07-02-2012, 03:31 AM
Based off of what I've heard Dan Warren say(and a few others) art school isn't crazy helpful or important(not that there are not great schools to go to.) Degrees are not requirements in illustration or concept art, and schools will often give you assignments that waste your time and don't always help you make a portfolio for the field you want to go into (ex. Political Cartoons don't help you get video game concept art positions.) Most illustrator/concept artists don't have degrees from schools to my(limited) knowledge, and the ones that do don't seem to think the degree was worth it(again, to my limited knowledge.)
I'm currently not even planning on going to any art schools and rather actively teaching myself on a all-day every-day schedule. Maybe you should rethink if a art school is really even the place you need to be at to improve? Some people do better teaching themselves, some do better in a school/class setting. And if you do go to a art school, Dan says you really REALLY need to look into the professors who would be teaching you. Some of them just don't care if you go off to actually make something of yourself, they just need you to pass the class so they get paid. Some are really great and can really push you to get better.
I've only been paying attention to the industry for about a month thoe, so take what I say with a grain of salt. Hope this helped you in some way.
I'm currently not even planning on going to any art schools and rather actively teaching myself on a all-day every-day schedule. Maybe you should rethink if a art school is really even the place you need to be at to improve? Some people do better teaching themselves, some do better in a school/class setting. And if you do go to a art school, Dan says you really REALLY need to look into the professors who would be teaching you. Some of them just don't care if you go off to actually make something of yourself, they just need you to pass the class so they get paid. Some are really great and can really push you to get better.
I've only been paying attention to the industry for about a month thoe, so take what I say with a grain of salt. Hope this helped you in some way.
