Artist Responsibilities

Artist responsibilities are as diverse as this job title is. Art is divided into two subsections: applied arts and fine arts. Artist implies that the person working in this designation creates art work.

Fine artists specialize in creating visually appealing art work such as drawings, paintings, sculpture, and other arts that may be created with a purpose to look aesthetically appealing or for informative purposes. Applied artists, on the other hand, apply the design aesthetics for tangible products that we use on a daily basis such as crockery, jewelry, furniture, footwear, etc. Fine artists sometimes work solely to satiate their creative thirst whereas applied artists work with intent to combine art with fashion and design products of a commercial value.

Professionals including singers, actors, musicians, lyricists, animators, and many other professionals working in entertainment and communications industry come under the purview of artist responsibilities.

We have classified artist responsibilities according to the profession and designation of the artist in the organization. To begin with, we have enlisted the responsibilities of fine artists:

• A fine artist sketches, paints, draws, and/or sculpts an artwork and provides a specific layout and theme for the artwork. These artists are responsible for showcasing their artwork in exhibitions.

• A photographer can work as freelancer and pursue wildlife, nature, product or any other form of photography, whereas other photographers may work with a fashion house, production house, publication house, etc., and do photo shoot for different events, advertisements and production stills for motion pictures.

• A singer can lend his voice for soundtrack albums or may release his own albums with a record label. He may also perform in live shows and may collaborate with other artists to produce songs and music albums.

• An animation artist works in film and television production and lends his/her services to the art director. This production can be a television series, animated film, advertisement or any other form of audio visual sequence that requires some part of animation.

• An art director is the head of film or television production and he manages various projects and leads the team members to achieve the goals of organization. He has to conceive and present creatively to the audiences.

• An applied artist renders his services to an organization. He provides designs for various products manufactured by the organization and also helps in product marketing and promotions.

Skills of an Artist

No matter in which field an artist works, he must be highly creative, passionate and focused for his job. Art is all about expression of thoughts and an artist should be a people's person so that he can connect with his audiences on a personal level. Some artists such as animators and applied artists need to possess excellent technical skills in order to fulfill the job requirements.

Becoming an Artist

Just like the responsibilities vary with each specialization, the educational requirements and experience may also vary. Some artists may require higher education in technical field, while others may do well just with their inherent skills. On the contrary, the more educated an artist is, more are the chances of succeeding professionally and survive in today's competitive scenario. In many cases, artists possess qualifications that are totally opposite to their profession, yet they manage to outperform others just by their passion and ability to comprehend art.

Career Scope for Artists

Artists may or may not pursue art as his/her career, so it is difficult to state a uniform career scope for every artist. For example, a painter can paint on weekends but work as a marketing manager on weekdays.

Artist responsibilities are similar on a basic level yet they differ with designation and also the industry in which an artist works. Similarly, some responsibilities may be applicable on freelance artists and not on fulltime artists and vice versa.