Commercial Artist

Job Profile

To opt for a career as a commercial artist, you need to have a good creativity level. There are different job profiles that you can focus on depending on your area of interest. Listed are some of the job roles you can opt for:

Art Directors are responsible for creating visual styling and images in magazines, newspapers, and even television production. The artists and creative workers in this department help them in supporting the artwork and layout.

Graphic Artist is another great role in which the persons have to create graphics for the company logos and layout for the illustration of the product or website.

Photographers with their level of creativity and great technology expert solution along with the blend of business and composition skill create a simple looking event to a great story to watch.

Illustrators are on creating a picture for commercial products and newspapers. They use painting and hand drawing with a digital media platform.

Salary/Package

• Art Directors can get a salary up to Rs. 13.5 lakhs per annum.
• Graphic Artist can get a salary up to Rs 6 lakhs per annum.
• Photographers can get a salary up to Rs 9 lakhs per annum.
• Illustrators can get a salary up to Rs 7 lakhs per annum.

The salary of every artist in this background may vary depending on the type of industry they choose. The salaries may also vary based on experience, skills, roles, location, etc.

Skills required

• Strong Portfolio
• The capability to think out of the box
• Excellent in understanding the people’s needs
• Fine detailing
• Effective customer service skill
• Imagination at an unexpected level
• Being innovative
• Significant artistic skills
• Strong online presence
• Dexterity

Pros and Cons of a Commercial Artist

Pros

• The timing is never fixed. Rather it is flexible and one gets an opportunity to have their own business or work with someone
• Passion artists can always get the job and money satisfaction level at the end of the day
• To be an artist requires no formal education as long as they have the right skills and training acquired

Cons

• There is a lack of job security for artists
• The rate of competition is quite high in today’s time
• The job security is not much for the commercial artist
• There is also income uncertainty since very few talents get the opportunity to support them by selling the work

How do I be one

The educational qualification of an artist can be customized as per the need of the job within the same sector. The students are expected to have a 4-year university certification with art history as their exceptional subject along with natural science and English being the core ones. They should also take some training from the institutions that have got a great infrastructure so that computer training is rightly availed. There are many diploma certificates and degree level courses for a commercial artist available. The applicant can choose a PhD and also a postgraduate in fine arts. The duration of such a course can vary from 1 to 5 years too.

• The diploma course of fine arts is of 1 year which a student can do right after 12th standard
• Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) is another Course with a duration of 4 to 5 years
• Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts (BA) with the duration of the three-year program
• You can also choose the post-graduation course like Master of Fine Art (MFA) which is a two years duration program
• Master of Arts in Fine Arts (MA) is a two years duration program