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Create Careers

These artists create original artwork to communicate ideas, tell stories, or express creativity.

Explore: Learn about the career.
Try: Choose an activity or challenge.
Learn More: Check out the resources below.

📁 Need supplies? Check the Art Career Library folder in the classroom.

You don't have to do everything! Choose what interests you.

Illustrator

Illustrators create pictures that help explain an idea, tell a story, or make something more interesting. Their work can appear in books, magazines, advertisements, websites, packaging, and more.

Children's Book Illustrator — creates pictures for children's stories.
- Choose a well known story and illustrate it
- Create your own short story to illustrate
- Choose one of the short stories from the file folder to read and illustrate
Editorial Illustrator — creates images for articles and news stories.
- Create an image to accompany one of these headlines:
  - - Young boy saves litter of kittens after mother is killed
    - Serena Williams wins again!
    - Nike making shoes from 100% recycled materials
    - Earthquakes & Fire leave San Fransico in ruils
    - Eight car pile up- No injuries
Advertising Illustrator — creates artwork to help sell or promote something.
- Ceate an ad for:
  - - A new Energy drink
    - Tide laundry detergent
    - A new cereal
Scientific Illustrator — creates accurate drawings of plants, animals, the human body, or scientific ideas.
- Using a photo of a plant or animal from a magazine, create an accurate drawing and label its parts
Medical Illustrator — creates detailed images that explain the human body or medical information.
- Draw and label one of the following:
  - Human Heart
  - Inner Ear
  - Muscular system
  - Human Skull
  - Inside and out of a virus
  - Inside and out of a bacteria

Comic Book Artist

Comic artists use drawings, panels, characters, and words to tell stories. They need to think about both drawing and storytelling.

Penciller — creates the main drawings for comic pages.
Inker — adds finished lines and details over the pencil drawings.
Colorist — adds color to comic artwork.
Letterer — creates and places speech bubbles, sound effects, and other lettering.
Graphic Novel Artist — creates longer illustrated stories, often working across an entire book.
Manga Artist — creates comics in the manga tradition/style.

Create original characters and story lines
Re-create some of your favorite memories as comics
Practice self portraits in different drawing styles and with different emotions

Tattoo Artist

Tattoo artists create designs and apply them to people's skin using specialized equipment. They work with clients to create artwork that fits the person's ideas and the part of the body where it will go.

Pick 2 of these to complete:

Experiment with different styles of drawing to make some standard tattoos
- - Sparrow
  - Skull and cross bones
  - Heart with MOM banner
  - Butteryfly
  - Dolphin
  - Dragon
Practice your lettering and calligraphy.
Practice your line work by tracing over the lines and designs on one of the worksheets in the folder
Use the body templates in the folder to design your own tattoos

Animator

Animators create the illusion of movement by creating many images that are shown in sequence. They may work on movies, television, games, advertisements, or other media.

2D Animator — creates animation using drawings or 2D digital artwork.
3D Animator — creates movement for 3D characters and objects.
Stop-Motion Animator — moves physical objects and photographs them one frame at a time.
- Create a mini-movie using drawings- look in the folder for directions
Character Animator — creates the movements and expressions of characters.
- Create your own character and draw them doing different moves and with different feelings
Motion Graphics Artist — animates text, shapes, logos, and graphic designs.
Visual Effects Artist — creates digital effects for movies, television, and games.

Pick One

Create a flipbook for some old-school animation (you will need to ask Ms. Meyer to unlock YouTube to watch this video).
Try your hand at making a Thaumatrope (find the worksheet in the bin)
Draw your own character. Next, show what they look like when they are
- Happy
- Excited
- Sad
- Suprised
- Angry
- Disgusted
- Bored

Photographer

Photographers use cameras to capture images that communicate information, tell stories, document events, or create artwork.

Portrait Photographer — photographs people.
Sports Photographer — photographs sporting events and athletes.
Nature/Wildlife Photographer — photographs animals and the natural world.
Fashion Photographer — photographs clothing, models, and fashion.
Product Photographer — photographs objects for advertisements and businesses.
Photojournalist — uses photographs to tell news stories.
Fine Art Photographer — creates photographs as artwork.
Event Photographer — photographs weddings, celebrations, performances, etc.

Plan a Photo Shoot

Choose a client from the list.

You are hired to photograph:

a new pair of shoes for nike
a perfume ad
a wedding
a candidate running for mayor

Plan the shot:

Background: __________

Lighting: __________

Camera angle: __________

What will be included? __________

What will be left out? __________

Draw a thumbnail of what the shot might look like.

Find the Shot

Looking around the room. What would make an interesting photograph because it has:

☐ Interesting texture
☐ Strong lines
☐ Symmetry
☐ An unusual viewpoint
☐ A repeating pattern
☐ Interesting negative space
☐ Strong contrast
☐ A small detail that most people overlook

Draw a thumbnail of the photo you would take for each of these.

Studio Artist

Studio artists create original artwork using a variety of materials, tools, and techniques. They may work independently, sell their artwork, exhibit it in galleries or museums, or create work for public spaces and other projects.

Ceramics — creating pottery, sculptures, tiles, and other clay artwork
Sculpture — creating three-dimensional artwork from clay, wood, metal, plaster, found objects, or other materials
Printmaking — creating artwork that can be printed multiple times
Painting — creating artwork with paint on canvas, paper, walls, or other surfaces
Drawing — creating artwork with pencil, charcoal, ink, pastel, or other drawing materials
Fiber Art — creating artwork with fabric, yarn, thread, weaving, or other textiles
Mixed Media — combining different materials and techniques in one artwork
Installation Art — creating artwork that transforms or fills a particular space
Land Art — creating artwork using natural materials or the outdoor environment
New Media Art — using technology, video, light, sound, or interactive elements
Woodworking / Wood Art — carving, building, or shaping wood into artwork
Metalwork — shaping or assembling metal to create artwork
Public Art — creating artwork for parks, buildings, streets, and other public spaces

Create an Exhibition

Draw a thumbnail of 5 different art pieces you might create for a solo exhibition of your work.
Write a paragraph long artist statement: Why did you create them? How do they go together?

Day in the life

Being an artist is more than just making art

Create a list of supplies you will need in your studio space to make your artwork (see types of art at the top).
Find 3 MN galleries that look like they would show your type of art.
How will you let people know about your art? Make a list of 5 different social media posts and sketch a thumbnail of each photo that will be used and the caption you will write.

Mural Artist

Mural artists create large-scale artwork on walls and other large surfaces. They often work with communities, businesses, or organizations to create artwork for a particular place.

Community Mural Artist
Public Art Artist
Commercial Mural Artist
Decorative Mural Artist

Pick One:

Design a mural for

a school
a community center
a restaurant
a city center

SUMMARY:

✏️ Illustrator

How can I use images to communicate an idea or tell a story?

💬 Comic Book Artist

How can I combine pictures and words to tell a story?

🖊️ Tattoo Artist

How can I turn an idea or meaning into a lasting visual design?

🎨 Studio Artist

What can I create by exploring materials, techniques, and ideas?

📸 Photographer

How can I use a camera to capture and communicate an idea?

🎞️ Animator

How can I create the illusion of movement?

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