Advice for Art Majors
September 30th, 2009

Advice for Art Majors

I was one of those, but then I graduated. Now I am a bachelor…of arts…but also a regular bachelor, which makes me DOUBLE ELIGIBLE. This flowchart should help any potential artists to determine their place in the creative world without any unnecessary existential pondering.

witness the failure!

Caldy

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  • Sammneiland
    I may be a Photomanipulator, but at least my results are hilarious.

    http://i.imgur.com/IVrZE.jpg

    Also, I'm a musican/singer/composer/songwriter/producer by trade... so yeah, that's a wholenother flow chart.
  • haha, that is some quality head-switching. I commend you.
  • Ed
    this is stupid... you clearly are not any of the above since you dont know the difference
  • I've seen this floating around the internet for months now. Glad I finally tracked it back to the source. Makes me laugh every single time I stumble upon it. I'm a graphic designer. Which makes sense, because that's what I'm going to school for.
  • Glad you finally made it here! Feel free to stick around and have a look at our other fine comics.
  • pie3492
    I'm...a...photo-manipulator.
    NOOOOOOOoooooo!
  • Devon(Shyre)
    lol, cartoonist. The ironic thing is, I actually have a kick ass comic series XD
  • Devon(Shyre)
    alright then, keep in mind when you read it however, it is the way it is for comic effect. It is in no way the extent of my ability.

    redbasse.webs.com

    I have a few comics posted here at that site.
  • cool stuff! thanks for sharing.
  • oh yeah? lemme seez it.
  • Coal
    Wait, why did you put yourself under funny "yes"?
  • Anne
    Where does GIMP fit into this?
  • carvin
    Haha... oh man... I'm so Graphic Designer AND Typographer. *sigh* Ah, to be cartoonist would be neat though. That's what 12 year old me wanted.
  • Carmen
    I'm funny sometimes..
    I'm in between graphic designer and cartoonist does it work out?
  • yep! that means you're ACTUALLy talented!
  • bloodstains
    Really?? OMG 8D
  • Awesomeness in flowchart form. Must show this one to my Media Arts friends. They will love it. :D
  • SHARE AWAY!!!
  • Panning through it left to right, that graphic designer is a killer punch line~
  • Yeah definitely the strongest joke, I'm glad I saved it for last.
  • Balu
    fantastic! :D
    woooo, a true graph designer :]

    and I know a 'typographer' who looks just like that! :D
    good job! :]
  • Thank you for proving my chart's accuracy! And tell that typographer to eat something, she is way too skinny.
  • Andreas P
    I'm studing the wrong profession... apparently I'm supposed to be a cartoonist, but ive pendt two years now on a graphic designer education :(
  • Better to be an unhappy designer than a starving cartoonist.
  • Yumi
    Lol I'm the Microsoft Painter.xD
  • Lizard-Zilla
    I got Graphic Designer. The cool thing about this is that I actually am one! ^_^
  • The System Works!
  • StrikeFear13
    Aww you forgot a path for us 3d artists :(
  • That's because 3D artists are way too talented to be included on this list.
  • This is outrageously true. :O
  • Its not often I lol in real life, but dear god when I got to my career at the end I couldn't stop laughing.
  • Such praise! I am unworthy!
  • lucas13
    what do you mean "you don't get it?" ,lol so true
  • thejollity
    You know what's funny is that when I took an oil painting class, there were long stretches of time when my paints actually did smell like fruit.

