Design: Differences Between Art And Design

In society there is a question of whether there are differences between art, crafts and design, as it is argued that the boundaries between these visual categories have become so blurred that some may find it difficult to recognise any differences. It is said that art is a visual form of expressing a person’s creativity; this is usually turned into paintings, drawings and sculptures. These artworks are often appealing to the human eye and have the artists hidden emotions attached to them. Where design on the other hand, is seen as the first step before creating the master piece. A design is known as a drawing plan for something you’re about to create, it could be seen as an artist’s planning. However, design is in actual fact is the art of

This is said to be a combination between art and design, as “design is the first step, before creating the masterpiece” (Buckingham: 2014). It has been a stereotype in our society that tattoos are unattractive, frowned upon, and tattoo parlours are scary places. However, nowadays tattoos have become much more socially acceptable and most people you meet have got tattoos on their bodies. “Tattooing isn’t hard-core anymore, the parlour needs to be welcoming and friendly, to show people it can be a pleasant experience” (Buckingham: 2014). As a the first step, the tattoo artist they have to speak to customers about their lives, find out their social and family backgrounds beforehand, this is to see what the tattoo design means to them. This helps the artist get a feeling of how to design the tattoo according to the particular person. “The design is how you sell the product (so to speak), it has to be impressive. One must achieve what the customer wants…Then the art really starts, with the line-work, shading etc.” (Buckingham: 2014). There are two types of people in the industry, you get “tattooist”, which are people with the skills to tattoo copied designs onto an individual, and then you get a “tattoo artist” which is someone with an extension of skills, they treat it as an art form and put an artistic touch onto it, like an artist would in a drawing or painting. “Everything is art. It is how you present it and how you approach it” (Buckingham: 2014). However, the tattoo completely loses meaning once the design has been repeated and copied from person to person. For example, this piece done on a woman’s back was designed first as you can see the drawn lotus flower, for the customer as she wanted something to represent her walk along a spiritual path and the lotus does so as it means spiritual purity and gently opens to the simplicity of nature. The mandala patterns surrounding the lotus