digital artisttostreet artist
A digital artist already meets 41% of what the street artist role asks for. The move turns on 12 required skills not yet in the profile.
41%
62.1/ 100
1 Share of the street artist role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the digital 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 this move works
A street artist role treats 6 of its required skills as things a digital artist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- art history
- contextualise artistic work
- discuss artwork
- 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 15 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 digital artist background worth leading with.
- already held create digital images communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held plan art educational activities management skills
- already held discuss artwork 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 15 carried skills, including the 6 the street artist role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 16 missing skills fall into 4 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.
- required, not held adapt artistic plan to location required
- required, not held create artwork required
- required, not held create original drawings required
- required, not held determine visual concepts required
- required, not held ensure visual quality of the set required
- required, not held maintain an artistic portfolio required
- required, not held select artistic materials to create artworks required
- required, not held 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
- optional, not held collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions optional
- required, not held study artistic techniques required
- required, not held study artworks required
- required, not held manage logistics required
- required, not held 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 adapt artistic plan to location skill · sector specific
- 02 create artwork skill · sector specific
- 03 create original drawings skill · sector specific
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 15 skills that carry over
- already held art history knowledge
- already held contextualise artistic work skill
- already held discuss artwork 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 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
4 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
- optional, not held collaborate with a technical staff in artistic productions optional
26 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 assess each stage of the creative process skill
- not needed by the target role augmented reality knowledge
- not needed by the target role computer graphics knowledge
- not needed by the target role convert into animated object skill
- not needed by the target role create pen-and-paper images skill
- not needed by the target role define artistic approach 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 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 design concept 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 communication and collaboration skill
- 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 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 receive appropriate permissions for use of recorded audiovisual examples 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.
- required, not held graffiti removal techniques required
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.