Tell us about the profession of an artist. Artist: different facets of the profession

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Demand for the profession

Little in demand

Profession Artist is considered not very in demand, since there is a decline in interest in this profession on the labor market. Artists have lost their relevance among employers either due to the fact that the field of activity is becoming obsolete, or there are too many specialists.

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Moscow average:average for St. Petersburg:

Uniqueness of the profession

Quite common

The majority of respondents believe that the profession Artist cannot be called rare, in our country it is quite common. For several years now, there has been a demand in the labor market for representatives of the profession Artist, despite the fact that many specialists graduate every year.

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What education is needed

Secondary vocational education (college, technical school)

To work in a profession Artist, it is not necessary to have a higher professional education in the relevant specialty. For this profession, it is enough to have a high school diploma vocational education received at a college or technical school, or, for example, it is enough to complete special courses.

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Job responsibilities

Main labor responsibilities An illustrator's job is to create illustrations for books, articles in magazines, and newspapers. A graphic artist designs books and illustrations for literary works, magazine and newspaper graphics, creation various designs, engraving - creation of printed works of art on metal, wood, cardboard, plastic, linoleum and lithography - stone engraving, as well as full-scale sketches, sketches for works of architecture, sculpture, painting, computer graphics. A cartoonist creates caricatures and comics certain topics using a certain color range. Copy artist creates professional copies famous paintings. Artist miniature painting works on creating miniatures (paintings) on any material - for example, glass, porcelain, tile. An artist-fashion designer creates sketches and develops samples of new current models clothes. The responsibilities of a restoration artist include restoring works of art that have historical and cultural value.

Type of labor

Mainly mental work

Profession Artist- this is a profession predominantly of mental work, which in to a greater extent associated with the reception and processing of information. In progress Artist the results of his intellectual reflections are important. But at the same time, physical work is not excluded.

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Features of career growth

The profession of an artist is not careerist, career depends on creative potential specialist In the future, the artist may take a management position creative group, director of an art agency.

Hey, hello everyone! Roman is in touch again and today I would like to talk about what exist professions in which drawing skills will be useful to you in order to plunge headlong into this world of creativity.

I was prompted to write this post by the fact that I myself came to the idea, like: “I can draw and be a creative person,” through a “back door,” i.e. without drawing.

Here is how it was...

At the beginning of 2014, I had just returned from the army and decided that I wanted to make my own website with blackjack and... well, in general, I wanted to learn how to draw through the lessons that I translated and published on it.

Unfortunately, or fortunately, my idea was not crowned with success and I once again gave up on my dream of becoming a cool artist and drawing popular art. And then, firstly, I wanted to prove to myself that I could earn and exist by doing creative activity, secondly, I thought that I could still enter the “drawing” industry, but not from the front door, but from the back door.

And my decision was to get a job somewhere as a designer, fortunately I knew Photoshop well, and with Corel Draw learned to work in the army. And I got a job at a book publishing house, a place where there was “its own atmosphere” and... I liked it.

In this way I “designed” until I again felt the urge to draw and began to do this with renewed vigor.

What do I want to say with this story? If you want to learn how to draw, become a comic artist, paint pictures, or much more, but trying to get through it head-on doesn’t work, then try to work in this field in the position you can. Immerse yourself in the atmosphere, get to know creative people, cultivate new skills, and do what you love.

There are assistants, editors, layout designers, gallery owners, animators and many other specialties that will help you: firstly, gain experience, secondly, immerse yourself in the “world” of your goal, thirdly, meet new people who will always help you if you have similar goals.

Hmm, and now directly to the professions themselves.

Skill level - beginner

Skill level - intermediate

Skill level - high

Skill level - beginner

Let's start with those in which, in my opinion, drawing is not particularly necessary, but if you have basic skills and are drawn to creativity and creativity, then there you can grab your share of the glory.

Gallery owner- is an expert in the field of fine arts, a profession for those who may not particularly like to draw, but really love art. He knows a lot about styles, authors, eras, knows how to distinguish an original from a copy, a masterpiece from a shoddy work. The gallery owner can easily organize an exhibition of any level, invite celebrities there and knows how to convince people to buy the works put up for sale. First of all, this is a person who appreciates art, and not who produces it.

You can study for this specialty in almost every university where there is a department of cultural studies or art history. But the most prestigious and respected are:

Russian Academy painting, sculpture and architecture (RAZHVIZ).
Moscow State University (MSU).
Institute of Cultural History (former UNIK).
MGUKI.

