Artist

Not to be confused with Artistic.

The Artist career track is found in the University expansion pack for The Sims 2. It is only available to college graduates, so it does not have a Teen/Elder track. If Apartment Life is installed, Bohemians are likely to work in this career track. The Career reward for this career track is the Luminous Pro Antique Camera. The college majors associated with this career are Art and History.

The Sims Bustin' Out

Artist Career Levels
1) Artist's Model
It's awkward at first, but you'll get used to it. In fact, there is something true and inspiring about the human figure...especially yours. Chat up the art students and maybe you can score a better paying gig. Bonus: None	0	0	0
	0	0	0
	15:00 - 20:00		0
			§100/day
2) House Painter
Well the pay isn't much better, and the work is harder, but at least you're getting to paint! Get CREATIVE with those brushes and rollers and imagine your own masterpieces as you slap on another coat of weather-all latex. Bonus: §260	0	0	0
	0	0	2
	9:00 - 16:00		0
			§130/day
3) Studio Assistant
Now you get to work with a REAL artist! Well, at least you get to clean up after them...and mix their paints...and paint their paintings...Hey! You're doing all the work and they're getting all the money! Better make some new friends and find a way out of this rip off! Bonus: §380	0	0	0
	0	0	5
	9:00 - 15:00		1
			§190/day
4) Museum Guard
Your art world connection scored you a great job at the art mueseum! Now you can stare at your favorite painting for hours and hours and hours and hours and hey...that painting isn't so great... Bonus: §500	0	2	0
	0	0	6
	8:00 - 16:00		2
			§250/day
5) Studio Artist
You're finally selling enough work to support yourself, but just barely. Work on your style, your technique and most importantly...this is KEY...making more friends. One day, you'll be famous! Bonus: §650	0	5	0
	0	0	8
	7:00 - 14:00		3
			§325/day
6) Resident Artist
Your longwinded art manifesto made quite an impression! A local corporation has hired you as their "resident artist" to soften up their harsh image. Work on your BODY to perfect your controversial anti-corporate performance pieces. Bonus: §800	0	5	0
	4	0	8
	11:00 - 20:00		4
			§400/day
7) Art Critic
Your friend enjoyed your insulting critiques of the current art scene so much, she hired you as art critic for her magazine! Charm the art world with your pen, as well as your palette, and you'll be the next big thing! Bonus: §1100	0	5	2
	5	0	10
	12:00 - 21:00		5
			§550/day
8) L'Enfant Terrible
Your work is so "art-smart," it puts everyone else to shame! The politics, the humor, the IRONY! And you're the like of every party you attend! Keep sharpening your tongue and image, if you want to stay on top. Bonus: §1400	0	5	7
	7	0	10
	11:00 - 18:00		6
			§700/day
9) Gallery Owner
You were hot as an artist? Now they'll find out what hot REALLY means! By controlling who and what gets shown, you control what and who gets known, Pure unadulterated POWER! Bonus: §?	0	5	10
	7	4	10
	17:00 - 2:00		8
			§1,100/day
10) Museum Director
Your appointment to museum director has solidified your stranglehold on culture, on society and on creativity. And that's exactly how you intend to keep it. If they don't agree with your tastes... they can always emigrate! Bonus: §?	0	5	10
	7	4	10
	10:00 - 15:00		8
			§1,400/day

