Art Rants Episode 3

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Art Rants 2

Hello there my name is Styles Osunde and for the foreseeable future I am going to be ranting about artsy stuff and answering noob questions nobody asked my opinion on. I mean I don’t have anything better to do other than paint and talk to myself since I took my vow of solitude.

Art Rant Episode 2 - should I go to art school

Uuugh, do you really want to know? You do? Well....

YES, you do need to go to art school so put down the controller, man up and go get your parent’s money drilled out of ya.
The problem is, if you are asking, that means you have a choice(and apparently also richer than Mark Zuckerberg), so just go. Self teaching is not for everybody.

I have asked “schoolers” what are the benefits of art school...And I get really interesting answers

Benefits of Art School.
1.You make connections
I see how that can be helpful if an Art Director happens to go to your school and you force him to give you work.

2. You socialize
Socialize? with artists? Why would you do that to yourself? All artists ever do is talk about work and art. Why do you think they are all single?

3. You network with other people
this sounds familiar....

I've come to realize that they all mean the same friking thing!! I get it. Having friends and other artists to talk to is “important”. ANYTHING ELSE?

4. Uh, yes em...you have a time and place to study?
Are you asking me or telling me? Anyway this one is very important. Lemme take a look at your portfolio since you just graduated art school.

WOW. This SUCKS. I mean I paint better than this and I’m not trying to say my work is good.
Actually, quite the contrary. If you paid good money and have been studying for four years and your work is worse than Styles Osunde's then we have a problem. SHUT UP AND LEMME EXPLAIN

PROBLEMS with Art School

1. false security
They make students believe that by doing all their assignments, by the time they graduate they would have done enough to have a professional portfolio.
!LIES! Unless after school you spend your free time studying your ass off. (which may defeat the purpose of going to school in the first place)

2. THE MONIES!! VERY IMPORTANT
Unless you live under a rock or even worse, in Canada, you probably know who Noah Bradley is. If you don’t, he's basically the Justin Timberlake of the art world...except richer
he made a blog post last year that made him a superstar titled “Don't go to art school” where he explains how expensive it is. around 245,816$ that's 179,519€ that's 146,790£...(I'm making it sound less expensive)
that's 25,026,526¥ (there we go.) TWENTY FIVE MILLION yens TWENTY FIVE MILLION. That's a lota cheese.

Then he goes on to suggest his $10k ultimate art education, which is fine. But if you are anything like me, broke and currently borrowing the internet from my neighbor, $10k might be a lot of dinero. So I offer you my FREE sub-par but free art education that works. (rolls right off the tongue)

FREE sub-par but free art education that works.

1. download and study these books http://www.alexhays.com/loomis/
2. watch and apply the crits from the critter videos on this channel http://www.youtube.com/user/DaveRapoza/videos
3. Attend the livestreams of professionals and ask questions
my favorites are www.livestream.com/depingo and www.livestream.com/johnsilva
4. use Facebook to your advantage and join a study group like https://www.facebook.com/groups/253253068156748/

5. watch the free tutorials on http://ctrlpaint.com/ and http://enliighten.com/
6. learn from art blogs like http://muddycolors.blogspot.com/
7. listen to free epic music while doing aforementioned. (i'm serious) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Wn2trOP5Qw

well i'l be ranting on how to self study soon, so you don't hurt yourself while trying to do it.

This weeks Random Internet Question:
Hi! I have a question i hope you can answer. I am really passionate about becoming a concept artist and i am currently practicing lots with my Wacom tablet. I am only 16 and just finished secondary education in England. I don't know what to do with my future regarding qualifications. I can't decide weather to go to university to study an art course to mainly develop my skills, as i am aware the actual degree isn't hugely relevant in the industry. But is it worth the money?

Uggh..did you even bother to read anything I just wro....*sigh*

if you have 0 discipline and do not wish to train it. GO
if your mama and papa have the money. GO
if you want to play Destiny or Titanfall on your new console without feeling guilty. GO
if you can't afford it and want to learn some discipline or you just like having the extra cash DON'T GO.
I hope that helped you, Random Dude.

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Thanks for the suggestion guys, i will do that in the future. i just thought it would be a crazy wall of text if i put them all in one thread :0
and Edu you are right, art schools in Europe are not as expensive but what they teach you is even less useful than the schools in the USA.