Designer (graphic)- V modern society a person who is fluent in graphic packages, capable of making high-quality promotional material, assembling a collage, preparing printed products for printing, and knowledgeable of laws colors, compositions and behavioral factors. Someone might say: “How is it that a designer is not obliged to draw? I have to!”, no, my dears, I myself worked as a designer and... there is no smell of drawing there. The skill of high-quality collage is highly valued; everything is taken from Google or stocks, then arranged into several layouts, from which the customer approves something and it is further refined.

You can study this specialty in many universities, but in fact, most designers do not have the appropriate education. They collected their portfolio using lessons on the Internet, applied for a job, and there they are already gaining real skills. However, I’m talking about the majority; top designers are high-class people with specialist diplomas.

Besides graphic designer In nature, there are also landscape designers and interior designers who also do not particularly need drawing skills for their work, but rather the skills of working with 3D graphics editors.

3D Modeler is a sought-after and rapidly growing specialty in a modern society. The modeler creates three-dimensional models of almost everything you can imagine in your head: from buildings, equipment and people, to magical and fairy-tale animals, phenomena and measurements. In the majority modern games, 3D graphics are used, modelers create entire worlds in which we love to immerse ourselves. Also 3D graphics used in most modern films.

This common name profession since it contains many specialties separated by goals: landscape modeler, character modeler, equipment modeler, etc.

Officially, these professions are taught:

Good material on this topic: link

Skill level - intermediate

Calligrapher- a person with skill nice letter. It may seem that this is not such a “prestigious” profession, but people who can, with virtually no tools, beautifully depict words are highly valued. And besides, the calligraphy skill can be used in combination with computer programs and... well, that's how much popular brands pay for their name to be written not in Arial, but in a beautiful and unique font. And who makes fonts in the 21st century - calligraphers... modern calligraphers.

Calligraphy is taught as a specialty in universities graphic design, however, at the first request, the search engine gives many options where you can study online, both paid and free.

Design engineer- a specialty aimed at creating drawings of objects. When designing, their drawing skill is needed like nowhere else, but there is no need to learn all possible drawing laws. A specialist of this profile must have a good imagination, create not “dry” drawings, but translate his ideas into clear, practical diagrams that will please the eye.

You can study here:

Moscow State Engineering University (MAMI)Power engineering
Faculty of Power Engineering
Zhukovsky branch "Strela" of the Moscow Aviation Institute (national research university) (MAI) Control systems aircraft
MATI – Russian State Technological University named after K.E. TsiolkovskyInstitute of Aerospace Designs, Technologies and Control Systems
Moscow State Technical University named after. N.E. BaumanFaculty of Rocket and Space Technology
Moscow Aviation Institute (national research university) (MAI)Aerospace Faculty

Cartoonist is an artist specializing in drawing funny and parody portraits, ironically or sarcasticly depicting various events that have caused resonance in society. Yes, you yourself have probably seen more than once how artists sit in squares and parks and draw funny cartoons for little money. There are many cartoonists, but in order to make enough money from this you need to become popular and famous, so that your fame would thunder in all sources, etc.

Universities do not teach this as a specialty, but online you can find quite a few lessons and courses on mastering this skill, but still the main thing here remains Your wish and perseverance.

Fashion designer- on the one hand, this is a person who creates sketches of new clothes, he comes up with new outfits and even entire collections of clothes, but also the activities of the fashion designer include creating a new concept of clothing in the form of sketches, searching for a design solution for the conceived model, developing samples of new models and their preparation for industrial production, organization of fashion shows. In general, a lot of things. The profession is very exciting and creative.

Actually a very good article on this topic. Here.

Contourer (aka Inker)- one of two artist professions required to create comics. The contour designer processes the images transmitted to him by drawing lines, outlining pencil drawing, corrects minor flaws using either mascara or (if working on a computer) dark colors brushes The outliner processes all the lines of the drawing except the text. The profession is not considered entirely creative, but rather technological.

Unfortunately, I did not find a place where they taught, or in any case, this would be a discipline of one of the specialties.

Useful Wikipedia article

Skill level is high.

Here you will draw every single day... unfortunately, or fortunately;)

Illustrator is a specialist who creates paintings that convey the meaning of the text. Illustrators can work on books, newspapers, magazines, leaflets, and anywhere else where a “message” needs to be conveyed. You can hear from many already established illustrators that this profession is difficult, competitive and not very well paid (maybe they are lying, who knows...). But the majority choose this profession because they like to draw, and not for the thirst for profit.

