These were subsequently bought and taken over by UCI. In 1995, AMC pioneered the first North American megaplex, a theater that can accommodate thousands, when it opened the AMC Grand 24 in Dallas, Texas â the first megaplex in the world had been built by European chain Kinepolis in 1988.
Average Salary. Artists in the Fine Arts sector earn an average annual salary of $57,400, or $27.60 an hour according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This average includes illustrators in the newspaper, periodical, book and directory publishing industry.
Most of the time, a publisher issues an advance to be split between the illustrator and the writer. For a 32-page picture book, the advance is somewhere between $8,000 and $12,000. On top of the advance, the illustrator and the writer are given 3.5 percent to 6 percent royalties against the advance.