Courtroom Artist Is Prepared for 2nd Shot at Tom Brady Deflategate Trial Sketch

She's studied every cleft and crevice, laboring tirelessly in the name of dimple realism.

Pastels that were once dull are now razor-sharp blades, honed to perfection through hours of tracing boyish features and perfectly cloven chins.

Jane Rosenberg did this for all for you, New England Patriots fans. The courtroom sketch artist has practiced her craft and is prepared to do justice to Tom Brady in the hopes that you might let her live to sketch another day.

CBS Boston's Jim Armstrong tweeted pictures from a special on Rosenberg, who will step into a courtroom with Brady, Roger Goodell and NFL officials Monday for the first time since her now-famous sketches of Brady became viral news/meme fodder.

As you'll see, she's applied herself wholly to the task of making Brady look just as beautiful as you remember him to be.

Well, technically, Rosenberg's work hasn't been for Patriots fans as much as it has been in the hope that she can one day sleep again without having her dreaming hours haunted by Brady's face and the messages of angry football fans.

“I’ve had sleepless nights and Tom Brady’s been in my mind in the middle of the night. I get up worrying about it," Rosenberg told CBS Boston. 

“I can’t wait for it to be over,” Rosenberg added. “Maybe I’ll have a good night’s sleep.”

Even with some time, however, Rosenberg said capturing the little details of Brady isn't an easy task. 

"I still found him very hard to draw—from a photo as well," Rosenberg told the New York Daily News' Stephen Rex Brown. “Something subtle goes on with his eyes. He has a big chin with a cleft in it."

I imagine that in person, drawing that chin—the "Rock of Gibraltar made of flesh," as it's known in New England—is a lot like trying to sketch the Sistine Chapel ceiling from the back of a speeding motorcycle.

Perfection in motion is so hard to capture. Good luck, Jane.

UPDATE

Rosenberg emerged from Monday's hearing with another sketch of Brady.

The New York Daily News' Stephen Brown tweeted an image of the artist holding up her sketch. She's not happy with how it turned out, calling the situation a "nightmare":

Now, to be fair, it is better than the last sketch—not exactly a tall hurdle, but let's recognize that much.

Also, unlike last time, Rosenberg appears to have had something in the range of four to five minutes to get a look at Brady and sketch the courtroom. 

All that preparation, and she has to speed-outline the scene and fill in the rest by memory.

Poor Jane. She can't buy a break.

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