Video artist to street artist
A video artist already meets 42% of what the street artist role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
60.9/ 100
1 How much of what a street artist is expected to do is already part of a video 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 street artist role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A street artist role treats 6 of its required skills as things a video artist already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- adapt artistic plan to location
- art history
- contextualise artistic work
- gather reference materials for artwork
- intellectual property law
- labour legislation
What stands in the way is 12 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 16 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A street artist role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a video artist background worth leading with.
- already held create digital images communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held plan art educational activities management skills
- already held collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held participate in artistic mediation activities communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held present exhibition communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held assess conservation needs information skills
All 16 carried skills, including the 6 the street artist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 15 missing skills fall into 4 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 create artwork required
- still to learn create original drawings required
- still to learn determine visual concepts required
- still to learn discuss artwork required
- still to learn ensure visual quality of the set required
- still to learn maintain an artistic portfolio required
- still to learn select artistic materials to create artworks required
- still to learn use artistic materials for drawing required
- optional, not held collaborate with designers optional
- optional, not held collaborate with technical experts on artworks optional
- optional, not held use genre painting techniques optional
- still to learn study artistic techniques required
- still to learn study artworks required
- still to learn manage logistics required
- still to learn graffiti removal techniques required
Table 4 · Where to start
The 3 entries a street artist role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
- 01 create artwork practise this
- 02 create original drawings practise this
- 03 determine visual concepts 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 16 skills that carry over
- already held adapt artistic plan to location skill
- already held art history knowledge
- already held contextualise artistic work skill
- 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 collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions skill
- already held create digital images skill
- already held develop artistic educational activities skill
- already held develop artistic project budgets 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
3 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held collaborate with designers optional
- optional, not held collaborate with technical experts on artworks optional
- optional, not held use genre painting techniques optional
35 held skills the street artist role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role adobe creative suite knowledge
- not needed by the target role assist multimedia operator skill
- not needed by the target role augmented reality knowledge
- not needed by the target role colour grade images with digital intermediate skill
- not needed by the target role computer graphics knowledge
- not needed by the target role consult team on creative project skill
- not needed by the target role consult with business clients skill
- not needed by the target role consult with design team skill
- not needed by the target role convert into animated object skill
- not needed by the target role create animated narratives skill
- not needed by the target role create moving images skill
- not needed by the target role create special effects skill
- not needed by the target role create storyboards skill
- not needed by the target role define artistic approach skill
- not needed by the target role design graphics skill
- not needed by the target role design materials for multimedia campaigns skill
- not needed by the target role develop an artistic framework skill
- not needed by the target role develop animations skill
- not needed by the target role develop digital content skill
- not needed by the target role digital arts knowledge
- not needed by the target role digital content creation skill
- not needed by the target role digital media knowledge
- not needed by the target role digitization knowledge
- not needed by the target role edit digital moving images skill
- not needed by the target role maintain audiovisual equipment skill
- not needed by the target role manage online content skill
- not needed by the target role manipulate object to create illusions skill
- not needed by the target role mix live images skill
- not needed by the target role participate in music studio recordings skill
- not needed by the target role prepare personal work environment skill
- not needed by the target role provide multimedia content skill
- not needed by the target role receive appropriate permissions for use of recorded audiovisual examples skill
- not needed by the target role set up cameras skill
- not needed by the target role set up projection equipment skill
- not needed by the target role tune a projector 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.
- still to learn graffiti removal techniques required
Common questions about this move
Can a video artist become a street artist?
Yes, and it is a substantial move. A video artist already covers 42% of what a street artist is expected to do: 16 skills carry over, 6 of which the street artist role treats as required.
What skills does a video artist need to become a street artist?
12 required skills are missing, plus 3 optional ones. They fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is create artwork.
How hard is the move from video artist to street artist?
Its learning distance is 60.9 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.