>>7644787>>7644790"artist" is not an awarded title of recognition, it's a description of the fact you spend a lot of time making art. There is 0 prestige in "being an artist", and it isn't exclusively a job title like "chef" or "nurse" is. You need to add more to the sentence to properly define what you mean.
>"professional artist"Describes only the fact people pay you
>"amateur artist"(self-used) Describes you believe yourself to be a beginner (rarely used by someone other than the artist). May or may not have greater aims.
>"outsider artist"(other-used) Describes someone whose art falls well outside the zeitgeist of the particular writer/speaker/audience and whose aesthetics aren't attributable to some known outgroup
>"hobbyist artist"Someone who makes art for leisure, almost always in their home without a decated studio space. Has no aims to make it their profession.
>"gallery artist"Someone whose work is exhibited (and sold) in one or more galleries. Implies a form of institutional approval. Subtype of professional.
>"concept artist"Someone who creates concept art - internal drafts used as reference material (not the final piece) for a piece of media such as a movie, game, brand refresh or advertisement - professionally as an employed position, inhouse or freelancer.
And so on and so on, you get the picture. The context of a conversation will sometimes carry the weight of the additional refinement - IE if at a meet and greet and someone shares their profession, then another asks what you do, saying just that you're "an artist" would only be an appropriate response if you do it for money as your primary job.
But that is not the context of most conversations. Conversations go a lot easier when the default is that there isn't any assumption that "artist" only means "professional artist."
