commercial artist
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3.5
- noun
- /kəˈmɜrʃəl ˈɑrtɪst/
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artista comercial
- She became a commercial artist, and eventually she came to the city and got a job.
Examples
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By the time Qes Adamu traveled to Addis Ababa, Yohannes was a major commercial artist and well-connected with the European expatriate community and the royal family.
Academic text (2004) -
I did earn my living as a commercial artist for a little while.
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I mean, do you really want to be a commercial artist?
Fiction book (2001) -
I'm a commercial artist.
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"Commercial artists try to eke out a living wherever they can," says illustrator and children's book author Wendell Minor.
Blog text (24) -
He was increasingly viewed as a commercial artist, and his work was greeted with tepid enthusiasm and often outright suspicion.
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She left for New York and, like Renee Magritte, became a commercial artist, in her case the Macy's department store, where her work often had a surrealist touch.
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A few years later, Adamu and his family became aware of his intense commitment to his artistic endeavors, which eventually led Adamu to abandon the priesthood for the life of a commercial artist in the country's capital, Addis Ababa.
Academic text (2004) -
After graduating with a degree in fine arts, she became a commercial artist specializing in advertising design.
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The commercial artist created stunning graphics that helped increase sales for several major brands.
Synonyms
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1.0
A person who makes art like paintings or sculptures with imagination and feeling
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3.0
A person who makes pictures and layouts for ads or websites
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3.2
A person who draws pictures for books or magazines
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3.0
A person who makes pictures and page or screen layouts using computers
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3.4
A person who makes pictures and page designs for posters, books, or websites
How Commercial
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an artist who creates work for advertising or other trade purposes' is directly derivable from 'commercial' (pertaining to trade) modifying 'artist' (a creative person). This is a straightforward adjective + noun composition following a common cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents should be able to infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The term commercial artist comes from joining commercial, meaning 'about business', and artist, a person who makes art. Long ago, shops, magazines and printers needed pictures for ads, packaging and logos, so they hired artists to make that work. That's why 'commercial artist' means an artist who makes pictures and designs for advertising and other business use.