    I wish I was joking.
  • What fruit did "burnt sienna" smell like?
  • thejollity
    Kind of like banana, actually.
  • BEST...COMIC...EVERRRR <3
  • THAAAANK YEEEEW
  • I got graphic designer. It is correct! (Although it's not the only thing I am, it's the only thing I trained for)
  • the process looks very complicated! I can draw but I don't think I belong in that diagram! lol :D
  • artist.
    hmm no options for actual artists other than painters pfft.
  • haha yeah I was running out of space, what's your specialty?
  • Guest
    This is almost right. Except the last two on the right. A typographer would totally have Illustrator. And any self respecting graphic designer would have InDesign, Illustrator AND Photoshop.
  • All very accurate. I eschewed details in favor of comedy, perhaps next time I'll strike a better balance!
  • Beautiful! "Sometimes I stay up late and think about serifs..." Err, it happens ;)
  • they're just so..."seriffy"
  • scc
    nice one! i also posted it on my blog. hope it's ok ;)
  • it's definitely okay! glad you liked it!
  • timot
    cool
  • Hharrison
    What's a printmaker to do? Sadface!
  • don't wipe your tears, you'll get ink on your face.
  • Hharrison
    It's funny...cause it's true.
  • JakobG
    One week before, I was caroonist.
    Now I am Graphic designer.
  • bluesy
    hehe MSpaint. XD

    Got Mspaint?
    Used to play video games with sprites?
    FUCK YES WEBCOMIC
    Or as i like to say 95% of Drunk duck, smack jeeves has alot but they are probably also Yaoi.
  • or as I call them, "reminders that I'm not a TOTAL hack."
  • Synned
    Where's "All of the Above?"

    ;)
  • The sad thing is I really am a journal cartoonist. Shit I need to get funny fast.
  • uh oh, TIME FOR SOME HIJINX
  • yeah all i need is some drunken adventures and a zany sidekick and then i can just be a "slice of life" comic
  • so it's off to the liquor store for you then! I can't wait to see the results!
  • meghasissues
    Found the results at the last convention I worked at but unfortunately they are nsfw and I had to leave them out of the webcomic. At least we got some good sketches done of that drunk boy we convinced to model for us. *insert wink and witty remark here*
  • Name
    XP damnit there's the program illustrator but no Illustrator? Fail!
  • I like to think that option represents both the adobe program AND being an illustrator.
  • barukay
    photomanipulator! :))
  • Tom
    Graphic design.

    I use so much white space, it's racist: hah!
  • GrassDog
    Ack! I'm a cartoonist that's been hired as a graphic designer! No wonder I've been feeling out of place and under appreciated!
  • 'tis a sign of the times.
  • GrassDog
    Ah, well, I'd always thought it was just the plight of the cartoonist, as Berkeley Breathed would have it.
  • well put sir.
  • heh. this made me laugh.

    apparenlty i'm still a cartoonist...like i thought.
  • Not a bad place to be, if I say so myself.
  • HoppendDoppict
    doesn't help But I am the definite nuance against your conclusion for I DO EAT, DRAW, WRITE, CURSE AND AM the COMPUTER GRAPHIC COORDINATOR YOU diss for a clearer feature w resume concersn. I Be a trained, schooled anc combative illustrator with WAY much white spacidge against YOUR gnarpht fellow to clearly have NO CLUE what so ever about where we are as artists...you buffoon, jackass and unholy thinker!!! (but I AM female, and that's where you went wrong with this conclusion)
  • Classic :D
  • *thinks I'm funny* Yay! :D Cartoonist!

    Not sure why, but the one made me giggle the most was the Serifs comment.
  • Those silly typographers, always ripe for jokes.
  • awesome
  • YOU are.
  • Sunday
    surprisingly spot on flow chart. do you still do commissions?
  • Glad you liked it, and yes, I definitely do. Drop me an email (hctanner AT gmail.com) and we'll talk.
  • Oh yay! Cartoonist!
    Oh God, how do I make that into a career?!
    THIS DOESN'T HELP!
  • YOU GOTTA BELIEEEEVE.
  • JakobG
    And say Bam Bam Bam when I say Boom Boom Boom.
  • haha, I said that without even thinking of Parappa, good catch.
  • haha, I made that comment without even thinking about Parappa, good catch.
  • haha, I made that comment without even thinking about Parappa, good catch.
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