I don’t even know what to say on the topic of what needs to be done “to become good illustrator"...probably work like hell :)

They teach how to become an illustrator both in many universities and on the Internet. great amount courses and training materials. Google to the rescue!

Graphic artist- a specialist who works only in one contrasting color and, as a rule, this color is black. The graphic artist uses mostly ink or pencil for his work. Just like an illustrator, a graphic artist is a professional for illustrating books; he can work with fonts and text of a book. Working in a publishing house, a graphic designer usually deals with everything related to graphics, he is a designer, a layout designer, and an illustrator... the main thing is that it all pays well :)

Where can you study for the specialty “Graphics”:

Moscow State University prints named after Ivan Fedorov
Russian State Specialized Academy of Arts

Artist-painter- a specialist who creates paintings from life. A painter can paint portraits, buildings, nature, and in general, whatever he sees, he will paint. In my opinion (and this is pure IMHO), all artists owe it to painters for the glory of eternally hungry, but creative individuals. In modern society, painting is valued only by, excuse the pun, connoisseurs. People who can afford it tend to buy paintings, rather than those who would like to. beautiful picture cheerful in the hallway... there are printers for that :) Painting is not a profession, not a job, it is a calling.

You can study here:

Moscow State Art and Industry Academy named after. S. G. Stroganova
Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after. IN AND. Surikov
Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture by Ilya Glazunov
All-Russian State University of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov
State Academy Slavic culture

Copy artist- a specialist who creates copies of paintings. Copyists in Lately are in great demand, because many people want to see Da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” on their wall, but not everyone is able to pay for it, and the work of a copyist may not be the cheapest, but it is certainly cheaper than buying the original. There is very little information about this profession on the Internet, but we can say that this is one of the varieties of artist-painter.

Restoration artist- a specialist who restores damaged paintings. Restorers can work in various techniques and with various materials, from paintings to icons. Since works of art do not last forever, and sometimes are stored in not the most appropriate conditions, the specialty of a restorer is in quite high demand, but such a specialist is also in great demand.

The responsibilities of the restorer include not only “drawing”, but also a thorough and comprehensive study of the restoration object, development of restoration techniques, selection of materials, and documentation during the restoration. restoration work.

Portrait artist- a specialist who creates paintings with portraits of people. I have already mentioned earlier that a painter can draw portraits, but he, as they say, “does little and nothing properly,” while a portrait painter devotes himself entirely to drawing portraits and achieves high skill in this.

One does not train to become a portrait painter, but learns; everyone learns this art themselves by trial and error.

Cartoonist, animator- specialist responsible for creating animated films and cartoons. Animator is a general name for the activity of a specialist in creating cartoons; animators themselves are divided into:

Phase artist (storyboard artist) - draws phases between various states of scenes and cartoon characters.
Character Artist - creates unique image cartoon character and accompanies the further development and use of this character in animation.
Production designer - main artist in production animated film, determines the general style of the future work and controls its production.
Graphic artist - creates clean frames for final use in the film based on existing developments.

There is also: an outline artist, a background artist.

Again, useful and detailed material

Colorist- one of two artist professions required to create comics. The colorist is responsible for adding color to black and white picture. Before the advent of software graphics packages, colorists painted comics, cartoons, films, and advertisements by hand using traditional means of fine art. With the advent powerful computers and programs, this profession gradually began to be associated specifically with computer image processing.

There is no separate training to become a colorist; this knowledge is either taught as a standard discipline in most specialties or is studied independently in the process of use various instruments, of which there are now a great many.

Useful Wikipedia article

Comic artist- a specialist who creates comics. I have already mentioned two professions that are aimed at creating comics; a “comics artist” combines not only an inker and a colorist, but also a screenwriter, director, director and many other specialties that may be useful to him when creating a comic.

As such, the profession of comics artist has not yet been formed in Russia, and there are people who draw comics, make money from it, and it becomes their life’s work, but special education Nobody has “comic artist”. To be honest, I don’t know if there are such certified specialists in the West, but the fact that anyone can become a comics artist is an unambiguous fact. The main thing here is not to learn how to draw, but to learn how to present your story in a way that readers would like.

Well, in general, this entire blog is built around mastering - this is a profession, so don’t forget to subscribe to updates and learn with me :)

Game artist is a general concept that combines a large number of specialties related to the creation digital graphics and its use in game production. Gaming industry in last years is rapidly gaining momentum in terms of the number of games produced per year, this also includes all mobile games and games in social networks.

