Map to Success for Graphic Designers
Do you want to be a graphic designer? Many people do. Graphic design is an exciting and creative career for those with an artistic streak, and it can be very lucrative, as long as you’re with the right company and you have the right attitude and goals. Where do you find your inspiration as an artist who often has to meet the creative needs of more than one department on a typical day? How do you stick to tight schedules and meet deadlines without compromising your artistic skills or resorting to “blah” level graphics? Is it true that good artists borrow, but great artists steal? Most graphic designers will tell you that one way of standing out in your area of expertise is to anticipate needs before they arise and find ways to come in...
By Your Own Hand
The way we experience art is a very personal and very subjective experience. It is a matter of perception and personal taste, or, the beauty within the eye of the beholder. No one else’s standards would ever be as high as yours – especially regarding your own creation – and your personal taste may never be fully understood by anyone other than yourself. In a world bombarded by flashy ad campaigns, commercials, logos, billboards, blogs, vlogs and more signs and signals than you would ever have any use for, you can still stand out and make your presence known in a world of mass everything. Create your own masterpiece. Even better, recycle or upcycle items that have outlived their usefulness and put them back into service for your own enjoyment and...
No Gallery Invite? Didn’t Deter these Artists
Some artists aim to be invited to show at a prestigious gallery. Some take a slightly different route. Anonymous U.K. street artist Banksy has gained a reputation for his anti art establishment actions. The socially aware and, public relations savvy Brit has built a career doing the unusual. He is probably most famous for his hard biting and downright funny political and social commentary and of course his anonymity. One of his tactics, if that is the right word, is to place his own work in serious galleries exhibiting serious art. So far he has placed, or had work placed for him in four New York museums including the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) and galleries and the Louvre and the Tate in Europe. Banksy, however, is not the first artist to gatecrash big shows by...
