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.
According to PayScale, an illustrator with less than a year of experience earns between $10.08 and $20.56 per hour, while five to nine years of experience earns between $15.91 and $36.67 hourly. An illustrator with over twenty years experience can earn an hourly rate of between $34.39 and $82.23.