Digital artist to video artist
A digital artist already meets 52% of what the video artist role asks for. The move turns on 14 required skills not yet in the profile.
58.5/ 100
1 How much of what a video artist is expected to do is already part of a digital artist’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 video artist role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A video artist role treats 15 of its required skills as things a digital artist already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- adobe creative suite
- art history
- computer graphics
- contextualise artistic work
- convert into animated object
- create digital images
What stands in the way is 14 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 27 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A video artist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a digital artist background worth leading with.
- already held digital arts arts and humanities
- already held design materials for multimedia campaigns communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held convert into animated object communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held adobe creative suite information and communication technologies (icts)
- already held create digital images communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held digital content creation working with computers
All 27 carried skills, including the 15 the video artist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 24 missing skills fall into 5 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 adapt artistic plan to location required
- still to learn create animated narratives required
- still to learn create moving images required
- still to learn create special effects required
- still to learn edit digital moving images required
- still to learn mix live images required
- still to learn collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions required
- still to learn design graphics required
- optional, not held consult team on creative project optional
- optional, not held consult with business clients optional
- optional, not held consult with design team optional
- optional, not held create storyboards optional
- optional, not held manipulate object to create illusions optional
- optional, not held participate in music studio recordings optional
- still to learn maintain audiovisual equipment required
- still to learn set up cameras required
- still to learn tune a projector required
- optional, not held assist multimedia operator optional
- optional, not held set up projection equipment optional
- still to learn manage online content required
- still to learn provide multimedia content required
- optional, not held colour grade images with digital intermediate optional
- still to learn prepare personal work environment required
- optional, not held digitization optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a video artist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 adapt artistic plan to location practise this
- 02 create animated narratives practise this
- 03 create moving images 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 27 skills that carry over
- already held adobe creative suite knowledge
- already held art history knowledge
- already held computer graphics knowledge
- already held contextualise artistic work skill
- already held convert into animated object skill
- already held create digital images skill
- already held define artistic approach skill
- already held develop an artistic framework skill
- already held develop animations skill
- already held digital arts knowledge
- already held digital content creation skill
- already held digital media knowledge
- already held gather reference materials for artwork skill
- already held intellectual property law knowledge
- already held labour legislation knowledge
- already held assess conservation needs skill
- already held augmented reality knowledge
- already held design materials for multimedia campaigns skill
- already held develop artistic educational activities skill
- already held develop artistic project budgets skill
- already held develop digital content skill
- already held develop educational resources skill
- already held keep personal administration skill
- already held participate in artistic mediation activities skill
- already held plan art educational activities skill
- already held present exhibition skill
- already held receive appropriate permissions for use of recorded audiovisual examples skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held assist multimedia operator optional
- optional, not held colour grade images with digital intermediate optional
- optional, not held consult team on creative project optional
- optional, not held consult with business clients optional
- optional, not held consult with design team optional
- optional, not held create storyboards optional
- optional, not held manipulate object to create illusions optional
- optional, not held participate in music studio recordings optional
- optional, not held set up projection equipment optional
- optional, not held digitization optional
14 held skills the video artist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role assess each stage of the creative process skill
- not needed by the target role create pen-and-paper images skill
- not needed by the target role define creative components skill
- not needed by the target role design greeting cards skill
- not needed by the target role develop design concept skill
- not needed by the target role digital communication and collaboration skill
- not needed by the target role discuss artwork skill
- not needed by the target role have computer literacy skill
- not needed by the target role monitor developments in technology used for design skill
- not needed by the target role operate 3D computer graphics software skill
- not needed by the target role prepare digital art for master photograph skill
- not needed by the target role provide input to collaborators to guide their work skill
- not needed by the target role use specialised design software skill
- not needed by the target role web based collaborative platforms knowledge
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 digitization optional
Common questions about this move
Can a digital artist become a video artist?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A digital artist already covers 52% of what a video artist is expected to do: 27 skills carry over, 15 of which the video artist role treats as required.
What skills does a digital artist need to become a video artist?
14 required skills are missing, plus 10 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is adapt artistic plan to location.
How hard is the move from digital artist to video artist?
Its learning distance is 58.5 out of 100, which is the substantial 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.