An Illustrator plans, designs, develops, and prepares pictures and diagrams to communicate messages, clarify meaning, assist in presentations and illustrate stories, using traditional and digital media such as drawing, painting, drafting, collage, models, photography, and image capture and manipulation software.
Occupation description
An Illustrator plans, designs, develops, and prepares pictures and diagrams to communicate messages, clarify meaning, assist in presentations and illustrate stories, using traditional and digital media such as drawing, painting, drafting, collage, models, photography, and image capture and manipulation software.
Occupations considered suitable under this ANZSCO code:
- Animator
- Cartoonist
- Technical Illustrator
Occupations not considered suitable under this ANZSCO code:
- Graphic Designer
- Multimedia Designer
- Web Designer
- Performing Arts Technicians nec
Illustrators create and develop illustrations and designs for books, magazines, advertisements, films and multimedia. They illustrate on paper as well as in two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) models and may use traditional drawing methods, computertechniques or a combination of both. Illustrators need to be good communicators who understand what their clients need in order to fulfil their briefs. Many Illustrators display their work in a professional portfolio (either digital or physical) and when prompted, should be able talk about each sample of their work.
Illustrator is a VETASSESS Group B Occupation
This occupation requires a qualification assessed as comparable to the educational level of an Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) Bachelor degree or higher degree, in a field highly relevant to the nominated occupation. In addition to this, applicants must have undertaken at least one year of post-qualification employment at an appropriate skill level in the last five years which is highly relevant to the nominated occupation. If employment is not post-qualification, then five additional years of highly relevant employment are required.
If the degree is not in a highly relevant field, three years of employment at an appropriate skill level completed in the last five years in a field which is highly relevant to the nominated occupation is required. This is reduced to two years if there is an additional qualification at least at AQF Diploma level in a highly relevant field.
If employment is not post-qualification, then five additional years of relevant employment are required. This is in addition to one year of highly relevant employment within the past five years.
Please note, a portfolio of completed work must be submitted for assessment if nominating this occupation.
A positive assessment of both qualifications and employment is required for a positive Skills Assessment Outcome.
Qualification and Employment Criteria
Tasks include:
- Examines assignment brief and related material, and prepares layouts and sketches of proposed illustrations.
- Determines style, technique and medium to produce the desired effects and conform with reproduction requirements.
- Conceives and renders illustrations and details from models, sketches or imagination.
- Uses pens, ink, charcoal, crayons, paint and other materials to create drawings and illustrations.
- Discusses and amends illustrations with clients and production team at various stages of completion.
- Uses computers to develop and enhance illustrations.
- Illustrates children's books, scientific work, technical manuals, reference books and other publications.
- May specialize in product packaging, corporate, medical or architectural illustration.
- May prepare series of drawings to illustrate an animated sequence in a television or film production.
- Researches the topic by looking at photographs, artworks, advertisements and books, and by observing people, animals and plants.
- Creates and manipulates models using clay and other materials or 2D and 3D computer graphics to create an animated sequence.
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