Graphic Artist vs Graphic Designer
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- ARTsamurai
What are yall takes on this and which is more noble?
...better yet. explain the difference...
- version30
apples to coco puffs
- version30
artist makes things look nice
designer makes things work nice- according to web Developers - Web Designers make everything non-functionalclearThoughts
- i guess i put a web designer as a web developer but i say that as a developer.version3
- hellojeehae0
i prefer graphic designer.... graphic artist sounds like an illustrator for some reason to me
- clearThoughts0
WTF?
We all do everything this days and you can call whatever you want.
- theseclearThoughts
- all too true...typographer, designer, artist, photographer, etcARTsamurai
- brandelec0
Graphic Assassin
- hiatus0
I agree with hellojeehae. ^
i perfer being a artist - designer career sucks. Although I am a designer 99% of the time. Grass is always greener as they say.
- M_C_P0
pixel ninja
- dibec0
a wise man once told me ... "Call yourself whatever to land the job".
- Frosty_spl0
graphic artist - sounds like a trade
graphic designer - sounds like a career
- blaw0
Graphic Artist—What they called this job up until about 1990.
Graphic Designer—What they've called this job since.
- rascuache0
Methinks:
Graphic Designer is somebody that has trained.
Graphic Artist is what some wet arse 16 year old on Deviant Art calls themselves after they've wanked about in photoshop for a few hours to create some god awful abortion of an image.
- woodygoestohollywood0
artist makes things look nice
designer makes things work nice
graphic artist adds white overlays, reflections, or whatever else account says to the cd.
- rascuache0
OR, graphic artist =
- Babylon 5's a bit pile of shit!rascuache
- ...YOU'RE FIRED!Projectile
- BILBOOOOismith
- HAHAHAH
God I miss SPACED.******** - it's on DAVE now
flashbender
- MSTRPLN0
Graphic Artist - the people that close cut images of products to put into print and web layouts.
Graphic Designer - the person who integrates said assets into the layout.
Art Director - the person that came up with the original design for the layout, but is now working on something else "more important"
- baseline_shift0
i personally dont apply to wanted ads that say the need a 'Graphic Artist'. I think it can be indicative of the type of work they do and they will expect from your work.
- hellojeehae0
yeah and chances are.. if you call yourself graphic artist. you are not a designer.
- ********0
graphic artist = someone who does art on the computer
- scenek0
'graphic artist' sounds like 1950s.
'graphic designer' sounds like you only use photoshop/illustrator.
i think just 'designer' covers what most people do today (graphics, front-end code, photography, typography/lettering, etc.)
- SHAMAN0
"Designer" especially "Graphic Designer" has been losing it's meaning to me now that everybody with a computer and Publisher considers themselves to be one.
