Talk:Graphic arts
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[edit] Nearly identical articles
This article, Graphic design and Graphics pretty much cover the same topics. Shall we make this a redirect? -->>sparkit|TALK<< 05:08, August 24, 2005 (UTC)
No!
Graphic Design is a profession. Graphic Arts is a different profession. Graphics are the pictures everyone uses. Might consider moving some of the links and references from Graphics dealing with Graphic Designers to the Graphic Design section. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by SkaldSircha (talk • contribs) 12:45, December 6, 2005 (UTC)
- Well, being a Graphic Artist/Designer by profession, I can say I really see no difference in the two, and I use the terms interchangably. Graphic Arts and Design are considered "Commercial Arts", it's opposite is "Fine Arts". One you get paid regularly for and do the work for someone else, and the other you do on your own accord and sell it on your own. Cyberia23 20:03, 6 December 2005 (UTC)
No!
Graphic Design is a subset of Graphic Arts
From the American Heritage Dictionary:
The fine or applied visual arts and associated techniques involving the application of lines and strokes to a two-dimensional surface.
Likewise, I disagree with the current emphasis on printmaking techniques in the article.
--Renice 22:09, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
As a Graphic Arts student, I have learned that there IS a difference between Graphic Arts and Graphic Design. Please, DO NOT merge. I've been repeated over and over by professors that these two fields are different. Actually, Graphic Design is just a sub-field of Graphic Arts, which is now going to be known as Graphic Media or Graphic Mediums (unsure of the translation, but it's official). And Graphic Design is going to be known as Visual Communications. Printmarking HAS to do with Graphic arts, but is not the same. Do not merge, either. Graphic Arts covers many things. From Graphic Design, to Printmarking, and even has to do with Publicity. Yet they are different from each other in certain aspects. Graphic Artists can work on many different things. That's where the confusion comes from. By: Jessica Vázquez, Graphic Arts Student, University of Puerto Rico. Posted on: September 5th, 2006.
Per Talk:Graphic design there's no consensus to merge with Graphic design so I'm removing the tag. Sbwoodside 05:35, 26 September 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Identical topics
It seems to me that this topic is the same as Printmaking and that the two articles should be merged — by someone more knowledgeable with the subject matter than I am. Lambiam 22:29, 18 February 2006 (UTC)
I think that's true of the current article, but I don't think it should be (see my comment above). I think this article needs to expand to 1. an overview of 2-D arts and their techniques; 2. a brief note on historical usage of 'Graphic arts', including commercial printing and 'commercial art'.
--Renice 22:09, 28 July 2006 (UTC) --22:09, 28 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Graphic arts includes drawing
Whatever the usage of the terms graphics arts/graphic design individuals are used to I think the term is used sufficiently widely to cover drawing as well to require a link to the drawing article at the top. I have also made a few changes at the start, to broaden what I think is an overly narrow start to the article. Johnbod 16:12, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
