, portraits by the artist Patrushka. She has a number of incredibly detailed and commanding images, all part of her series, "The Hunters and the Hunted". Posted here are a few of "The Hunters".

To see them all - her website is here.

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Nice series by Alexandra titled "Manmade" of death row inmates. Beautiful painterly styles reflecting the somber gaze of prisoners in their mug shots.

Her website is here.

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The exhibit, "Line Up," is the work of artists Nora Ligorano and Marshall Reese. Each Bush administration member clutches a clapboard, as in a standard mug shot, with the date of his "arrest" - a day when each made "incriminating" statements regarding the Iraq war.

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/11/29/2007-11-29_library_exhibit_features_mug_shots_of_pr.html#ixzz10BDub7bs

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Chris is known for his works painted on brown paper bags. Wrinkly or dirty, the bags makes a great base for his brightly colored graphic images. He has a large series of portrait mug shots, the titles are generally the crime committed (i.e. "Assault") They are all great, would love to see a book of them. His other works kick ass too.
For his site: http://www.bagpainter.com/mugshots.htm

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An illustrator at The Boston Globe used Fairey's police booking mug shot and the popular web site Obamacon.me to create this image.

Via - http://www.nppa.org/news_and_events/news/2009/02/suit.html

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