Fine Artist vs. Commercial Artist? Which Should You Be?
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- Опубліковано 16 вер 2024
- Discussing whether you should be a fine artist or a commercial artist, including the (perceived) advantages to each.
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Nice video, but what you say about commercial art demanding less intellectual effort is partially inaccurate. That applies to painters who make pet portraits and such (but those who make human portraits sometimes are to be considered fine artists cause they aren't only technically skilled but really capture the soul of the model) but it does not apply to people like editorial illustrators, children's books illustrators and cartoonists. The first need to be super creative and witty, in order to create conceptual illustrations that summarize the content of articles in a playful and original way, using symbols that are effective but not too obvious. That's very difficult to do and mentally taxing. As for picture book illustrators and comic artists, they need to be much more than good at drawing, they need to be great visual storytellers, even when the story is written by others, they need to make an intensive use of their imagination to bring a story to life, they need to know about framing almost as much as a movie director does etc. That's really hard work, not to mention that they can't specialize in just one subject, to create the visuals for stories they need to be able to draw EVERYTHING from many angles, either in a realistic or stylized way. So, this is my take, not to invalidate your content but just to make people reflect on this aspect of some commercial artist careers.
point taken!
Thank you Aurora. I'm constantly faced with the same struggles :)
Sometimes it's nice just to know we're not alone! 🌸
I want to compromise by drawing my own characters such as Marina Nanami for commercial artwork someday.
that sounds like it could be a fun path!
what was the name of the artists who had the exhibition about storms and weather phenomena?
I looked it up and found the exhibition. It was a collaborative project by Lucy Helton and Jason E Geistweidt. The link is here: www.rivalryprojects.com/qsl-lucy-helton-jason-e-geistweidt
@@lifeexpanded thanks so much! I have forever wanted to dedicate my time to a visual project about storms and am so curious how other artists have approached this topic.
@@nervous_greenfish I'd love to see your project once you make it happen!
❤ you're gorgeous ❤
Just make art, careless if it sells or not.
definitely a valid perspective!