The great distinction often made between fine art and commercial art, is not so clear cut when considering, for example, that most of the Old Masters from the Renaissance were generally, essentially, commercial artists working on commissions.

Personally, I enjoy doing commissions.  It is like playing chess, but with an added forth dimension of getting inside the clients head to understand their interest, intent, goals, constraints and so on, while at the same time, finding opportunity for my own personal creativity.
Many corporate accounts have strict requirements and constraints that result in conservative and functional graphic design solutions. On the other hand, some are wide open to creative and fun solutions such as the samples below:

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