The Sims 2: University

Artist Career Levels
1) Canvas Stretcher
At the bottom rung of the art world, you make sure every piece of canvas sold at Dave's Art Emporium is stretched tight over its frame. But it's no dead end: you're allowed to watercolor on leftover canvases, and you're able to build up some charisma and make artsy friends while ringing up purchases for the clientele.	S M T W T F S	0
	07:00 - 14:00	0
		0
	§231/day	0
	No bonus	0
2) Street Caricaturist
Welcome to the streets of SimCity! With some charcoal pencils you bought at Dave's Art Emporium, you're all set to do caricatures of Sims passing by on the main drag. It's a great opportunity to meet some new people and develop contacts you'll need later on.	S M T W T F S	1
	11:00 - 18:00	0
		0
	§357/day	0
	Bonus: §714	0
3) Souvenir Whittler
Mr. Big, who runs the "Lucille, Largest Llama in the World" roadside attraction, hires you to whittle souvenir llamas for visitors who make the trek out to see Lucille. Even though you're a tool of the tourist trade, you have fun designing a caricature of each tourist or their favorite political figure on each wooden llama.	S M T W T F S	3
	09:00 - 16:00	2
		0
	§483/day	0
	Bonus: §966	1
4) Comic Book Penciller
One of your dream jobs is to work on a comic book, and this isn't just any comic, it's SpiderSim! You're making more contacts in the art biz, and throwing some dinner parties will show off your culinary expertise and win you even more friends.	S M T W T F S	4
	10:00 - 17:00	3
		1
	§630/day	0
	Bonus: §1,260	2
5) Wedding Photographer
Fabulous! Your network of great relationships is paying off as you become the most requested wedding photographer in SimCity. Keep developing your creativity with a camera, and you'll have a great portfolio if you choose to move into fashion photography later on.	S M T W T F S	5
	08:00 - 15:00	4
		2
	§808/day	3
	Bonus: §1,616	4
6) Art Forger
Tired of making small potatoes as an honest artist, you've gone down the slippery slope into a life of crime forging famous artworks. Even so, you need to develop even more contacts in order to quickly find buyers for your fakes.	S M T W T F S	5
	14:00 - 21:00	5
		3
	§1,339/day	4
	Bonus: §2,678	5
7) Fashion Photographer
Rod Ralloway, a world-famous model for SimStyle Magazine, hears of your expertise and calls you one day when his favorite photographer is sick. You get a chance to build a career snapping shots of some of the most beautiful Sims in the city, but remember to keep in touch with your friends.	S M T W T F S	6
	10:00 - 17:00	6
		3
	§1,785/day	6
	Bonus: §3,570	8
8) Acclaimed Muralist
Murals! Murals! Murals! You abhor the sight of a blank wall or ceiling in any public space. Your passion is to create eye-catching murals on all spare surfaces to brighten up SimCity, and luckily, an anonymous but wealthy patron is footing the bill.	S M T W T F S	7
	12:00 - 19:00	7
		4
	§2,232/day	7
	Bonus: §4,464	9
9) Conceptual Artist
As your art becomes even more conceptual and abstract, you need more interpretations and advice from your friends to strengthen your ideas. Invite them to parties and show off your work at the same time.	S M T W T F S	9
	10:00 - 17:00	8
		5
	§2,625/day	7
	Bonus: §5,250	10
10) Visionary
You are now a "living legend." Your thoughts and artistic works influence millions and appear in galleries, news magazines and on thought-provoking billboards around the world.	S M T W T F S	10
	13:00 - 18:00	8
		6
	§4,549/day	7
	Bonus: §9,098	13

Adult Chance Cards

For more information on Chance Cards in The Sims 2, see Chance card.

