graphic artist
Creates visual media
A graphic artist creates visual content for commercial, artistic, or communicative purposes, working with images, typography, and layout rather than primarily with words or numbers.
The term encompasses designers who produce logos, advertisements, book covers, websites, and other visual materials, as well as illustrators and digital artists.
Graphic artists typically work with software tools and may specialize in print, web, motion graphics, or branding.
She hired a graphic artist to design the company's new logo.
Collected works or assets
- gallerySpace for displaying artwork
- exhibitionPublic display of items
- studioCreative professional's workspace
- freelanceSelf-employed project work
agency · art director · client · commission · deadline · copyright · licensing · royalties
Creating distinctive identity
- logoCompany identifying symbol
- identityWho someone is
- marketingPromoting goods to consumers
- advertisingPaid promotional communication
campaign · packaging · brochure · business card · poster · flyer · billboard · signage
Hasty informal drawing
- pencilGraphite writing instrument
- drawingMarks forming a picture
- watercolorTranslucent paint medium
- charcoalBurned wood residue
ink · canvas · acrylics · oils · pastels · gouache · brushes · easel
Professional graphics manipulation program
- tabletFlat portable computing device
- vectorQuantity with direction
- pixelsDisplay's smallest points
- layersStacked levels or coatings
rendering · digital painting · image editing · retouching · filters · animation · 3D modeling · CGI
Spatial arrangement of elements
- typographyArranging letters for display
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- color theoryFramework for understanding hues
- hierarchyRanked authority structure
grid · alignment · contrast · whitespace · balance · mockup · prototype · wireframe
Planned visual sequence drawings
- comicsSequential art medium
- mangaJapanese comic medium
- concept artPreliminary design illustrations
- caricatureExaggerated comic depiction
portrait · editorial · book cover · children's book · infographic · character design · visual narrative · fashion illustration
Faculty for forming ideas
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- conceptualOf or relating to ideas
- aestheticsTheory of beauty
- originalityNovel creative quality
inspiration · artistry · expression · style · vision · experimentation · iteration · artistic voice
portfolio
Collected works or assets
- gallerySpace for displaying artwork
- exhibitionPublic display of items
- studioCreative professional's workspace
freelance · agency · art director · client · commission · deadline · copyright · licensing · royalties · self-promotion
branding
Creating distinctive identity
advertising · campaign · packaging · brochure · business card · poster · flyer · billboard · signage · merchandise
sketch
Hasty informal drawing
- pencilGraphite writing instrument
- drawingMarks forming a picture
- watercolorTranslucent paint medium
charcoal · ink · canvas · acrylics · oils · pastels · gouache · brushes · easel · palette
Photoshop
Professional graphics manipulation program
layers · rendering · digital painting · image editing · retouching · filters · animation · 3D modeling · CGI · bitmap
layout
Spatial arrangement of elements
- typographyArranging letters for display
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- color theoryFramework for understanding hues
hierarchy · grid · alignment · contrast · whitespace · balance · mockup · prototype · wireframe · style guide
storyboard
Planned visual sequence drawings
- comicsSequential art medium
- mangaJapanese comic medium
- concept artPreliminary design illustrations
caricature · portrait · editorial · book cover · children's book · infographic · character design · visual narrative · fashion illustration · botanical illustration
imagination
Faculty for forming ideas
- creativityCapacity for original thought
- conceptualOf or relating to ideas
- aestheticsTheory of beauty
originality · inspiration · artistry · expression · style · vision · experimentation · iteration · artistic voice · visual storytelling
- freelancersfreelance writer, freelance designer, web developer, virtual assistant, transcriptionist
- self-employedfreelancers, freelancer, freelance, solopreneur, independent contractors
graphic artistwriter
Creator of texts
author · novelist · poet · copywriter · journalist
graphic artistaccountant
Financial records keeper
data analyst · actuary · bookkeeper · assembly line worker · statistician
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