07-03-2015, 01:35 AM
was really thinking about this quite a lot lately. because im beginning to doubt myself that ill be able to do this "self taught" route. i heard some good stories for those people who has had success with it. but what worries me a lot is the competition aspect of this.
how much can you compare from someone who went to an art school to someone who didn't?
should someone who wasnt able to go to one should work 2x as harder as the one who do?
i have absolutely 0% experience of going to any form of institutions of art , so i have no idea how it feels to be in one, what the atmosphere is like, how the student to teacher interaction goes, what actually is being taught even.
i have been self teaching myself for 2 years now. and from what i have gathered in those times, its actually what kept me going , is that it is possible , possible to make it in the industry be it concept art or illustration.
so my questions is for the artists that are self taught that has "made it" feel free not to answer them :
-have you been into art school prior to being completely going the self taught route?
-when did you realized that its possible to self teach yourself , and started getting serious at it ?
-how much time did it took you to get to the "commission worthy level"?
-even if you think youre anti on art schools , if you have the money where would you think its viable to invest it to improve your art (online classes , tuts, ateliers)?
-hows your social life in this self teaching period?
i may be asking for too much here so i might be getting a little overboard here.
maybe im just so burned out lately , cos even though im putting in the work per se i dont feel im improving enough as i have expected. so if you guys have some tips as to how you have gone around it, it would really help for us artists going through this stuff entirely on our own.
thanks in advance guys.
how much can you compare from someone who went to an art school to someone who didn't?
should someone who wasnt able to go to one should work 2x as harder as the one who do?
i have absolutely 0% experience of going to any form of institutions of art , so i have no idea how it feels to be in one, what the atmosphere is like, how the student to teacher interaction goes, what actually is being taught even.
i have been self teaching myself for 2 years now. and from what i have gathered in those times, its actually what kept me going , is that it is possible , possible to make it in the industry be it concept art or illustration.
so my questions is for the artists that are self taught that has "made it" feel free not to answer them :
-have you been into art school prior to being completely going the self taught route?
-when did you realized that its possible to self teach yourself , and started getting serious at it ?
-how much time did it took you to get to the "commission worthy level"?
-even if you think youre anti on art schools , if you have the money where would you think its viable to invest it to improve your art (online classes , tuts, ateliers)?
-hows your social life in this self teaching period?
i may be asking for too much here so i might be getting a little overboard here.
maybe im just so burned out lately , cos even though im putting in the work per se i dont feel im improving enough as i have expected. so if you guys have some tips as to how you have gone around it, it would really help for us artists going through this stuff entirely on our own.
thanks in advance guys.