Artist Chance Cards
1) Canvas Stretcher
No chance cards for this level
2) Street Caricaturist
While sitting on his/her plastic bucket, charcoal pencils in hand, <Sim> is approached by a notable SimCity socialite, notable not only for her involvement in a number of respected charities, but for possessing a nose of such grand proportions that it borders on caricature itself. The woman asks <Sim> to do a caricature, and <Sim> has to decide whether to go for it and sketch the nose in all of its glory, or tone it down a bit out of respect.	Go For It	Success: +§500	15% chance
		Failure: Lose a day's pay (§357)	84% chance
	Tone It Down	Success: +§3,000	84% chance
		Failure: No Penalty	15% chance
3) Souvenir Whittler
No chance cards for this level
4) Comic Book Penciller
While sitting at his/her desk, sketching out the latest cells of SpiderSim issue #172, <Sim> has a revelation about how women are portrayed in comic books. He/She realizes it's high time that the female form be realistically represented, instead of continually being exaggerated in often gravity defying ways. <Sim> decides that something must be done. He/She could either take his/her issue up with the editor or do something about it himself/herself and pencil in some of his/her own work.	Talk About It	Success: +1	85% chance
		Failure: Get Fired	14% chance
	Draw Own Style	Success: +§5,000	14% chance
		Failure: Lose a day's pay (§630)	85% chance
5) Wedding Photographer
No chance cards for this level
6) Art Forger
"Large Clam on the Surface of Mars," a master oil painting, normally displayed in the University's art wing, has been stolen. <Sim> plans to forge the famous work and sell it on the black market before the real piece surfaces. He/She has only a few hours, but is out of the chemicals he/she needs to age the oil paints. Should <Sim> proceed with untreated oils or take the time to find and buy the rare chemical he/she needs?	Use Oil Paint	Success: +§10,000	15% chance
		Failure: Get Fired	84% chance
	Find Chemicals	Success: +§10,000	84% chance
		Failure: -§1,000	15% chance
7) Fashion Photographer
No chance cards for this level
8) Acclaimed Muralist
<Sim> been commissioned to paint an Italian fresco on the ceiling of one of SimCity's most notorious crime family's home. The price is certainly right, but he's/she's a bit worried about associating with such a high profile known criminal. Should he/she take the job or refer the family to one of his/her colleagues?	Take Job	Success: +§50,000	15% chance
		Failure: -§50,000	84% chance
	Refer	Success: +§50,000 +2	84% chance
		Failure: Demoted to Fashion Photographer	15% chance
9) Conceptual Artist
No chance cards for this level
10) Visionary
In celebration of one of his/her proteges' latest works, <Sim> has offered to take a large group of artists and academics out to lunch at one of SimCity's finest restaurants. Over a dozen are in attendance, and eating and drinking their fill. By the time the check comes, the group has rung up quite a bill, even for <Sim>'s standards. Should <Sim> pay the bill, or whip up a quick sketch for the proprietor as payment for the meal?	Pay Bill	Success: +§100,000	85% chance
		Failure: -§10,000	14% chance
	Quick Sketch	Success: +§100,000	14% chance
		Failure: -§10,000 -2	85% chance

The Sims 2 (console)

The Art career track is also available in The Sims 2 (console).

Level	Name	Hours	Pay	Mechanical	Charisma	Creativity	Friends
1	Nude Model	2pm - 6pm	§126	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
2	House Painter	9am - 2pm	§154	N/A	N/A	N/A	0
3	Studio Artist	9am - 3pm	§210	1	N/A	N/A	0
4	Museum Guard	10am - 5pm	§252	1	1	N/A	1
5	Studio Assistant	11am - 4pm	§385	1	2	1	2
6	Art Critic	11am - 4pm	§392	3	2	2	4
7	Resident Artist	6pm - 1pm	§615	4	2	2	5
8	L'Enfant Terrible	2pm - 7pm	§788	4	3	3	7
9	Gallery Owner	10am - 3pm	§933	4	4	4	10
10	Museum Director	11am - 3pm	§1,500	4	5	5	13

The Sims 2: Pets (console)

Arts and Crafts is a career track in The Sims 2: Pets (console).

Level	Name	Description	Pay	Hours	Skills Required	Friends Required
1	Paste Wrangler		§145	14:00 - 18:00	none	0
2	Brush Wrangler		§203	09:00 - 14:00	Creativity: 1	0
3	Sign Painter		§269	09:00 - 15:00	Creativity: 2 Mechanical: 1	0
4	Mural Painter		§345	10:00 - 15:00	Charisma: 1 Creativity: 2 Mechanical: 2	0
5	Prom Director		§489	11:00 - 16:00	Charisma: 2 Creativity: 2 Mechanical: 2	2
6	Assistant Art Teacher		§697	06:00 - 13:00	Charisma: 2 Creativity: 3 Mechanical: 3	4
7	Art Teacher		§901	11:00 - 17:00	Charisma: 3 Creativity: 4 Mechanical: 3	5
8	Arts Council Member		§1,113	14:00 - 19:00	Charisma: 4 Creativity: 5 Mechanical: 4	7
9	Arts Council Chairperson		§1,521	10:00 - 15:00	Charisma: 4 Creativity: 8 Mechanical: 4	9
10	Art Gallery Owner		§1,924	11:00 - 15:00	Charisma: 5 Creativity: 8 Mechanical: 4	11

References

• The Sims 2 Pets Prima Guide