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[miconazole.livejournal.com]

Hay everyone

Is there some kind of generic word for "artist"?

I'm kind of an illustrator/graphic designer. In English I tend to just tell people I'm an artist. But in Russian I'm never really sure what to say. There's художник but I think that's a painter, and I mostly work digitally, or with ink and markers, etc. I've heard художник-оформитель too but who wants to say that every time you introduce yourself? (unless you have to...)

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[arashi-opera.livejournal.com]

Дизайнер is the most common word now, esp. if you work in CG. :)

[flea-1.livejournal.com]

Yes, дизайнер is a common word, but simple "иллюстратор" can be used as well. The latter in fact is more specific, it probably should be used when talking with someone who knows the difference between illustrator and designer, someone who is connected with computer graphics, for everyone else you can call yourself дизайнер

[isca-lox.livejournal.com]

Designer designs. He is commissioned by the client to design things. Illustrator creates illustrations for books, etc. If a person used software to paint (for his own pleasure, for example) he is called художник. The same goes for ink and markers.

[ponny1.livejournal.com]

wе call this person дизайнер, maybе дизайнер-оформитель?

[archaicos.livejournal.com]

иллюстратор exists in Russian as well. An иллюстратор creates illustrations/pictures/etc for, say, books or educational material, which provide additional information or clarity/explanation.

[ybelov.livejournal.com]

You can also call yourself one of several of those: художник-оформитель, художник-иллюстратор, график, художник компьютерной графики (for computer graphics), художник-полиграфист (for printed materials), типограф (for work with fonts)

An artist can be explained in Russian as "творческий работник в области изобразительных искусств", which is of course too long. Usually художник will do, but it is most often applied to painters.

If you call yourself артист, then people will most probably think that you are an actor or a performing artist.

[isca-lox.livejournal.com]

The person who used ink or markers or software is also художник. Художник-оформитель is closer to designer.

[firebottle.livejournal.com]

The most common word is "художник", which can be detalized as "художник-оформитель", "художник-аниматор" etc.

[shlema.livejournal.com]

I think иллюстратор is the most suitable word for your occupation.