Entry Level Qualification 

12

Career Fields 

Arts & Design

For Specially Abled 

Career Entrance Exam 

AIEED, IICD UG, IICD PG

About Career 

As an Artist, you will create a concept or original artwork using an array of mediums and techniques. You will be creating visual depictions of texts, concepts, topics, stories, and thoughts. When you are an artist, you will be using different tools and techniques to prepare your creative work and present it on a canvas or other material. In current times, you can also prepare different kinds of artwork by using a computer like designs, paintings, video game art, etc. You can also experiment with 3D artwork which transforms the perception of space and time. If you are satisfied with your work, you can showcase it in different art exhibitions and create a client base too.

Key Roles And Responsibilities

1. Integrate and develop visual elements, and perspective, to produce desired effects, such as the illustration of ideas, emotions, or moods.

2. Using materials such as watercolors, pens and ink, charcoal, oil, rasps, rifflers, carving wax, clay, computer software, and other tools and objects for creating artwork

3. Keep studying different techniques, and artworks and engage in experimentation to continuously grow in your artistic endeavours.

4. Create 2-D or 3-D art depicting objects in motion or illustrating a process, using computer animation or modeling programs

5. Researching through libraries & the internet, visiting art locations, using abstract concepts, interviewing people, and photographing objects for reference.

6. Plan projects, create and manage a budget, calculate expenditures, and confer with clients.

7. Cut, shape, fit, join mold, or process materials, using hands, tools, power tools, or machinery.

8. Making created objects or characters appear almost lifelike by manipulating light, texture color, or manipulating static images to give the illusion of motion.

9. Using models to simulate the behavior of animated objects in the finished sequence.

10. Advertising products and work by using media such as internet advertising and brochures.

11. Selecting materials for use based on texture, strength,   balance, color, and other characteristics.

Career Entry Pathway 

Class 10 all subjects as per scheme of studies - Class 11-12 with any subject as per scheme of studies - UG (Bachelors In Fine Arts/ Visual Arts).

After completing class 10 all subjects as per the scheme of studies complete Class 11-12 with any subject and then follow it up with a three-year course in Bachelors In Fine Arts/Visual Arts.

After completing class 10 all subjects as per the scheme of studies complete Class 11-12 with any subject and then follow it up with a three-year Bachelor's in any discipline. Then, you can go for postgraduate degrees, like Master In Fine Arts/Visual Arts.

After completing class 10 all subjects as per the scheme of studies complete Class 11-12 with any subject and then follow it up with a three-year Bachelor's in any discipline. Then, you can go for postgraduate degrees, like Master In Fine Arts/Visual Arts. Then you can go for doctoral courses like a Ph.D. in Fine Arts.

Required Qualification & Competencies 

After completing class 10 all subjects as per the scheme of studies, complete Class 11-12 with any subject as per the scheme of studies, and then follow it up with a Bachelor in any of the following fields:

1. Fine Art

2. Visual Art

3. Studio Art

4. Sculpture

5. Graphic Art

Post Graduate Studies

After completing your graduation, you can go for a post-graduate degree in the following fields:

1. Fine Art

2. Visual Art

3. Digital Art

4. Graphic Art

5. Printmaking

6. Applied Art

7. Studio Art

8. Animation Art

Doctoral Studies

A Doctorate Degree in Fine Arts is the highest degree one can get in the field of study. However, to pursue a doctorate in Fine Arts, one needs to hold a master’s degree in the same. You can go for a PhD. In Fine Arts which will open opportunities in the research field, as well as make you eligible as a Professor of Fine Arts.

Competencies Required

Occupational Interests

1. Artistic - Artistic occupations involve working with forms, designs, and patterns. They may require self-expression and the work can be done without following a clear set of rules.

2. Realistic - Realistic occupations involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They may deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery.

Knowledge

1. Creative Design: Knowledge of various techniques, methods, and specifications for creating and developing designs for various products and materials such as textiles, clothes, interiors, furniture, accessories, jewelry, animation, graphics, materials, film, video, web, user interfaces of digital devices, photography, etc. 

Skills

1. Artistic and Visual Design: Skills in creating and developing designs that are visually appealing and attractive.

2. Critical Thinking: Skills in the analysis of complex situations, using logic and reasoning to understand the situations and take appropriate actions or make interpretations and inferences.

3. Graphic Design Tools: Skills in using various graphic design tools such as Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Corel Draw, etc.

4. Judgment and Decision Making: Skills in considering the pros and cons of various decision alternatives; considering costs and benefits; making appropriate and suitable decisions.

5. Material Design and Craft: Skills in creating and designing various items using different materials such as clay, wood, iron, gold, silver, gems, etc.

6. Problem Solving: Skills in analysis and understanding of problems, evaluating various options to solve the problems, and using the best option to solve the problems.

7. Reading Comprehension: Skills in understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.

Abilities

1. Abstract Reasoning: The ability to understand ideas that are not expressed in words or numbers; the ability to understand concepts that are not clearly expressed verbally or otherwise.

2. Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules and common logic to specific problems to produce answers that are logical and make sense. For example, understanding the reasons behind an event or a situation using general rules and common logic.

3. Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with several ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).

4. Inter-Personal: The ability to build and maintain good relationships with others at workplaces and elsewhere.

5. Originality: The ability to come up with unusual or innovative ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.

6. Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a long period without being distracted.

7. Spatial Ability: The ability to visualize three-dimensional objects by looking at the objects on paper or visualize objects mentally in three dimensions.

