What do you get when you put a commercial artist
and a graphic designer together?
You get me Jodi Ridd a Commercial Graphic Artist!
An individual that has specialized pre-press techniques, dieline creation, color correction, extensive press knowledge, art
direction and marketing experience. The whole picture attitude. Creates and uses original designs, photography and traditional
art mediums wrapped up with the up to date graphic designers software and skills.
DEFINITIONS
COMMERCIAL ARTIST(old school)
Larger heading for creative services offered, and refers to art created for commercial purposes, primarily
advertising. Some skills that are needed to be a good commercial artist are the ability to organize information, knowledge
of fine arts, visualization, originality, knowledge of media, and ability to communicate well. They must be resilient, efficient
and able to relate well with people.
Commercial art can include many genres of art and categories of art technique, including:
* Commercial Character Design
* Illustration
* Graphic design
* Photography
* Television commercials
* Music videos
* Animation
* Computer art
* Anime
GRAPHIC DESIGNER(new school)
Must communicate visually using text and images to present information. Graphic design practice embraces a range of cognitive
skills, aesthetics and crafts, including typography, visual arts and page layout. Like other forms of design, graphic design
often refers to both the process of designing by which the communication is created and the products designs are generated.
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