Interesting thread. To answer the posed questions first, Yes I consider myself an artist first and foremost because I do not limit myself to design documents and briefs. I do "work" for pay but I also work on my own for the personal satisfaction of creation/expression of my mood/emotion/perspective... so many things can go…
I got nuthin. I think what i create usually is "art," but i dont think i manipulate (or can, because of most of it is commercial) it to having the emotion required to evoke the viewer to feel something. I grew up a musician (musicist lol), playing my violin for anyone and everyone. I wanted to be an artist of music, so to…