Career Overlap Occupation record
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Where a digital artist can go next

5 destinations recorded, ranked by how much of the target role a digital artist already meets. The closer to the top of Table 1, the less there is to learn.

Digital artists create art which applies digital technology as an essential part of the creative process. Digital art is usually created using computers or more specialised digital equipment. It may be enjoyed using the same instruments, shared over the internet, or presented using more traditional media.

Also known as digital matte painter, computer-generated imagery artist, digital matte artist, computer artist, digital games artist, digital compositor, special effects digital artist, digital environment artist, 3D digital artist, digital scupltress, 3D digital matte painter, digital designer and animator.

Professionals 41 skills on file 5 career moves 0 above 60% overlap Closest: conceptual artist, 55%

Fig. 2 · Career map 5 nearest · ESCO v1.2.1
conceptual artist 55% covered glass artist 55% covered video artist 52% covered drawing artist 44% covered street artist 41% covered digital artist You are here
  • 70% and above · short step
  • 50 to 70% · real move
  • Below 50% · substantial retraining
The 5 nearest destinations from digital artist, each one a link to that move’s record. Distance from the centre is how much retraining the move takes; the figure on each is how much of that role a digital artist already covers. All 5 are listed in the tables below.
Table 1

Table 1 · Within reach

Table 2

Table 2 · A bigger jump

Possible, but expect real retraining rather than a sideways step.

Table 3

Table 3 · What the job itself asks for

A digital artist needs 23 required skills and areas of knowledge. These 10 are the ones fewest other jobs share, so they say the most about the work.

Required skill Area
  • create pen-and-paper images communication, collaboration and creativity
  • digital arts arts and humanities
  • convert into animated object communication, collaboration and creativity
  • create digital images communication, collaboration and creativity
  • digital content creation working with computers
  • develop animations communication, collaboration and creativity
  • define creative components communication, collaboration and creativity
  • digital communication and collaboration working with computers
  • digital media arts and humanities
  • computer graphics information and communication technologies (icts)
Table 4

Table 4 · Jobs that lead here

The reverse view: occupations whose skills already cover much of what a digital artist does. The figure is how much of this job each one brings.

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Digital artist is filed under Professionals, ISCO major group 2. The full index lists all ten groups.

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How these figures were compiled

Overlap is how much of the target role is already part of a digital artist’s work. It is directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. Every entry above opens the full comparison for that move: what carries over, what is missing, and where to start. The full method.