08-31-2022, 06:25 PM
(08-31-2022, 05:15 PM)darktiste Wrote: You will have to get realistic can't be a pro if you procrastinate i say that with all the respect i can give to someone who choose this path.You just can't be in love with what in your head (the idea of being an artist) you have to become the artist.So whatever is burning you down(the full time job will in school are you serious?) you need to cut whenever possible.Sadly those art school they are expensive and they still want to teach us alot of stuff we artist have no interest in that when we can get burn out.My advice is commitment and less hour working elsewhere it clearly isn't work for you right now.Don't think this art stuff is easy it time consuming and there people invested full time.If you don't meet the exeptation no matter how stupid they are to you that won't cut it i say it if no one want to say the silent part. There people who want to do the job and can adapt. Do you want to be the only one who doesn't adapt?If you say yes than maybe you should drop school and do your own project...but you will probably have trouble because you will have to learn to adapt no matter what so why not become flexble now.If what you want is to work at the big studio or just at a small studio you like then what do you think it say to someone who serious when you don't do the assignment?What does it say when your portfolio isn't adapted to the studio you apply for?Do you expect people just to find you fantastic and give you all the praise without delievering anything they asked for?
Are you hired because you can do the job or because your the only one who can do the job you have to decide what type of artist you want to be...
Hopefully you can shake this picture that come with experiencing failure i been there and if anything if you are serious this is where we separate fantasy from reality.
If you are dreaming of something atleast make it a reality.Don't sleep on your dream.
You don't have to like what is said but i hope if you read that back in the future you will be like i am glad someone had the ball to kick me in the butt.
To finish even if i kick your butt because you deserve to hear some uncomfortable truth to help you growth this does nothing for you because at the end of the day you have assigment and if you don't do them i am not there telling you what to do i am not the one grading you.So remember there little to no body who will hire you just because they like you base on personality.They want to see amazing art can you do that but not only that can you work with people because those people are going to give you assigment... and right now you aren't delievering what they would be paying you for.Don't be the guy with a good porfolio who get is foot in the door just to be kick out because he as no work ethic.
With all due respect -Darktiste
Thank you for the feedback.
There's a couple of things I need to clarify however.
I don't have, and never have, an intention of becoming a professional artist. Nor do I have any intention of prioritising my art above my career... I finished my MBA and got a new job about the time I started this sketchbook here. I like my new job. The pay is good, the work-life balance is good and the work is satisfying.
About the school, as I mentioned in a post above, I never really had any intention of actually graduating. However, I think the program itself is amazing. All of the classes are done online and all of the assignments are personally checked/graded/painted over by very good artists. Also the school managed to get some of the best working professional illustrators in Japan to do the classes, which was my biggest draw to it. It's also surprisingly cheap. It's about 2500$ per year, and I am free to visit/use the Tokyo/Kyoto campus whenever I please. I'm pretty sure if this school offered this program in English at the same price-point, it would be crazy popular.
But having said that I hate giving up on anything, and I plan on finishing all of the art/illustration related courses at this school. I just need to kick my own ass for motivation