Artistry

Artistry is a branch of crafting that focus on getting more out of you item through talent rather than technical know how. If you wish to gain further levels into Artistry you will need the appropriate techs. Below is a description of Artistry from Thad and the Tech requirements for the levels. Artistry affects nothing except your chance to proc an inspiration. While crafting with Artistry and using gemstones, you will gain role play points as a reward for each gemstones used. At max Artistry level, you have an approx. 35% chance for a minor inspiration, an approx. 15% chance for a major inspiration, and an approx. 3.5% chance for a divine inspiration. The higher your Artistry, the higher the chance of an inspiration.

Artistry

The in-game explanation is as follows:

   Artistry is born from within, brought to bear by your own inspiration and 
   creativity. In certain ways, it is similar to Expertise, requiring 
   persistent crafting and the exploration of new ideas to bring forward 
   your creative force.

   Just before you craft an item, you may choose to focus your study on 
   Artistry instead of Expertise. If you do so, any Tech that you might 
   gain from crafting that item will be allocated as an Artistry Tech 
   instead of defaulting to Expertise. Note that gaining any Tech prevents 
   all further Tech gain in either category for 18 hours.

   This choice of focus allows you to advance in Expertise and Artistry 
   separately, distributing your attention as you wish. Wise selection can 
   be significant in your progress! Focusing on Artistry when you have 
   already learned all that you can from a craft with regards to Artistry 
   can "waste" a potential Tech if there had been something to learn in 
   Expertise, and vice versa.

   You may see a list of the Techs you have acquired with the 'quests 
   action, crafting' command. Likewise, any Artistry levels that you gain 
   will be permanently recorded in your quest log and can be viewed with 
   the 'quests completed, crafting' command. Each successive level of 
   Artistry requires a certain number of Techs, as follows (note that 
   Artistry Techs and Expertise Techs are not interchangeable):

Techs to Artistry

[ Artistry level ] > Artistry Techs required

1 > 0 2 > 6 3 > 18 4 > 29 5 > 36 6 > 54 7 > 63 8 > 72 9 > 90 10 > 99 11 > 108 12 > 120