Art Director: history and fun facts
Everything a curious kid might want to know about this job.
Did you know?
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Art Directors often start their ideas with quick sketches, sometimes drawn on a napkin or a scrap of paper!
Through history
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Long ago
People who made books and posters long ago also planned how pictures and letters should fit together on each page.
A day in the job
- 9:00 AMThe Art Director gets together with the team to share ideas and look at sketches. Everyone talks about what the picture should feel like.
Words to know
- Layout
- A layout is how everything is arranged on a page, like where the pictures, colors, and words go.
Quiz time
Art Directors only draw pictures for books.
An Art Director helps people notice the most important information first.