JohnRender, your definition of 'professional' is certainly one of the more interesting, albeit confusing, ones I've heard. A 'professional' at ANYTHING is usually defined as someone who makes money, ideally their sole source of income, from a specific activity.

I am a 'professional' graphic designer/illustrator, as are several of the others who chimed in here. My ONLY source of income is through designing items for print (paper systems, flyers, brochures, logos, promotional materials, etc.) and through illustration (childrens books, instructional manuals, CDs, tattoo flash, signed 'fine art' prints, whatever). In addition to traditional media, I have used several digital applications such as Poser, Bryce, Truespace, Illustrator, Photoshop and Quark Express as tools to generate the art and design which earns me my greenbacks. I love my career and have no ambition whatsoever to work in the film industry doing CGI. Fortunately, art is a big enough field to encompass many different disciplines.

I hate to sound like a jerk, but is it possible you misunderstood the question?