| tion_start --> | | | | Earning in excess of a million dollars a year is not |
| Ever wondered what someone else is making on their | | | | unheard of it for the top artists. |
| job? Well, the answers are out there. If you are | | | | Another area where make up artists can work is the |
| considering becoming a make-up artist, here are the | | | | much more diverse modeling and photography field. It |
| figures. | | | | is not quite as hard to get into this field and some |
| A make up artist is as the name suggests an artist. It is | | | | people even begin to do it on a free lance basis. It |
| their job to apply the make up used by models or | | | | takes sometime to build up a good relationship with the |
| performers. It is not just the applying of beauty aids, | | | | agencies and photographers, but the rewards justify |
| but they also apply special effects make up that can | | | | the effort. A junior free lance make up artist can earn |
| be anything from showing aging to creating a monster. | | | | between $400 and $600 per day, while an |
| It is not a field that one can prepare for with normal | | | | experienced one could earn between $1200 and |
| schooling. Although some college preparation can help, | | | | $2000 a day. |
| it is more often trade school type education and on | | | | One report that covered estimated salaries for make |
| the job training that is more the norm. | | | | up artists listed their income potential as being between |
| The most prestigious area of the make up artist field is | | | | $24,000 and $50,700 per year. This was an average |
| the Hollywood motion picture industry. It is a highly | | | | for several different groups of artists including those |
| competitive field with very few openings. It was | | | | working in the theater industry. |
| estimated by one magazine that if no new make up | | | | The make up artist field is exciting and can be |
| artists were hired for the next ten years, every motion | | | | extremely profitable. Sadly, it is also difficult to prepare |
| picture made during that time could be handled by the | | | | for it and harder still to find employment in it. Many |
| existing artists. Although this might be discouraging for | | | | artists have had to hold other related jobs, like in |
| someone considering this field, it is similar to | | | | beauty salons, while they slowly and carefully gain |
| professional sports. In other words, when a new artist | | | | experience and make contacts. Some are willing to |
| wins a job in the industry, another one gets "cut." Make | | | | take on jobs without pay to gain the experience and |
| up artists in Hollywood can be very well paid, too. | | | | to fill out their resumes. |