# Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators

> Create original artwork using any of a wide variety of media and techniques.

- **SOC code:** 27-1013.00
- **Canonical URL:** https://singulariki.com/roles/role-27-1013-00
- **Also known as:** Artist, Fine Artist, Painter, Sculptor, Automotive Artist, Blacksmith, Ice Carver, Illustrator
- **Frame:** "AI exposure" means task overlap (how codifiable the work is), not jobs lost or a forecast. Every figure below is traced to a named public dataset.

## What this work is

**Core tasks** (O*NET):
- Use materials such as pens and ink, watercolors, charcoal, oil, or computer software to create artwork.
- Integrate and develop visual elements, such as line, space, mass, color, and perspective, to produce desired effects, such as the illustration of ideas, emotions, or moods.
- Model substances such as clay or wax, using fingers and small hand tools to form objects.
- Create sculptures, statues, and other three-dimensional artwork by using abrasives and tools to shape, carve, and fabricate materials such as clay, stone, wood, or metal.
- Set up exhibitions of artwork for display or sale.
- Render drawings, illustrations, and sketches of buildings, manufactured products, or models, working from sketches, blueprints, memory, models, or reference materials.
- Confer with clients, editors, writers, art directors, and other interested parties regarding the nature and content of artwork to be produced.
- Shade and fill in sketch outlines and backgrounds, using a variety of media such as water colors, markers, and transparent washes, labeling designated colors when necessary.
- Frame and mat artwork for display or sale.
- Submit artwork to shows or galleries.
- Submit preliminary or finished artwork or project plans to clients for approval, incorporating changes as necessary.
- Collaborate with engineers, mechanics, and other technical experts as necessary to build and install creations.

## Skills, tools, capabilities

**Knowledge, skills & abilities** (O*NET, highest importance first):
- Originality _(ability)_
- Design _(knowledge)_
- Computers and Electronics _(knowledge)_
- Fluency of Ideas _(ability)_
- Visualization _(ability)_
- English Language _(knowledge)_
- Arm-Hand Steadiness _(ability)_
- Visual Color Discrimination _(ability)_
- Near Vision _(ability)_
- Production and Processing _(knowledge)_
- Fine Arts _(knowledge)_
- Education and Training _(knowledge)_

**Skills in demand:**
- Visualization _(Specialized Skill)_
- English Language _(Common Skill)_
- Adobe Photoshop _(Specialized Skill)_
- Adobe Illustrator _(Specialized Skill)_
- Finger Dexterity _(Common Skill)_
- Critical Thinking _(Common Skill)_
- Active Learning _(Common Skill)_
- Mathematics _(Common Skill)_
- Active Listening _(Common Skill)_
- Speech Recognition _(Specialized Skill)_
- Reading Comprehension _(Common Skill)_
- Microsoft Word _(Common Skill)_

**Tools & technology:**
- Adobe Illustrator _(hot technology, in demand)_
- Adobe Photoshop _(hot technology, in demand)_
- Adobe Acrobat _(hot technology)_
- Adobe After Effects _(hot technology)_
- Adobe Creative Cloud software _(hot technology)_
- Adobe InDesign _(hot technology)_
- Autodesk AutoCAD _(hot technology)_
- C# _(hot technology)_
- C++ _(hot technology)_
- Extensible markup language XML _(hot technology)_
- Facebook _(hot technology)_
- Hypertext markup language HTML _(hot technology)_

## AI exposure & outlook

- **AI task-overlap index:** 55th percentile (Moderate) across all occupations — composite of current-era exposure studies (ai-exposure-index-v1).
- **Overall AI exposure (Felten et al.):** 33rd percentile (Low) — source: felten_aioe.
- **LLM task exposure, γ (OpenAI / Eloundou):** 71st percentile (High) — source: eloundou_gamma.
- **AI assistant applicability (Microsoft):** 63rd percentile (Moderate) — source: microsoft_applicability.
- **Frey–Osborne (2013, historical computerization estimate):** 22nd percentile — kept separate from current-era studies.
- **Remote-capable (Dingel–Neiman):** yes — task structure, not who actually works remote.
- **Projected employment (BLS 2024–34):** -1.2% growth (Declining); 2.2k annual openings; 26.5k → 26.2k jobs.
- **Pay & employment (BLS OEWS, May 2024):** median $60,560; 10,000 employed.

## How people actually use AI here

Anthropic Economic Index — measured AI conversations mapped to this occupation's tasks:

- **Automation vs augmentation:** 41% automation, 50% augmentation (usage-weighted).
- **Autonomy median:** 4.0 (higher = AI acts more independently).
- **Dominant collaboration mode:** task iteration.

**Tasks most handed to AI here:**
- Create finished art work as decoration, or to elucidate or substitute for spoken or written messages. _(5.6% of measured AI use; task iteration)_
- Use materials such as pens and ink, watercolors, charcoal, oil, or computer software to create artwork. _(4.5% of measured AI use; directive)_
- Integrate and develop visual elements, such as line, space, mass, color, and perspective, to produce desired effects, such as the illustration of ideas, emotions, or moods. _(3.7% of measured AI use; task iteration)_
- Monitor events, trends, and other circumstances, research specific subject areas, attend art exhibitions, and read art publications to develop ideas and keep current on art world activities. _(1.7% of measured AI use; task iteration)_
- Confer with clients, editors, writers, art directors, and other interested parties regarding the nature and content of artwork to be produced. _(0.8% of measured AI use; task iteration)_
- Create sketches, profiles, or likenesses of posed subjects or photographs, using any combination of freehand drawing, mechanical assembly kits, and computer imaging. _(0.5% of measured AI use; task iteration)_
- Maintain portfolios of artistic work to demonstrate styles, interests, and abilities. _(0.4% of measured AI use; task iteration)_
- Create and prepare sketches and model drawings of cartoon characters, providing details from memory, live models, manufactured products, or reference materials. _(0.4% of measured AI use; directive)_

**Example prompts (honest phrasings of the tasks above — starting points, not endorsed instructions):**
- Help me create finished art work as decoration, or to elucidate or substitute for spoken or written messages.
- Help me use materials such as pens and ink, watercolors, charcoal, oil, or computer software to create artwork.
- Help me integrate and develop visual elements, such as line, space, mass, color, and perspective, to produce desired effects, such as the illustration of ideas, emotions, or moods.
- Help me monitor events, trends, and other circumstances, research specific subject areas, attend art exhibitions, and read art publications to develop ideas and keep current on art world activities.
- Help me confer with clients, editors, writers, art directors, and other interested parties regarding the nature and content of artwork to be produced.

## Sources

- **O*NET** (30.3) — U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)** (May 2024) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS Employment Projections** (2024–2034) — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **Anthropic Economic Index** (v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27)) — Anthropic. https://www.anthropic.com/economic-index
- **Microsoft “Working with AI”** (working-with-ai) — Microsoft Research. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/
- **“GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.)** (arXiv 2303.10130) — OpenAI / academic. https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.10130
- **AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE)** (Felten, Raj & Seamans) — academic. https://github.com/AIOE-Data/AIOE
- **Frey & Osborne (2013)** (frey-osborne-automation) — academic. https://www.oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/publications/the-future-of-employment/
- **Dingel & Neiman (2020)** (dingel-neiman-workathome) — academic. https://github.com/jdingel/DingelNeiman-workathome

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_Generated from Singulariki's joined dataset; data snapshot 2026-06-02T21:00:32.945303+00:00. https://singulariki.com/roles/role-27-1013-00_