Many people dream of turning something they love, such as an
art form, into a living. Creative Artists, including Animators, Fashion
Designers, Game
Designers, Graphic
Designers, Interior
Designers and Photographers are
among the few professionals who manage to do just that. And because
of the explosion of dot coms, designers who work with web sites
are now among the hottest of commodities.
Because they often work on projects that eventually end--such
as a seasonal catalog--creative artists are often staffed on a
freelance basis. Freelance artists sell their skills and pitch
their designs to advertising agencies, retailers, design firms,
magazines, newspapers, and Internet companies.
While freelancing
offers many advantages, such as the opportunity to take off large
chunks of time, and the chance to work in many different environments,
working on a project-to-project basis is far from a breeze. Freelancers
must be versatile enough to be marketable to a wide variety of
businesses and must also be shrewd businesspeople. A freelance
artist's ability to meet deadlines and work within a budget is
important to a company.
A strong portfolio is essential for any aspiring designer. The portfolio
is a collection of the artist's best work; some artists include
new takes on existing ads or logos to demonstrate their ability
within a certain industry. In fact, many designers freelance while
still in school in order to develop experience and a portfolio of
published work.
Animation Career Profile: Multi-media artists and animators
create special effects, animation, or other visual images using
film, video, computers or other electronic media. They work primarily
in computer and data processing services, advertising, and the motion
picture and television industries. They draw by hand and use computers
to create the large series of pictures that form the animated images
or special effects seen in movies, television programs, and computer
games. Some draw story boards for television commercials, movies,
and animated features. Story boards present television commercials
in a series of scenes similar to a comic strip and allow an advertising
agency to evaluate proposed commercials with the company doing the
advertising.
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Fashion Design Career Profile: Fashion designers design
clothing and accessories. Some high-fashion designers are self-employed
and design for individual clients. Other high-fashion designers
cater to specialty stores or high-fashion department stores. These
designers create original garments, as well as those that follow
established fashion trends. Most fashion designers, however, work
for apparel manufacturers, creating designs of men's, women's, and
children's fashions for the mass market.
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Game Design Career Profile: The role of a Game Designer
can include core concept and design tasks such as preparing detailed
design documentation, through to researching relevant technology
and pitching the game to prospective publishers and strategic partners.
Game Design is not a typical 9 to 5 job. Like most creative industries,
if you want the best from your job you need an all-consuming passion
for your subject matter. You also need to be extremely flexible,
both in your job description and your working hours. Occasionally
working evenings and weekends is not uncommon. The rewards however
can be fantastic, both financially and on a personal level.
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Graphic Design Career Profile: Graphic designers use a
variety of print, electronic, and film media to create designs
that meet clients' commercial needs. Using computer software, they
develop the overall layout and design of magazines, newspapers,
journals, corporate reports, and other publications. They also
may produce promotional displays and marketing brochures for products
and services, design distinctive company logos for products and
businesses, and develop signs and signage systems—called
environmental graphics—for business and government. An increasing
number of graphic designers develop material to appear on Internet
home pages. Graphic designers also produce the credits that appear
before and after television programs and movies.
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Graphics/Multimedia Career Profile: Multimedia
artists and animators work primarily in computer and data processing
services,
advertising, and the motion picture and
television industries. They draw by hand and use computers to create
the large series of pictures that form the animated images or special
effects seen in movies, television programs, and computer games.
Some draw story boards for television commercials, movies, and
animated features. Story boards present television commercials
in a series of scenes similar to a comic strip and allow an advertising
agency to evaluate proposed commercials with the company doing
the advertising. Story boards also serve as guides to placing actors
and cameras and to other details during the production of commercials.
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Interior Design Career Profile: Interior designers plan
the space and furnish the interiors of private homes, public buildings,
and business or institutional facilities, such as offices, restaurants,
retail establishments, hospitals, hotels, and theaters. They also
plan the interiors when existing structures are renovated or expanded.
Most interior designers specialize. For example, some may concentrate
in residential design, and others may further specialize by focusing
on particular rooms, such as kitchens or baths. Interior designers
also design lighting and architectural details—such as crown
molding, built-in bookshelves, or cabinets—coordinate colors,
and select furniture, floor coverings, and window treatments. Interior
designers must design space to conform to Federal, State, and local
laws, including building codes.
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Photography
Career Profile: Photographers produce and preserve images
that paint a picture, tell a story, or record an event. To create
commercial quality photographs, photographers need both technical
expertise and creativity. Producing a successful picture requires
choosing and presenting a subject to achieve a particular effect
and selecting the appropriate equipment. Some photographers specialize
in areas such as portrait, commercial and industrial, scientific,
news, or fine arts photography. Self-employed, or freelance,
photographers may license the use of their photographs through
stock photo agencies or contract with clients or agencies to
provide photographs as necessary.
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