Digital mate artist, Graphic artist or Graphic designer

Digital processes artists work in audiovisual and multimedia productions based on animation. These professionals use their knowledge of computer animation software and their artistic ability to create and modify paintings or drawings, retouch colours, eliminate defects and create and animate digital and multimedia products (films, videos, videogames, short films, adverts or cartoon series).

To a certain extent, these artists' work is part of the 3D, and occasionally 2D, digital environments, which means that they must be familiar with the tools to work in these environments.
When participating in digital audiovisual productions, these professionals work under the requirements of the cinematographer and combine their work with that of the digital imaging, special effects realization, visual effects supervision and technical direction team.

• Consider how to improve an audiovisual product using creative images depending on the visual style being gone for, propose colour and pictorial solutions according to indications of the photography director.
• Search for and offer real elements to serve as the basis for scenes and paintings. Analyse physical and positional models in order to be able to reproduce them in scenes or digital paintings.
  Provide the team collaborating in the production with photographic material on which to base the creation of digital scenes and paintings.
• Take part in the creation process of an animation. Design and create 2D and 3D paintings to improve figures, environments and scenes to be part of a digital product.
  Use these creations to improve environments or special effects for use in films, adverts or videogames, bearing in mind the perspective, camera angle and focal length in the edited shots.
• Integrate their creations, retouch and make the finishes to the final product.
• Use specific animation and painting software in order to retouch, model and animate characters and develop creations.
• Work as part of a team in order to ensure the quality of the final product. Work closely with the special effects supervisor and the director of photography, who will offer them guidelines to follow in order to ensure that the results match the initial concept.

Regulated training and graduates

• Certificat de Professionalitat de la Família Imatge i so: Producció fotogràfica (Nivell 3)
• Certificat de Professionalitat de la Família Imatge i so: Desenvolupament de productes multimèdia interactius (Nivell 3)
• Certificat de Professionalitat de la Família Arts Gràfiques: Il·lustració (Nivell 3)
• Certificat de Professionalitat de la Família Arts Gràfiques: Desenvolupament de productes editorials multimèdia (NIvell 3)
• Professional Training Course(s) in teh field of Arts and Design - Intermediate level in Graphic communication and audiovisual products: Interactive Graphic Support
• Professional Training Course(s) in the field of Graphic Arts - Advanced Level: Design and publication of printed and multimedia
• Professional Training Course(s) in the field of Plastic Arts and Design - Advanced Level in Graphic Communication and audiovisual: Audiovisual Graphic
• Professional Training Course(s) in the field of Plastic Arts and Design - Advanced Level in Graphic Communication and audiovisual: Comic
• Professional Training Course(s) in the field of Plastic Arts and Design - Advanced Level in Graphic Communication and audiovisual: Interactive graphic
• Professional Training Course(s) in the field of Communications, Image and Sound - Advanced Level: 3D animations, games and interactive environments
• Professional Training Course(s) in the field of Image and Sound - Advanced Level: 3D animations, games and interactive environments; professional profile virtual worlds, augmented reality and "gamification"
• Professional Training Course(s) in the professional family of IT - Advanced Level: Web application developer
• Professional Training Course(s) in the professional family of IT - Advanced Level: Multiplatform Application Development
• Grau: Audiovisual i multimèdia
• Grau: Multimèdia
• Grau: Continguts digitals interactius
• Grau: Disseny i desenvolupament de videojocs
• Grau: Enginyeria multimèdia
• Grau: Belles arts
• Grau: Animació
• Grau: Arts i disseny
• Grau: Creació artística per a videojocs i jocs aplicats
• Grau: Disseny
• Grau: Disseny i creació digitals
• Grau: Disseny i producció de videojocs
• Grau: Disseny, Animació i Art Digital
• Grau: Cinematografia
• Grau: Mitjans audiovisuals

Complementary training

Other specific skills

Creativity: Level 3

Flexibility and change management: Level 2

Customer orientation: Level 2

Team work and cooperation: Level 2

Concern for order and quality: Level 2

Artistic

People who show an interest in the artistic field enjoy expressing ideas and feelings through the language of art A creative spirit and the motivation to convey concepts or emotions are inherent to this interest. This field includes all the activities that are oriented towards creating artistic products in their various forms: works that are musical, cinematographic or visual in nature, as well as dance and related arts.

New technologies

People who show an interest in this field are motivated by the development and advanced use of new technologies in any of their applications (software, hardware, telecommunications) from an innovative perspective and in accordance with the continuous updates of technologies, programmes and equipment that appear on the market. The design, installation, management and maintenance of computer systems and new technologies are activities specific to this field.

Digital process technical director

Storyboard creator

UI Specialist

Art director

Advertising creative

• Work hours

  Full time

• Salary

  Junior: between 14.452 and 19.276 euros annum gross. Median: 16.691 euros annum gross.
  Senior: between 22.249 and 29.266 euros annum gross. Median: 25.517 euros annum gross.
  
  Source: Report "Observatory of Jobs and Salaries of the Labour Market. Barcelona Activa", elaborated by ICSA Grupo. April 2015.
  

• Professional category

  Technician