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  • Marcelom

    What is exactly? no design? Its like just something tricky as soon as art director in graphic industry besides advertising. So I ask no for ad industry.

    Sep 6, 08, 3:19 p.m. – Permalink
  • set

    say whaaaaat

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    Dog-earSep 6, 08, 3:21 p.m. – Permalink
  • Knuckleberry

    That statement made my mind bleed.

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    Dog-earSep 6, 08, 3:22 p.m. – Permalink
  • Marcelom

    just say what you want.

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    Dog-earSep 6, 08, 3:23 p.m. – Permalink
  • Point5

    http://www.insideoutlines.com/dump/nt/exploding_head.jpg

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    Dog-earSep 6, 08, 3:23 p.m. – Permalink
  • NONEIS

    Direction of ART, duh.

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    Dog-earSep 6, 08, 3:23 p.m. – Permalink
  • skser

    In real life, no one cares about them...

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    Dog-earSep 6, 08, 3:23 p.m. – Permalink
  • Marcelom

    lot of people use: Art direction and show a work done... creepy

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    Dog-earSep 6, 08, 3:25 p.m. – Permalink
  • Arvizu

    There is a difference between art directors and designers, and it isn't one of status, and it shouldn't be one of talent. Designers are skilled at an art and a craft that includes spatial organization, typography, and image manipulation. Art Directors are skilled at conceptualizing, visual organization, and managing a team of artists, who make the parts of an ad. Art Directors who lack design skills are a disgrace to the profession: they may or may not be good conceptualists, but they'll never make a good-looking ad.

    • You kinda combined creative director and art director there, but close enough.NONEIS1/3
      just don't make me write a brief and I'm cool either way!Arvizu2/3
      HahahaNONEIS3/3
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    Dog-earSep 6, 08, 3:32 p.m. – Permalink
  • Llyod

    art directing is like this, but with a designer

    http://woofaboomus.ngender.net/images/Goatfucker.jpg

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    Dog-earSep 6, 08, 3:34 p.m. – Permalink
  • Marcelom

    NONEIS seems to know a lot about all this things, but he seems to be a very selfish person...

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    Dog-earSep 6, 08, 3:45 p.m. – Permalink
  • morilla

    do what I say, not what I do

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    Dog-earSep 6, 08, 4:03 p.m. – Permalink
  • NONEIS

    How the hell am I selfish?

    • he kind of has a pointLlyod1/3
      Expand on that Lloyd.NONEIS2/3
      well there you goLlyod3/3
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    Dog-earSep 6, 08, 4:07 p.m. – Permalink
  • alicetheblue

    I think he meant shell fish ;-)

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    Dog-earSep 6, 08, 4:23 p.m. – Permalink
  • moamoa

    http://www.jazarah.net/blog/employmentads/MBRArtdirectors.jpg

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    Dog-earSep 6, 08, 4:31 p.m. – Permalink
  • utopian2

    I do both well, thanks for asking.

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    Dog-earSep 6, 08, 4:59 p.m. – Permalink
  • SoulFly

    Usually the AD has move experience in that specific field, he or she can see things that the designer wouldn't know from experience.
    I have worked as AD in a few jobs in packaging. Some times the designer will place the panels facing the wrong way, just because they wouldn't really know how a package would be place on the shelf... and many other layout, design issues, color pallets, guidelines... etc...

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    Dog-earSep 6, 08, 5:09 p.m. – Permalink
  • Meeklo

    I think an art director needs to understand all mediums of communication, good enough to know how a concept/ message will work through out all stages of branding.

    You can art direct people that are 100 times more talented than you on a specific field/medium. You can choose the artists that you think will do the job better, you can make suggestions on how a photograph should be lit, you can tell the fashion stylists how would you like the models to be dressed, you can select what typefaces and tone color should be used on a website, or how it should flow in terms of navigation, you can story board a tv spot for the animators to produce, etc.

    You are making sure multiple artists/ designers/ photographers/ animators, etc share a common objective in order to produce a specific piece for a client. You overlook all phases of production, so all the elements on the piece belong together.

    • That about sums it up, send it to webster.morilla
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    Dog-earSep 6, 08, 5:24 p.m. – Permalink
  • monkeyshine

    The first rule of thumb for an art director: communication. As in...successfully articulating your ideas or even random thoughts. I have no idea what you are asking.

    Art directors typically design, but they are often involved in high level conceptual design and pass off their sketches or ideas to other designers to complete.

    Of course, in the world of design, this job title has been bastardized and often means "we'll give you this cool title for shit pay...and oh yeah, did we mention you have to do production too?"

    • totally. It's just a fake title. means nothing in today's industry. Just a bunch of self-proclaimed ADs who do 90% of the work themselves.SoulFly
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    Dog-earSep 6, 08, 9:40 p.m. – Permalink
  • ukit

    1. black rimmed glasses
    2. ability to make "cropping" motion with hands

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    Dog-earSep 6, 08, 9:42 p.m. – Permalink
  • nikdaum

    3. If male, must be fastidious and questionably gay.
    4. If female, must be male.

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    Dog-earSep 6, 08, 9:50 p.m. – Permalink

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