Career Overlap Transition record Edition 1 · ESCO v1.2.1
Table 1Transition record

drawing artisttoillustrator

A drawing artist already meets 42% of what the illustrator role asks for. The move turns on 10 required skills not yet in the profile.

From drawing artist
42%
Overlap1
To illustrator
16 Skills carried over
10 Required, not held
59 Difficulty2
Career overlap Partial match

42%

Learning distance Substantial retraining

59/ 100

1 Share of the illustrator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the drawing artist profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.

Why

Why this move works

A illustrator role treats 7 of its required skills as things a drawing artist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.

  • art history
  • contextualise artistic work
  • ensure visual quality of the set
  • intellectual property law
  • labour legislation
  • perform ideation activities

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

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A illustrator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a drawing artist background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held perform ideation activities communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held design greeting cards communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held create original drawings communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held use traditional illustration techniques communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held select illustration styles communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held use digital illustration techniques working with computers

All 16 carried skills, including the 7 the illustrator role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you would need to learn

The 21 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.

Skill to acquire Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 4 required, 3 supplementary
  • required, not held consult with business clients required
  • required, not held interpret illustration needs required
  • required, not held consult with editor required
  • required, not held follow a brief required
  • optional, not held create animated narratives optional
  • optional, not held create 2D painting optional
  • optional, not held design graphics optional
02 information skills 2 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held analyse texts to be illustrated required
  • required, not held gather reference materials for artwork required
  • optional, not held gather reference materials optional
03 management skills 2 required
  • required, not held finish project within budget required
  • required, not held follow work schedule required
04 arts and humanities 1 required, 1 supplementary
  • required, not held graphic design required
  • optional, not held multimedia systems optional
05 business, administration and law 1 required
  • required, not held copyright legislation required
06 working with computers 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held edit negatives optional
  • optional, not held edit photographs optional
  • optional, not held apply desktop publishing techniques optional
  • optional, not held perform image editing optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a illustrator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 16 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held art history knowledge
  • already held contextualise artistic work skill
  • already held ensure visual quality of the set skill
  • already held intellectual property law knowledge
  • already held labour legislation knowledge
  • already held perform ideation activities skill
  • already held select illustration styles skill
  • already held collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions skill
  • already held create original drawings skill
  • already held create sketches skill
  • already held design greeting cards skill
  • already held develop artistic educational activities skill
  • already held develop educational resources skill
  • already held plan art educational activities skill
  • already held use digital illustration techniques skill
  • already held use traditional illustration techniques skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to acquire Tier
07 information and communication technologies (icts) 2 supplementary
  • optional, not held ICT software specifications optional
  • optional, not held desktop publishing optional
11 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to acquire Tier
  • optional, not held ICT software specifications optional
  • optional, not held create animated narratives optional
  • optional, not held edit negatives optional
  • optional, not held edit photographs optional
  • optional, not held apply desktop publishing techniques optional
  • optional, not held create 2D painting optional
  • optional, not held design graphics optional
  • optional, not held desktop publishing optional
  • optional, not held gather reference materials optional
  • optional, not held multimedia systems optional
  • optional, not held perform image editing optional
14 held skills the illustrator role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role assess conservation needs skill
  • not needed by the target role create digital images skill
  • not needed by the target role describe artistic experience skill
  • not needed by the target role develop an artistic framework skill
  • not needed by the target role develop artistic project budgets skill
  • not needed by the target role develop visual elements skill
  • not needed by the target role discuss artwork skill
  • not needed by the target role draw up artistic project proposals skill
  • not needed by the target role identify artistic niche skill
  • not needed by the target role keep personal administration skill
  • not needed by the target role participate in artistic mediation activities skill
  • not needed by the target role present exhibition skill
  • not needed by the target role select artistic materials to create artworks skill
  • not needed by the target role select subject matter skill
5 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to acquire Tier
  • required, not held copyright legislation required
  • required, not held graphic design required
  • optional, not held ICT software specifications optional
  • optional, not held desktop publishing optional
  • optional, not held multimedia systems optional
Index

Other moves recorded from drawing artist

Full index of moves from drawing artist

Note

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.