Specialty "game artist" (character artists, concept artists, game designers, artists environment, visual effects artists, etc.) are in great demand among younger generation worldwide.

You can train to become a “game artist” at:

Center computer graphics Render.ru
Center distance learning Render.ru
Moscow State University of Design and Technology
Computer graphics school Scream school
Game design course RealTime /school/

Phew! That's probably all I would like to cover in this article. Of course, behind the scenes (in drafts) there are still about a dozen professions and specialties that are somehow related to drawing and graphics production, but... not this time, and it turned out to be a bit long.

By the way, if thanks to this list you have decided on your future profession and decided where you will enroll, then there is a service especially for students that does their work for students. Check it out and use it for your health, “get an education” XD

Listen, if you think that I forgot something, maybe some cool specialty or profession, write about it in the comments so that I can add it to the article... let's make a HUGE directory of professions together :)

That's all for today, everyone creative mood Friends!

Hi Aleksey!

I want to tell you, and everyone else who reads this, as a person from the future, who was in your situation and ended up going the wrong way, then came to his senses 10 years later and took it anyway correct course. No one in this world will ever be able to tell you what your direction is and what to do in life, because all this advice will simply be from the bell tower of another person, from his prism of perception of this world. Only your soul can know what to do. If you don’t know now, then just do what interests you at this stage. To become a professional in something, you don’t have to graduate from college (most often it only discourages you from doing what you liked so much, because there are too many boundaries that you can’t go beyond.... teachers set tasks that can be are uninteresting and also drink only juices)... Just do what is interesting and swim in that direction. If you don’t like something, then it’s okay, start doing something else, it’s normal, it’s a search... Otherwise, it’s impossible to achieve anything if you don’t try anything and focus on only one thing. If you can do both here and there, then you creative person, and he, as you know, is talented in everything, because he approaches everything with soul. In general, just be and enjoy life, do only what interests you and don’t waste time on what others say is important! etc! just be and develop and then you will go on the right path. And when you find your path, then everything around you turns out incredibly cool, it seems that you are living in a fairy-tale world!
(at one time, 10 years ago, I wanted to become a clothing designer, and after school go study this... But my parents insisted that the work was not profitable and in general it was difficult to break through, and they sent me to study to become an architect. I never really cared I didn’t like it, but I graduated from college and institute. Already studying at the institute, I went to work as an architect and while working I realized that this was not my thing at all, but I had to pay for the institute. As a result, after graduating from institute, I left my job and settled at home in search of myself, it took 2 years for my former desire for art, costume, drawing, etc. to begin to return... I became an artist, a sculptor, I sew clothes, I exhibit in galleries and museums. Now I am doing everything that brought me true pleasure since childhood , and from which I was led away by advice from all sides, about how to live correctly and what to do... And only after that my parents noted that this was really my calling. I will never again exchange this knowledge for anything and for the generation that If you stand in the way of choice, I will always say that first of all you need to listen to the voice inside, even if, according to the whole world, this is nonsense!)

Good luck to you Alexey, and to everyone who stands on this path of choice! You will succeed, believe in yourself!!!

Today, the artist profession is in quite high demand. It is illustrators who bring designers’ ideas into reality and work on the design of magazines, newspapers, and online publications. Most specialists work in publishing houses and design studios. Today, an illustrator must skillfully use appropriate programs on a computer, but the main requirement is still the ability to draw well by hand, mix paints, and quickly draw sketches. The artist’s undoubted advantage, which sets him apart from the crowd, is his individual style.

Description of the profession artist

Many consider the profession of an artist to be poorly paid and unpromising. However, practice shows that at the same time a talented and purposeful person advances quite quickly career ladder, occupying the positions of art director, artistic director.

We must not forget about the representatives of the classics of the genre: oil painting on canvas. Works famous artists are estimated at hundreds of thousands of euros, although here the price is determined by the “name”. Above the design concert halls And important events production designers and technical artists work.

Surely many people know the famous Russian artist Nikas Safronov, who works in the genre of painting. His exhibitions attract thousands of fans around the world, and his paintings are presented in galleries and private collections. He worked with Monica Bellucci, Madonna, Philip Kirkorov and other stars.

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Pros and cons of being an artist

Advantages:

a creative profession that allows you to express feelings and emotions;
talented people sell works for high price, basking in the rays of well-deserved glory.

Flaws:

there is no guarantee that the work will be in demand;
It is quite difficult for an artist to realize himself in another field.

