Task 2

I was given a text to read by Marshall Arisman titled 'Is There Fine  Art to Illustration'

'David Smith, the sculptor, defined commercial art as "Art that meets the minds and needs of other people," and fine art as "Art that meets the mind and needs of the artist." 

I would agree with Smith (or not) as I think commercial art is for selling and client; compared to fine arts, it is more to personal responds and diary. 

Here an example of a work by Alex Gross.this painting will work as an illustration if this goes with an article and it reminds me of surrealism. 

I read a book called The Education of an Illustrator by Steven Heller and Marshall Arisman, on page 59, where the author interviewed an artist called Thomas Woodruff. He commented on fine arts and illustration -  'the whole idea about the battle between commercial and the fine art worlds is a battle that has no winners' which is true, it is just a waste of time to fight for a pointless thing.