This is a video survey of UMSL students talking about the differences between fine art and graphic design. The project resulted in the creation of study fine design, a movement that hopes to blur the line between fine art and graphic design, break boundaries, and start a new art revolution! Thanks to all of my friends for appearing in the video, especially my beautiful girlfriend Lauren LeBlanc. music by blur (please don’t sue me)

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1. alfizzy711 May 20, 2009 8:51 pm

   wow way to put down those millions of designers trying to make a living. Don’t worry ’bout me, like I mentioned before, im not a graphic designer.

2. microbot23 May 21, 2009 4:05 am

   noone who is decent goes on youtube and writes a comment like that. i’m sure you **** ***! you’re a noname like all the other millions of designers who work in random crappy agency’s doing random crap work!

3. spookymoo May 23, 2009 2:52 am

   Graphic Design is Visual Communication, pure and simple.

4. MastersofMelee May 26, 2009 7:48 am

   LOL after that last guy’s ambitions for graduation, im not becoming a graphic designer D, lol nah jk, the dream is still alive..being unemployed out of your garage will **** though..

5. alfizzy711 May 28, 2009 3:10 am

   I was pretty decent Graphic Designer, And I had no experience in drawing. I just had to keep mind what elitist graphic designers frowned upon. I quit though.

6. vodkainjapan May 29, 2009 4:45 pm

   graphic design is not advertising. it IS used in advertising occasionally. not the same though. i know – i DO that.

7. rictit May 31, 2009 6:40 pm

   Graphic Design in 10 years from now, will not exist, anyone is going to be able to become a graphic designer, just by buying the softwares and putting effort to know the basics. And it will not be graphic designer, but Graphic Artist or Graphic Art, or Artist. And that’s it!!! But still, companies will hire creative dudes!!! To be honest, if a painter sells a painting for 3000 dllrs in just one piece, who is more intelligent? The designer or the artist?

8. epete22 June 2, 2009 4:29 pm

   you’re fucking idiot Andrew. Do you work in advertising? Oooo…….Nooo you don’t you faggy band geek. Ooo are you an artist? Noo you’re faggy band geek.

9. AndrewKrr June 2, 2009 10:58 pm

   Graphic design is more than just advertising, you should learn about the topic you are commenting on before actually posting a comment.

10. slipslipknot555 June 3, 2009 4:21 pm

    I do extactly the same First I draw in real life, then I edit

11. lifeisshortliveitup June 6, 2009 2:18 am

    p my bro …my frens every1 was RIGHT! being an artist means ruining ur life! i guess i have to stop dreaming and giving up my dream 2 become an artist !!! sobs sobs**

12. chasemitch June 7, 2009 4:08 pm

    you dumb ***** the say drawing is unnessacary for a graphic artist, everything i do with my art i draw out then edit in photoshop

    some times i use pure computer

    but still stfu

    lol i really liek this video

13. epete22 June 7, 2009 10:59 pm

    graphic design is advertising. fine art is art. there is def a mixture but its not the same

14. terencehooper June 10, 2009 1:32 am

    can this talent post sales!

15. glenyeo June 10, 2009 10:14 pm

    It’s not rocket science. Graphic designers create work for other people while artist create work for themselves (or at least they try to).

16. shanesoc June 11, 2009 5:44 pm

    oh guy below when will you learn !! ammmmmmm

17. studyfinedesign June 14, 2009 3:58 am

    Actually their is a pretty even mix of traditional fine art majors and graphic design majors. Many of these students have since graduated and landed great jobs.

18. guyute4220 June 16, 2009 7:43 am

    Graphic design is not a fine art. It as an applied art. Most of the opinions here are made by obviouse FINE ART students that will never make any money or LIFE with their work. See you all at Walmart stoogies.

19. nickelbackak10 June 19, 2009 7:55 pm

    its sad that theyre all “UMM” when it comes to job part.

20. stropus June 20, 2009 10:40 am

    I think thats an awesome idea to blur the lines and removed these pre-disposed ideas that fine graphic design can’t be fine art…

    thanks!

21. bytor356 June 22, 2009 2:12 pm

    An Artist needs to know Art; A Graphic Designer needs to Art, DT Publishing, Marketing and a little psychology. Graphic Design presents more often a commercial ideal with Art. Ergo, the prior term “Commercial Art”. If a Graphic Designer can’t distinguish the difference then they’re just artists that don’t understand what they’re getting paid to do.

    The question “Is Graphic Design Fine Art”? is really kind of ridiculous.

22. bytor356 June 24, 2009 7:36 pm

    I didn’t call Graphic Design crap – I wrote it’s “mostly sugar coating corporate crap”. “Corporate” being the reference to being “crap”, NOT Graphic Design.

    And sure, Graphic Design can bring “social awareness”, but as for Graphic Design “doing more good for society”? Well that depends on what’s being peddled doesn’t it?

23. drago2 June 28, 2009 3:10 am

    i wouldn’t call graphic design corporate crap. give it more credit than that. It probably does more good for society than fine art does. graphic design has the power to bring about social awareness. art can be very selfish

24. rwr3134 June 28, 2009 2:08 pm

    haha i think he said **** lol!:) its compulsory 4 graphic designers to take life drawing classes *eesh!* …i do

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