How do you feel about the term “content creator” as an artist?

[TheLemmaLlama]

Yeah I'm in the camp that prefers general terms like 'creator' or 'content'/'work' over more specific stuff like 'artist' or 'art/comic' when talking about myself and the stuff I make because I dabble in various things It makes me feel less 'pigeonholed'; like if I call myself an artist, I can't help but feel some pressure to keep doing art instead of feeling free to get distracted by newfound interests in non-art content because I'm paranoid that people will feel betrayed or smth XD

I am totally aiming for my work to be remembered as great literature though, and also happen to not be interested in making money off of it^. The word 'influencer' gets a bad rap, but I feel it really describes what I hope to achieve with my work; to influence people. Not saying I'll definitely succeed in any of this, but I don't think calling myself an influencer is any more pompous than calling myself an artist with the implication` that my work is Art rather than 'mere content'

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^ only because I'm lucky enough to not need to; I probably would seek monetization if I didn't already figure out how to live on what I already have. So don't take this as me looking down on anyone who wants to monetize their work or anything ^^;

` as opposed to calling myself an artist with the implication that I draw

[AmazementComics]

It helps to be. The key is being creative and have some graphic design skills. A perfect content creator is a jack of all creative trades from being good with graphics be it making their own or choosing the right graphics to go with the story. And they need to be a creative writer. They also need to be able to identify with their audience.

If are are a person who is good at writing and graphic design and has photo and video skills you pretty much content creator.

[Headypigeon4180]

It sounds too vague personally. I don't see myself as a content creator I see myself as the comic equivalent of a B-movie director.

[allisoncandraw]

I don't think the term is restricted to people who monetize their content. I consider myself a content creator simply because I do just that, make content and post it to the internet 🤷‍♀️

[Kelheor]

I hate it, thank you