8. Verbal Reasoning: The ability to think and reason with words; the ability to reason out ideas expressed in words.

9. Visualization: The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.

10. Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

Personality

1. You are always imaginative in most situations.

2. You always prefer to experience new things and have new experiences or you mostly do.

3. You can always act independently or could do so in most situations.

4. You are somewhat organized in your day-to-day life and activities.

5. You trust others sometimes but not always.

6. You are helpful to others sometimes.

7. You are mostly impulsive in your actions and behavior.

Career - Job Opportunities & Profiles 

Artists mostly work independently, and it is hard to put them under well-defined job profiles. You will find roles with theatre productions, film production companies, advertising agencies, design agencies, animation film production companies, art teaching schools, etc. You attempt to present your artwork in an exhibition or make it available to a client. Following are some of the roles artists can function in:

1. Visualizer

2. Painter

3. Illustrator

4. Production Designer

5. Theatre Designer

6. Illustration Artist

7. Storyboard Designer

8. Printmaking

9. Graphic Designer

10. Animator

11. Art Teacher

Work Environment

You will spend a lot of time using your hands. Your workspace could be limited to an environmentally controlled studio or art theatre, but research tasks could carry you to different environments in all fields or walks of life. You will work with specialized tools and equipment. You will have the freedom to make decisions but will often have to work with deadlines.

Specialisation Tracks In This Career

1. Painter

A painter is an artist who uses acrylic, watercolors, gouache, and other media to apply pigment, paint, or color to a canvas or solid surface using tools such as brush, knives, and sponges to reproduce an image, articulate an idea or concept, or to give vision to their thoughts.

2. Illustrator

An illustrator is a kind of artist who specializes in articulating concepts by providing a visual representation that is based on the associated content of the associated text, or an original idea. The illustration may be developed to clarify complicated concepts or objects that are difficult to describe textually or may exist to grab the reader’s attention enabling better reach and increased impact. Illustrators use tools such as pens, pencils, charcoals, acrylic, or computer software

3. Sculptor

A sculptor is a person who carves three-dimensional structures out of wood, stone, ceramics, metals, and other materials with the help of tools such as molds, rasps, riffles, scalpels, chisels, brushes, and more. Sculptures have a rich history and due to their relatively less perishable nature as compared to other art forms, they are some of the oldest surviving art relics from history and have a rich and varied heritage.

4. Artist (Printmaking)

Printmaking is the art of creating print designs on paper. Printmaking includes the study of intaglio, relief, silkscreen, lithography, and other art of printing. Printmaking includes the process of creating and transferring prints onto different surface materials such as paper, aluminium, cloth, glass, etc. Printmakers design and create prints that are transferred into different surfaces such as cloth, paper, and glass. They use special techniques to transfer these designs. Printmaking involves the study of fine art and graphics languages such as drawing, painting, collage, and digital printing. Printmakers are a part of many industries such as the fashion design industry, the arts and crafts industry as well as the digital advertising agency.

5. Artist (Graphic Designer)

Graphic design is the process of creating visuals depicting ideas, themes, and purpose through a combination of visuals, texts, and symbols. The final product is brought together with the use of typography, photography, and illustration. The field is considered a subset of visual communication and communication design

6. Installation Artist

Installation art involves the creation of site-specific three-dimensional artworks to transform the perception of space. Generally, it is related to interior spaces, whereas exterior interventions are often called public art, land art, or intervention art

7. Animator

An animator is an artist who is involved in creating multiple images, which are known as frames, and which give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, and video games. Animators decide how a model will move and how a scene and the characters will look and feel, by conferring with the director or the client

Career Growth

At Advertising and creative design firms, you can move from being a trainee to a Visualiser/Illustrator/Designer, etc. Over a few years depending upon your work, you can become a senior Visualiser/Illustrator/Designer, etc. Finally, in 8-10 years or even earlier, depending upon your work, you can become a Creative Director, Art Director, or Design Head.

Salary Offered  

At the beginning of your career, in advertising agencies or other creative design agencies, you can get about Rs. 8,000-12,000 a month as a trainee. With 2-5 years of experience, you may earn about Rs. 10,000 - 20,000 or more per month. You can quickly rise in advertising agencies and other design and creative agencies if your work is really good. With 8-10 years of experience, you can earn about Rs. 50,000 - 80,000 or even more per month. But in smaller agencies, you may have to do with about Rs. 25,000-30,000 a month.

Monthly Earnings In Indian Rupee

1. Entry level: 0 - 2 years of work experience

2. Junior Level: From 1 to 12 years of work experience

3. Mid Level: From 5 to 20+ years of work experience

4. Senior Level: From 10 to 25+ years of work experience (there could be exceptions in some high-end technical, financial, engineering, creative, management, sports, and other careers; also shortly, people will reach these levels much faster in many careers and some careers, these levels will have no meaning as those careers will be completely tech skill driven such as even now, there is almost no level in a Cyber Security Expert’s job)

Famous Personalities 

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Work Activities 

1. Creative thinking: Developing new ideas, concepts, innovative solutions to problems, newer ways of getting things done, designing products and services, creating works of art and craft, etc.

2. Organising tasks:  prioritizing, planning  Planning, and organizing tasks to achieve work goals; prioritizing tasks to achieve goals and making the best use of the time available.

3. Getting Information and learning: Observing, hearing, reading, using computers, or otherwise obtaining information and learning from it.

4. Updating and using relevant knowledge: Keeping updated with the latest knowledge relevant to your fields of work and using the relevant knowledge in getting things done.