Where to study to be an artist

The following educational institutions offer to master the subtleties of craftsmanship:

Academy of Watercolors and fine arts Sergei Andriyaki;
State Academy of Artistic Sciences;
Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after V. I. Surikov;
Moscow Palace Architectural School;
Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.

Artist is a profession that appeared in the Stone Age. During Late Paleolithic people created images on stones and rocks. It was at this time that the first artists appeared. Ancient artists painted using charcoal. Among the images of that period, the most often depicted were moments of hunting wild animals. There is plenty of evidence of this rock paintings, which scientists found in various places on our planet. With the advent of civilizations, painters began to paint the houses and tombs of majestic rulers with their drawings.

The improvement of painting is closely related to the invention of paints. The first paints were created in ancient Egypt, around 3000 BC, based on mixing crystals of sodium, malachite, iron, copper and calcium. Due to this greatest development art received in Egypt, artists there trained in specialized educational institutions. During the reign of the pharaohs, each royal house had its own figures artistic arts. In ancient Egypt artistic images served as decoration in noble houses and tombs and were dedicated religious themes, rulers and deities. Gradually with the development of life parallel development received and art. From the above material, we can conclude that artist is a very ancient profession, existing for many millennia. In our time this profession is one of the most attractive and fascinating.

Artist: description of the profession

An artist is someone who deals with fine art and non-fine art. Artists are talented people who know how to create something new or transform something old. The main quality of an artist is the ability to draw on canvas or other objects. Now, in order to learn artistic skill, need to finish art school or art courses. An artist is a profession that is quite in demand, and many people would not refuse to learn such an amazing skill. There are many varieties of this profession, the most popular among them: costume designer.

Profession artist-designer

Artist-designer - deals with the original design of any objects. Designers in literally words make our life interesting and colorful. The main meaning of this profession is to give the new kind already existing item. There are many types, some of them are: interior designer, clothing designer, web designer and landscape designer. The responsibilities of an artist-designer, depending on his field of activity, include: developing ideas and concepts in the form of visual graphic diagrams, posters and layouts and bringing projects to life.

In order to become a designer, a person must have the following qualities:

know painting and drawing perfectly;
know everything about the subject of design;
have original ideas;
have design skills.

Profession artist-fashion designer

A fashion designer is a person who creates models of clothing, shoes and accessories. The profession of "fashion designer" will be exciting and interesting to those people who are interested in the fashion industry. The main places of work of fashion designers are: ateliers, fashion houses, factories and sewing workshops. Fashion designers are developing new clothes taking into account demand and opportunities, they create special collections of clothing to demonstrate them at fashion exhibitions. Most often, an artist fashion designer performs the following work: creating graphic sketches of clothing models, turning sketches into reality, developing samples of new types of clothing, searching for models for a fashion show, organizing a fashion show and much more. The things created by the fashion designer combine elegance, beauty and functionality, and are based on manufacturing technology.

A fashion designer must have the following knowledge and skills:

have knowledge in the field of artistic culture;
have imagination;
be able to draw;
be diversified;
know all the new fashion items.

Fashion designers create custom orders for athletes, actors and singers, and are also dictators of fashion and style in society.

Profession costume designer

A costume designer is a professional who has modern knowledge in clothing modeling and design depending on the characteristics of the models. A costume designer is one of the most widely used professions. Specialists in this field work in ateliers, fashion houses, various sewing enterprises, and also as private entrepreneurs. But it is known that costume designers most often work in theatrical institutions, television and film industry. The costume designer is part of a group of participants in a play or film, led by the production designer.

The work of a costume designer begins from the moment of reading the script, when the specialist gets acquainted with the details surrounding the characters and develops their image. The approach to costume development requires paying attention to every smallest detail, since the hero’s costume expresses him social status, age and some personality traits. A costume designer works with the director, production designer, makeup artist and actors, whom he helps transform into characters.

An artist working in this field must:

be able to draw;
know sewing and various styles clothes;
be aware of latest news fashion;
be able to work with costume creation technologies;
know the characteristics of fabrics and be able to work with artistic processing tools.

A true costume designer must have an expanded horizons, knowledge of theater, museums, costume history, modern cinema And latest news fashion for inspiration.

A costume designer performs the following series of works:

develops sketches of costumes taking into account the size of the model;
sketches graphic versions of models;
engaged in the manufacture of clothing and suits.

Therefore, being an artist is a profession for people with great creative potential.