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artist

A Schema.org Property
Defined in the bib section.
The primary artist for a work in a medium other than pencils or digital line art--for example, if the primary artwork is done in watercolors or digital paints.

Values expected to be one of these types

Used on these types

Examples

Example 1
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Example notes or example HTML without markup.
An issue of a comic book.

<div>
  <h1>TRUE BLOOD</h1>
  <div>
    TRUE BLOOD chronicles the backwoods Louisiana town of Bon Temps... in a
    world where vampires have emerged from the coffin and no longer need humans for
    their fix.
  </div>
  <div>Publisher: IDW (<a href="http://www.idwpublishing.com">http://www.idwpublishing.com</a>)</div>
  <ul>
    <li>Issue 13
      HERE WE GO AGAIN PART 3: FEELING SINISTER
      <div>Author: Michael McMillian</div>
      <div>Art by: Beni Lobel</div>
      <div>Colors by: Esther Sanz</div>
      <div>Letters by: Neil Uyetake</div>
      <div>Edits by: Denton J. Tipton</div>
      <div>Date published: May 2013</div>
      <div>
        Jason discovers the reason for Amy's sudden ability to go out in the
        daylight, but does his best not to think about it.
      </div>
      <div><em>CVR B</em> Cover by: Michael Gaydos</div>
    </li>
  </ul>
</div>
Example encoded as Microdata embedded in HTML.
<div itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ComicSeries">
  <h1 itemprop="name">TRUE BLOOD</h1>
  <div itemprop="description">
    TRUE BLOOD chronicles the backwoods Louisiana town of Bon Temps... in a
    world where vampires have emerged from the coffin and no longer need humans for
    their fix.
  </div>
  <div itemprop="publisher" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Organization">Publisher:
    <span itemprop="name">IDW</span>
    (<a itemprop="url" href="http://www.idwpublishing.com">http://www.idwpublishing.com</a>)
  </div>
  <ul>
    <li itemprop="hasPart" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ComicIssue">
      Issue <span itemprop="issueNumber">13</span>
      <div itemprop="hasPart" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ComicStory">
        <span itemprop="name">HERE WE GO AGAIN PART 3: FEELING SINISTER</span>
        <div itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person">Author:
          <span itemprop="name">Michael McMillian</span>
        </div>
        <div itemprop="artist" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person">Art by:
          <span itemprop="name">Beni Lobel</span>
        </div>
        <div itemprop="colorist" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person">Colors by:
          <span itemprop="name">Esther Sanz</span>
        </div>
        <div itemprop="letterer" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person">Letters by:
          <span itemprop="name">Neil Uyetake</span>
        </div>
        <div itemprop="editor" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person">Edits by:
          <span itemprop="name">Denton J. Tipton</span>
        </div>
        <div>Date published: <time itemprop="datePublished" datetime="2013-05">May 2013</time></div>
        <div itemprop="description">
          Jason discovers the reason for Amy's sudden ability to go out in the
          daylight, but does his best not to think about it.
        </div>
      </div>
      <div itemprop="hasPart" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/ComicCoverArt">
        <em itemprop="name">CVR B</em>
        <div itemprop="creator" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person">Cover by:
          <span itemprop="name">Michael Gaydos</span>
        </div>
      </div>
    </li>
  </ul>
</div>
Example encoded as RDFa embedded in HTML.
<div vocab="https://schema.org/" typeof="ComicSeries">
  <h1 property="name">TRUE BLOOD</h1>
  <div property="description">
    TRUE BLOOD chronicles the backwoods Louisiana town of Bon Temps... in a
    world where vampires have emerged from the coffin and no longer need humans for
    their fix.
  </div>
  <div property="publisher" typeof="Organization">Publisher:
    <span property="name">IDW</span>
    (<a property="url" href="http://www.idwpublishing.com">http://www.idwpublishing.com</a>)
  </div>
  <ul>
    <li property="hasPart" typeof="ComicIssue">
      Issue <span property="issueNumber">13</span>
      <div property="hasPart" typeof="ComicStory">
        <span property="name">HERE WE GO AGAIN PART 3: FEELING SINISTER</span>
        <div property="author" typeof="Person">Author:
          <span property="name">Michael McMillian</span>
        </div>
        <div property="artist" typeof="Person">Art by:
          <span property="name">Beni Lobel</span>
        </div>
        <div property="colorist" typeof="Person">Colors by:
          <span property="name">Esther Sanz</span>
        </div>
        <div property="letterer" typeof="Person">Letters by:
          <span property="name">Neil Uyetake</span>
        </div>
        <div property="editor" typeof="Person">Edits by:
          <span property="name">Denton J. Tipton</span>
        </div>
        <div>Date published: <time property="datePublished" datetime="2013-05">May 2013</time></div>
        <div property="description">
          Jason discovers the reason for Amy's sudden ability to go out in the
          daylight, but does his best not to think about it.
        </div>
      </div>
      <div property="hasPart" typeof="ComicCoverArt">
        <em property="name">CVR B</em>
        <div property="creator" typeof="Person">Cover by:
          <span property="name">Michael Gaydos</span>
        </div>
      </div>
    </li>
  </ul>
</div>
Example encoded as JSON-LD in a HTML script tag.
<script type="application/ld+json">
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org/",
    "@type": "ComicSeries",
    "description": "TRUE BLOOD chronicles the backwoods Louisiana town of Bon Temps... in a world where vampires have emerged from the coffin and no longer need humans for their fix.",
    "name": "TRUE BLOOD",
    "hasPart": {
      "@type": "ComicIssue",
      "issueNumber": 13,
      "datePublished": "2013-05",
      "hasPart": [{
          "@type": "ComicStory",
          "description": "Jason discovers the reason for Amy's sudden ability to go out in the daylight, but does his best not to think about it.",
          "name": "HERE WE GO AGAIN PART 3: FEELING SINISTER",
          "author": {
            "@type": "Person",
            "name": "Michael McMillian"
          },
          "artist": {
            "@type": "Person",
            "name": "Beni Lobel"
          },
          "colorist": {
            "@type": "Person",
            "name": "Esther Sanz"
          },
          "editor": {
            "@type": "Person",
            "name": "Denton J. Tipton"
          },
          "letterer": {
            "@type": "Person",
            "name": "Neil Uyetake"
          }
        },
        {
        "@type": "ComicCoverArt",
        "name": "CVR B",
        "creator": {
          "@type": "Person",
          "name": "Michael Gaydos"
        }
      }]
    }
}
</script>
Structured representation of the JSON-LD example.