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Quality
of Life> Digital Artist
Two Years Out:
Starting
salaries depend on how many programs you know and the extent of your experience.
Knowledge of just the baseline illustrator programs will garner the lowest
wage. Competition is toughest for animators and illustrators, who earn about
$20 per hour. 3D artists earn a minimum of $35 an hour, often close to $50.
Five Years Out:
On average,
salary jumps about $5 an hour for every two or three years of experience.
The further away you move from making art and the closer you get to making
software, the higher the pay-especially if you are adept at doing both. A
brilliant artist and programmer skilled in Shockwaveª could earn as much as
$100 an hour. Facility with Flashª, Shockwaveª, and Debablizerª will net a
higher salary.
Ten Years Out:
Digital artists and their software haven’t been around this long. Check
back in five years to see what the next Internet revolution brings.
Past and Future
Commercial art began with the advent of modern advertising,
and graphic design and typography were the world’s original interfaces;
it is from those that all modern forms of graphical information are delivered.
In the internet’s short history, art has already evolved from entertainment
value to commercial value as an integral part of demonstrating and selling
products. “The people in this industry are taking part in creating a
language just like filmmakers did in the 1920s. In the future, the iInternet
will be regarded as an ‘age’ just like the industrial revolution,”
believes one digital artist. How will the role of the artist evolve along
with the Internet? Many people are trying to predict its future, but all we
know is that change is constant and it’s proceeding so fast that keeping
up is no longer even an option. You have to just ride the wave. Managing information,
whether financial data or cartoons, is always going to be essential. However,
the world will always need artists. Whether we watch television through virtual
reality glasses or use paper to communicate, someone is still going to have
to draw the pictures.
Career Profile
# of people in profession: 308,000
average hours per week: 50
average starting salary: $ 45,000
average salary after 5 years: $ 100,000
average salary after 10 to 15 years: N/A
Professionals Read: Shift, I-D, Wired, Print
Book, Films and TV Shows Featuring the Profession: Many WB network shows
Major Employers:
Any Internet company or CD/CD-ROM manufacturer.
You'll Associate With: Producer, Programmer, HTML coder, Illustrator
College Major
People who have this career usually have a major in one of these subjects
Art
Art Education
Art History
Art Therapy
Graphic Design
Industrial Design
Photography
Printmaking
Undecided
Visual CommunicationInformation taken from The Princeton Review
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