"Fine Artist and Illustrator"

Job Description - Part 1 - Duties and Tasks

 

Job Duties and Tasks for: "Fine Artist and Illustrator"

1) Model substances such as clay or wax, using fingers and small hand tools to form objects.

2) 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.

 

3) Study styles, techniques, colors, textures, and materials used in works undergoing restoration to ensure consistency during the restoration process.

4) Trace drawings onto clear acetate for painting or coloring, or trace them with ink to make final copies.

5) Alter, modify, or retouch photographs to update likenesses so that photographs can be used in criminal investigations.

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6) Classify and code components of images to help identify suspects, using established systems; search police photograph records to locate any existing photographs of suspects.

7) Consult with criminal justice specialists, hypnotists, psychics, and medical doctors to obtain information needed to render likenesses of suspects and victims.

8) Create age-progression drawings to show what individuals might look like after a certain number of years, using photographs of individuals, knowledge of the aging process, and computer software.

9) Create and prepare sketches and model drawings of cartoon characters, providing details from memory, live models, manufactured products, or reference materials.

10) Draw sketches of crime scenes, depicting such details as locations of doors and windows and exact positions of pieces of evidence.

11) Gather relevant information about unidentified human remains, including photographs, bones, hair, and any other artifacts, for use in facial reconstructions.

 

12) Interview crime victims or witnesses to obtain descriptive information about suspects, as well as objects such as jewelry or weapons.

13) Collaborate with writers who create ideas, stories, or captions that are combined with artists' work.

14) Confer with clients, editors, writers, art directors, and other interested parties regarding the nature and content of artwork to be produced.

 

15) Create finished art work as decoration, or to elucidate or substitute for spoken or written messages.

16) Create graphics, illustrations, and three-dimensional models to be used in research or in teaching, such as in demonstrating anatomy, pathology, or surgical procedures.

17) 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.

18) Create sketches, profiles, or likenesses of posed subjects or photographs, using any combination of freehand drawing, mechanical assembly kits, and computer imaging.

19) Cut, bend, laminate, arrange, and fasten individual or mixed raw and manufactured materials and products to form works of art.

20) Integrate and develop visual elements, such as line, space, mass, color, and perspective, in order to produce desired effects such as the illustration of ideas, emotions, or moods.

21) Maintain portfolios of artistic work to demonstrate styles, interests, and abilities.

22) Monitor events, trends, and other circumstances, research specific subject areas, attend art exhibitions, and read art publications in order to develop ideas and keep current on art world activities.

23) Render drawings, illustrations, and sketches of buildings, manufactured products, or models, working from sketches, blueprints, memory, models, or reference materials.

24) Render sequential drawings that can be turned into animated films or advertisements.

25) Submit preliminary or finished artwork or project plans to clients for approval, incorporating changes as necessary.

26) Study different techniques to learn how to apply them to artistic endeavors.

27) Use materials such as pens and ink, watercolors, charcoal, oil, or computer software to create artwork.

28) Apply solvents and cleaning agents to clean surfaces of paintings, and to remove accretions, discolorations, and deteriorated varnish.

29) Brush or spray protective or decorative finishes on completed background panels, informational legends, exhibit accessories, or finished paintings.

30) Collaborate with engineers, mechanics, and other technical experts as necessary to build and install creations.

31) Develop project budgets for approval, estimating time lines and material costs.

32) Examine and test paintings in need of restoration or cleaning to determine techniques and materials to be used.

33) Perform two- and three-dimensional facial reconstructions, using drawings, enlarged photographs, clay, and tissue markers.

34) Prepare graphic design material for uses such as departmental training sessions, public safety programs, and recruitment efforts.

35) Prepare line drawings conforming to descriptions of suspects or crime scene details, presenting drawings to witnesses or victims for approval and completion of composite sketches.

36) Provide entertainment at special events by performing activities such as drawing cartoons.

37) Provide photographs, sketches, and/or expert testimony on identification for criminal trials.

38) Show crime victims and witnesses photographs depicting different facial features, head shapes, and hair types so that those best representing suspects may be selected for use in composites.

39) Sketch courtroom scenes for media broadcast or publication.

Job Description for "Fine Artist and Illustrator" continued here...

Part 1
Duties / Tasks Part 2
Activities Part 3
Skills Part 4
Abilities Part 5
Knowledge

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