hey form an artist-writer team that must design an ad that is successful at selling, and the goal is effective propaganda (Nelson and Ferris 4).
The editorial field is another area of interest to the commercial artist. There is aide opportunity in this area because in the U.S. today there are some 1,760 daily newspaper,s 8,000 magazines and journals, and over 600 television stations. All of these employ commercial artists in different capacities. There are also several hundred book publishers releasing 20,000 new titles each year along with 5,000 new editions of old titles. There are motion picture and television companies which also employ illustrators and designers. There has been some decline in opportunity in the newspaper field as the number of newspapers has been reduced and because of a trend toward the syndication of newspaper art. On larger papers there are cartoonists and artists who brighten the columns of type with their work. Editorial cartoonists comment on local, national, and international affairs, while a lead artist or art d
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