There are many different types of designs you can create with us. However, the artist, designer, or creative who will work on your request will depend on the type of request you submit.
While it's easy to tell the difference between a Motion Graphic Artist and a Presentation Designer, it's not quite as clear when it comes to Graphic Designers (Graphic Artists) and Custom Illustrators.
If you need both Graphic Designer and Illustrator, don't sweat! Both are covered under any of our subscription plans.
So what's the difference?
Graphic Designer
Our Graphic Designers work on Graphic Design Request Types
They make use of stock images as a base for the design they'll create
The stock images will be modified to create a unique design/graphic for your use
The quality of the design will depend on the stock images provided to our designer (either by using our in-platform stock images library to select a stock image or uploading your own assets)
If a reference style is provided, the closest stock image available with a similar style will be used as a base
Limitations of Graphic Designers
They do not create illustrations from scratch
They do not manually trace from a photo or image
They do not create illustrations that require hand-drawn or extremely customized graphics - these requests will be handed to an illustrator
Custom Illustrator
Our Illustrators work on Custom Illustration Request Types
They specialize in creating advanced graphics or drawings from scratch
They do not need to make use of stock images
Designs or artworks created are 100% original
Designs or artworks are highly customized based on your exact specifications/instructions
If a reference style is provided, the illustrator can create an illustration based on the provided style
They can manually trace from a photo or image
Limitations of Custom Illustrators
They do not do graphic design work such as layout design, photo editing, text layouts, etc - these requests will be handed to a graphic designer
Now that we're clear on the difference between designers and illustrators, let's dive in further! Here are other types of designers in our creative pool:
Presentation Designer
Exclusive to our Pro and Premium plans
Our presentation designers work on Presentation Request Types
They specialize in creating slide decks
They can create slide deck designs in Microsoft Powerpoint (PPTX), Google Slides, or Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator (PDF)
Limitations of Presentation Designer
They do not do graphic design work such as layout design, photo editing, text layouts, etc - these requests will be handed to a graphic designer
They do not do graphic design work that are not presentations (eg: They do not create posters in Powerpoint format) - these requests will be handed to a graphic designer and will be delivered in standard image format (JPG, GIF, PNG, and/or Adobe PSD/AI)
Motion Graphic Artist
Exclusive to our Premium plans
Our motion graphic artists work on Motion Graphic Request Types
They specialize in creating motion graphics or animated graphics videos in Adobe After Effects
They can deliver not only MOV and MP4 format, but also convert the motion graphic into a GIF!
Limitations of Motion Graphic Artist
They do not do any audio or video editing and are focused on graphics animation
If you have any questions or clarifications, please email [email protected] or just hit the chat icon on the bottom-right corner to get in touch with our awesome Customer Success Team!