Art model to body artist
An art model already meets 16% of what the body artist role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.
78.5/ 100
1 How much of what a body artist is expected to do is already part of an art model’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the body artist role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A body artist role treats 2 of its required skills as things an art model already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- identify customer's needs
- inform customers about body modifications
What stands in the way is 10 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 5 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A body artist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of an art model background worth leading with.
- already held inform customers about body modifications communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held apply body paint assisting and caring
- already held maintain an artistic portfolio communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held develop professional network communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held identify customer's needs communication, collaboration and creativity
All 5 carried skills, including the 2 the body artist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 27 missing skills fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn advise customers on body adornment required
- still to learn develop creative ideas required
- still to learn maintain customer service required
- still to learn order supplies required
- still to learn provide customised products required
- still to learn stay alert required
- optional, not held give care instructions optional
- optional, not held tattoo customers optional
- optional, not held create original paintings optional
- optional, not held perform body piercings optional
- optional, not held select illustration styles optional
- optional, not held trade in jewellery optional
- optional, not held use artistic materials for drawing optional
- optional, not held entertain people optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
- still to learn use body adornment equipment required
- optional, not held use body modification techniques optional
- optional, not held apply permanent make-up optional
- optional, not held carry out wound care optional
- still to learn manage personal professional development required
- optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
- optional, not held administer appointments optional
- still to learn sterilise working environment required
- still to learn maintain equipment required
- optional, not held keep personal administration optional
2 further areas in the appendix
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a body artist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 advise customers on body adornment practise this
- 02 use body adornment equipment practise this
- 03 sterilise working environment practise this
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 5 skills that carry over
- already held identify customer's needs skill
- already held inform customers about body modifications skill
- already held apply body paint skill
- already held develop professional network skill
- already held maintain an artistic portfolio skill
The 2 learning areas not shown above
- optional, not held hair removal techniques optional
- optional, not held use digital illustration techniques optional
17 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held give care instructions optional
- optional, not held tattoo customers optional
- optional, not held use body modification techniques optional
- optional, not held apply permanent make-up optional
- optional, not held carry out wound care optional
- optional, not held create original paintings optional
- optional, not held manage a small-to-medium business optional
- optional, not held perform body piercings optional
- optional, not held select illustration styles optional
- optional, not held trade in jewellery optional
- optional, not held use artistic materials for drawing optional
- optional, not held use digital illustration techniques optional
- optional, not held administer appointments optional
- optional, not held entertain people optional
- optional, not held hair removal techniques optional
- optional, not held keep personal administration optional
- optional, not held train employees optional
21 held skills the body artist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role accept feedback on artistic performance skill
- not needed by the target role adapt to artists' creative demands skill
- not needed by the target role attend castings skill
- not needed by the target role attend dress fittings skill
- not needed by the target role bring out performers’ artistic potential skill
- not needed by the target role define artistic vision skill
- not needed by the target role develop an artistic network skill
- not needed by the target role express yourself physically skill
- not needed by the target role follow directions of the artistic director skill
- not needed by the target role harmonise body movements skill
- not needed by the target role human anatomy knowledge
- not needed by the target role interact with an audience skill
- not needed by the target role maintain personal hygiene standards skill
- not needed by the target role make-up techniques knowledge
- not needed by the target role meet contract specifications skill
- not needed by the target role negotiate with artists skill
- not needed by the target role photography knowledge
- not needed by the target role pose for artistic creation skill
- not needed by the target role pose in front of a camera skill
- not needed by the target role pose nude skill
- not needed by the target role work with an artistic team skill
1 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held hair removal techniques optional
Common questions about this move
Can an art model become a body artist?
Yes, and it is a career change move. An art model already covers 16% of what a body artist is expected to do: 5 skills carry over, 2 of which the body artist role treats as required.
What skills does an art model need to become a body artist?
10 required skills are missing, plus 17 optional ones. They fall into 8 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is advise customers on body adornment.
How hard is the move from art model to body artist?
Its learning distance is 78.5 out of 100, which is the career change band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.