Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators
SOC Code: 27-1013
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustratorss use materials such as pens and ink, watercolors, charcoal, oil, or computer software to create artwork. This career typically requires medium preparation (1-2 years). With an AI-proof score of 95.5/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Active Learning, Critical Thinking, Active Listening.
AI-Proof Score: 95.5 — Very High
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Median Salary
$60,560
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Job Growth
-1.2%
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Training Time
Medium preparation (1-2 years)
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Job Zone
Zone 3 / 5
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Training Cost
~$15,000
Key Skills
- •Active Learning
- •Critical Thinking
- •Active Listening
- •Reading Comprehension
- •Speaking
- •Judgment and Decision Making
Common Tasks
- ✓Use materials such as pens and ink, watercolors, charcoal, oil, or computer software to create artwork.
- ✓Integrate and develop visual elements, such as line, space, mass, color, and perspective, to produce desired effects, such as the illustration of ideas, emotions, or moods.
- ✓Confer with clients, editors, writers, art directors, and other interested parties regarding the nature and content of artwork to be produced.
- ✓Maintain portfolios of artistic work to demonstrate styles, interests, and abilities.
- ✓Market artwork through brochures, mailings, or Web sites.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation