Artist

Not to be confused with Artistic.

Artist is one of the career tracks found in The Sims 2: University. It is only available to college graduates, so it does not have a teen/elder track. The career reward for this career track is the Luminous Pro Antique Camera, which is unlocked at level 5. The college majors associated with this career are art and history.

If The Sims 2: FreeTime is installed, befriending the hobby instructor for arts and crafts will reduce the friend requirement by one.

If The Sims 2: Apartment Life is installed, bohemians are likely to work in this career track.

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
	09:00 - 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
	09:00 - 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
	08:00 - 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: §325	0	5	0
	0	0	8
	07:00 - 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
	0	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: §1,100	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: §1,400	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: §2,200	0	5	10
	7	4	10
	17:00 - 02:00		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: §2,800	0	5	10
	7	4	10
	10:00 - 15:00		8
			§1,400/day

The Sims 2: University

• Artist Career Levels
• Adult Chance Cards

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.	0	0	0	0	0
	S M T W T F S		Wage: §231/day
	07:00 - 14:00		Pension: §82/day
			Bonus: None
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.	1	0	0	0	0
	S M T W T F S		Wage: §357/day
	11:00 - 18:00		Pension: §127/day
			Bonus: §714
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.	3	2	0	0	1
	S M T W T F S		Wage: §483/day
	09:00 - 16:00		Pension: §172/day
			Bonus: §966
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.	4	3	1	0	2
	S M T W T F S		Wage: §630/day
	10:00 - 17:00		Pension: §225/day
			Bonus: §1,260
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.	5	4	2	3	4
	S M T W T F S		Wage: §808/day
	08:00 - 15:00		Pension: §288/day
			Bonus: §1,616
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.	5	5	4	3	5
	S M T W T F S		Wage: §1,339/day
	14:00 - 21:00		Pension: §382/day
			Bonus: §2,678
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.	6	6	3	6	8
	S M T W T F S		Wage: §1,785/day
	10:00 - 17:00		Pension: §510/day
			Bonus: §3,570
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.	7	7	4	7	9
	S M T W T F S		Wage: §2,232/day
	12:00 - 19:00		Pension: §478/day
			Bonus: §4,464
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.	9	8	5	7	10
	S M T W T F S		Wage: §2,625/day
	10:00 - 17:00		Pension: §562/day
			Bonus: §5,250
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.	10	8	6	7	13
	S M T W T F S		Wage: §4,549/day
	13:00 - 18:00		Pension: §974/day
			Bonus: §9,098

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: -§357 (a day's pay)	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: -§630 (a day's pay)	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 +1	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 -1	85% chance

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

The Sims 2 (console)

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

Art Career Levels
1) Nude Model
-No Description-	0	0	0	0
	14:00 - 18:00		Wage: §126/day	Bonus: None
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.	0	0	0	0
	09:00 - 14:00		Wage: §154/day	Bonus: §308
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 Simoleons! Better make some new friends and find a way out of this rip off!	1	0	0	0
	09:00 - 15:00		Wage: §210/day	Bonus: §420
4) Museum Guard
Your art world connection scored you a great job at the art museum! Now you can stare at your favorite painting for hours and hours and hours and hours and hey...that painting isn't so great...	1	1	0	0
	10:00 - 15:00		Wage: §252/day	Bonus: §504
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!	1	2	1	2
	11:00 - 16:00		Wage: §385/day	Bonus: §770
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.	3	2	1	4
	18:00 - 01:00		Wage: §392/day	Bonus: §784
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!	4	2	2	5
	11:00 - 17:00		Wage: §613/day	Bonus: §1,226
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 life of every party you attend! Keep sharpening your tongue and your image, if you want to stay on top.	4	3	3	7
	14:00 - 19:00		Wage: §788/day	Bonus: §1,576
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!	4	4	4	10
	10:00 - 15:00		Wage: §933/day	Bonus: §1,866
10) Museum Director
Your appointment to museum director has solidified your stranglehold on the 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!	4	5	5	13
	11:00 - 15:00		Wage: §1,500/day	Bonus: §3,000

The Sims 2: Pets (console)

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

Arts & Crafts Career Levels
1) Paste Wrangler
-No Description-	0	0	0	0
	14:00 - 18:00		Wage: §145/day	Bonus: None
2) Brush Washer
Fortunately, the paste from your earlier job has permanently sealed your hands with a protective chemical residue, forever protecting you from the elements (and all human feeling). As a result, the oil based solvents used in brush washing will create only a painful burning sensation.	0	0	1	0
	09:00 - 14:00		Wage: §203/day	Bonus: §406
3) Sign Painter
Finally, a role to exercise your artistic spirit. Small towns enjoy reading rustic signs that contain quaint misspellings like "fresh gote" or " live baite". Your eye for detail and steady brush work are destined to get you noticed in this prolific field of creative misspelling.	1	0	2	0
	09:00 - 15:00		Wage: §269/day	Bonus: §538
4) Mural Painter
This job is more than just painting on public spaces legally. It is about social emancipation. Famous murals have functioned as an important means of communication for members of socially divided communities in times of conflict. They are an effective tool in establishing a dialogue and this advancing society. It also pays better than barn painting.	2	1	2	0
	10:00 - 15:00		Wage: §/day	Bonus: §
5) Prom Decorator
It's time to make a name for yourself in the high visibility job of prom decorating. Whether the prom's theme is "Under the Sea", "Over the Stars", or "In the Ditch", it is your job to make prom night a night to remember. In the off-season, you will work in the school office filing paper clips alphabetically.	2	2	2	2
	11:00 - 16:00		Wage: §345/day	Bonus: §690
6) Assistant Art Teacher
All of your talents and previous experience have clearly impressed someone. You now get to organize paste and clean brushes at the same time. Does any living person deserve this much happiness? Yes. You deserve this happiness. You have earned it.	3	2	3	4
	18:00 - 01:00		Wage: §697/day	Bonus: §1,394
7) Art Teacher
You now get to spend your days teaching students how to express themselves (in accordance with government regulation) with (government approved) oils, acrylics, and inks. You will then present your students' (government approved) art at the annual country fair for a (government sanctioned) art contest. This year's theme: the superiority of our leaders.	3	3	4	5
	11:00 - 17:00		Wage: §901/day	Bonus: §1,802
8) Arts Council Member
The Arts Council is ostensibly about approving and promoting the community's artistic values. In actuality, the art council gives unemployed men and women a venue for expressing their Napoleonic impulses through the filter of official government business.	4	3	5	7
	14:00 - 19:00		Wage: §1,113/day	Bonus: §2,226
9) Arts Council Chairperson
During your tenure as arts council member, your proposal to make paste out of recycled mayonnaise earned you instant respect and credibility. You have now been elected to Arts Council Chairperson, where you may use your considerable power to promote your own ideas.	4	4	8	9
	10:00 - 15:00		Wage: §1,521/day	Bonus: §3,042
10) Art Gallery Owner
What gets hung where? Are non-paying customers allowed to use the bathroom? These are just some of the important decisions you will make as owner of your very own art gallery. And business couldn't be better ever since that new Chowder Shack moved next door. Those Chowder Shacks sure do bring in the foot traffic.	4	5	10	11
	11:00 - 15:00		Wage: §1,924/day	Bonus: §3,848

References

• The Sims 2 Pets Prima Guide