Create original artwork using any of a wide variety of mediums and techniques, such as painting and sculpture.

• Artist, Suspect
• Cartoonist
• Cartoonist, Motion Pictures
• Delineator
• Exhibit Artist
• Fashion Artist
• Illustrator
• Illustrator, Medical and Scientific
• Illustrator, Set
• Painter
• Paintings Restorer
• Police Artist
• Printmaker
• Quick Sketch Artist
• Sculptor
• Silhouette Artist

• Apply solvents and cleaning agents to clean surfaces of paintings, and to remove accretions, discolorations, and deteriorated varnish.
• Brush or spray protective or decorative finishes on completed background panels, informational legends, exhibit accessories, or finished paintings.
• Collaborate with engineers, mechanics, and other technical experts as necessary to build and install creations.
• Collaborate with writers who create ideas, stories, or captions that are combined with artists' work.
• Confer with clients, editors, writers, art directors, and other interested parties regarding the nature and content of artwork to be produced.
• Create and prepare sketches and model drawings of cartoon characters, providing details from memory, live models, manufactured products, or reference materials.
• Create finished art work as decoration, or to elucidate or substitute for spoken or written messages.
• Create graphics, illustrations, and three-dimensional models to be used in research or in teaching, such as in demonstrating anatomy, pathology, or surgical procedures.
• 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.
• Create sketches, profiles, or likenesses of posed subjects or photographs, using any combination of freehand drawing, mechanical assembly kits, and computer imaging.
• Cut, bend, laminate, arrange, and fasten individual or mixed raw and manufactured materials and products to form works of art.
• Develop project budgets for approval, estimating time lines and material costs.
• Examine and test paintings in need of restoration or cleaning to determine techniques and materials to be used.
• 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.
• Maintain portfolios of artistic work to demonstrate styles, interests, and abilities.
• Model substances such as clay or wax, using fingers and small hand tools to form objects.
• 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.
• Provide entertainment at special events by performing activities such as drawing cartoons.
• Render drawings, illustrations, and sketches of buildings, manufactured products, or models, working from sketches, blueprints, memory, models, or reference materials.
• Render sequential drawings that can be turned into animated films or advertisements.
• 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.
• Study different techniques to learn how to apply them to artistic endeavors.
• Study styles, techniques, colors, textures, and materials used in works undergoing restoration to ensure consistency during the restoration process.
• Submit preliminary or finished artwork or project plans to clients for approval, incorporating changes as necessary.
• Trace drawings onto clear acetate for painting or coloring, or trace them with ink to make final copies.
• Use materials such as pens and ink, watercolors, charcoal, oil, or computer software to create artwork.

• braze metal parts or components together
• confer with client or staff regarding theme
• coordinate set construction, erection, or decoration activities
• create art from ideas
• cut or shape stone, tile, brick, or related material
• cut, shape, fit, or join wood or other construction materials
• decorate using hand or power tools
• design molds
• design systems in cooperation with colleagues
• distinguish colors
• distinguish details in graphic arts material
• draw designs, letters, or lines
• etch or cut designs in glass, metal, or plastic
• fabricate craft or art objects
• hand carve objects from stone or other materials
• identify color or balance
• interpret stage-set diagrams to determine stage layout
• interview crime witnesses or victims to obtain descriptive information
• mix paint, ingredients, or chemicals, according to specifications
• operate graphic reproduction equipment
• organize commercial artistic or design projects
• organize story elements
• plan art or museum exhibits
• prepare artwork for camera or press
• read technical drawings
• shape clay
• sharpen metal objects
• sketch or draw subjects or items
• solder metal parts or components together
• study methods of processing, forming, or firing clays
• tell stories through musical, visual, or dramatic arts
• understand artistic crafts production methods
• use concrete fabrication techniques
• use creativity in graphics
• use creativity in industrial artistry
• use creativity to art or design work
• use engraving techniques
• use knowledge of multi-media technology
• use spot or tack welding techniques
• use spray paint equipment
• weld together metal parts, components, or structures