I Wish I Knew This About Art School

Are you starting your art school semester soon? Here are some tips for art students, if you're looking to make the most out of your schooling experience. Somethings I wished people told me before going to art school. So if you're a art student looking for advice for art school, I hope this helps a little :)

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[rachelt]

"A critique of your work is not a critique of you". I definitely wish someone told me that as I was starting out because it's a tough one to unlearn.

[fromwhere]

Dude, your videos are so...clean? Idk how to say it but it’s so organized and pleasing to the eye. The way you plan it out so that it rides smoothly, very nice. I enjoy watching all of them, thank you.

[Tater_Toot]

I knew that my animation major wasn’t going to be what I imagined, but it still disappointed me so much. The teachers revolve conflicts by saying “your classmates are like your family”, I get blatantly rude and racist remarks thrown at me all the time in my own group, and the school treated mental health like a joke. Most students don’t care anything about fundamentals, so doing project with kids who knew nothing about basic anatomy was horrendously bad.
Maybe expecting to make some genuine new friends with a whole class of socially inept kids just doesn’t work out. Dropped out and went to a much better school, but I’m now studying literature instead and drawing in my own time.

[TheRealArtDoctor]

I can agree with everything in this video! So many people in my college classes just do what teachers tell them but never ask why we do the things we do, and because in college you don't learn to draw but rather refine the knowledge of concept they don't know how to draw very well, and i'm in a school where we are doing 3d animation! Also yeah anime isn't trash but it does twist lots of rules of human anatomy and people don't really learn how things work and only have a very specific and very limited knowledge of drawing basic things

[JacquieQuenneville]

I was definitely student A, 🤦‍♀️ it took a long time to fall in love with art again. Thank you for this video!

[latteamericano]

yoooo, this hits so hard. even though i signed up for art school sort of "knowing" what was coming, nothing could ever really prepare me for the emotional ride, because as an artist, you are so deeply connected to your work (or for me at least haha) its hard to to distinguish the fine line between work (industry expectations) and passion (personal development). i started off from ground zero doing abstract stuff to enrolling in a high demand 3 year concept art/illustration course, because i wanted to learn how to draw! i knew i had ideas, but i didnt know how to express them. but of course that isnt the only thing you have to learn along the way, theres professional practices, theories to ingrain in your brain and routines to keep up. while i do not inherently regret my choice, speedrunning through the whole process led me spiralling down a massive burnout on my mental health. exactly like you said, we have to be critical and really set our own direction apart from what we learn academically in school in order to sustain ourselves as artists post graduation, and im just slowly starting to realise and accept that. now i see art school more of like a stepping stone and a place where you really start to build your connections and be familiar with the industry. glad more and more people in the art community are speaking up about things like these! its really comforting to have artists backing each other up

[raycook]

the one person that disliked went to art school thinking they'd learn how to draw

[dahlia]

I'm so incredibly glad your channel exists- it's honestly one of my favorites! Love your mechs <3

[joeltm]

I'm a sophomore, not going into an art school, but I am very passionate about art and I want to grow in my creative potential. Even though I'm not looking to pursue art seriously as any sort of career, the advice in this video seriously makes sense. It's not just applicable to art but it has actually helped me think about life in general and how I want to go about interacting with my friends and people I meet. Idk what exactly the point of this comment is but this video was great. Thank you for making it! (Also the sketches were super entertaining to watch.)

[parzivalBCN]

drawing mechs is something I REALLY want to get good at because it fascinates me and inspires me to draw because there are so many possibilities

[yanicklinssen]

4:23 damn, this one hit me really hard 😂😅

[genestone]

There was a guy once in the 1930's who was rejected by the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. He still turned out ok and had a meaningful career.

[weightofthewind]

basically all the things you said, especially about being respectful and learning to handle criticism, reflect my own experience even though i did not attend art school but only make art as a hobby. one piece of advice to my past (and also present lol) self is to do the thing art school presupposes: show your art to people! you‘ll only improve and refine your vision if you let other people experience it and then do your best to critically reflect that reaction yourself without being butthurt. the part about accepting art as an actual craft which needs to be learned and improved also resonates with me - only watching videos like yours won‘t make me better without acting on the advice given in them even though i could do that all day long :o) i‘ve been wanting to build/join a small community of likeminded artsy people willing to create together and critique each other for so long, but i don‘t know where to start and i feel like that dream has become harder to schieve due to covid :/
anyway, thanks for another great video! i really like the down-to-earth, relaxing vibe you and your content give off as well as your subtle use of humour - all the best and stay safe ^^

[azatshakenov]

I am going to art school for 4 years now, and your advices are very helpful and accurate. Thank you for the video!

[VANZ]

I remember I took a class, human ecology I think, and our final was a group presentation. Can’t remember what it was about, but 3 of our 5 members didn’t show until the last half of class, and by the time they showed, the other group member who did show and I were wrapping up the presentation. The other 3 ended up getting no credit. They were also chewed out in front of the entire class. Didn’t even have an excuse. Lot of stupid people in that class though.

[samuelmuiga]

I remember my first critique, first painting lecture as a major...ooh almost got depressed 😂😂🤣. Six years down the line I have an appreciation of that journey.

[normapadro]

Hello. This is the reason that I didn't take teachers too serious. I got a few that didn't want to help me when I asked questions. So I did all that I could by reading about what I wanted to learn. Afterwards as the years passed by I went on to taking correspondence courses. I completed my educational goals without the help of anyone. I don't like school, and this is the reason why. I have a learning disability, but I'm not dumb I just can't remember things. Once I practice everything it becomes easier. I learned Art, Music Production, Photography, and Writing on my own. Among other things it took years to learn with practice. I understand what you said about teachers. Enjoy your day.

[TonersR]

Came here for advice on art, got some enlightenment for life.

Keep up the awesome videos man.

[nightangel]

Thank you so much for this video. I appreciate that you’re sharing with us. As of right now I’m planning on going to art school for a comic/cartooning/sequential art degree (& I’ve been wanting to for years now) and I’m both excited and terrified. So thank you for giving some advice and reassurances here. I hope you have a wonderful day.

[jalakor]

Drawing realistic stuff is gonna be hard, I’m still working on cleaning up the style that I *currently* use… I’m a bit later to the “game” than is probably ideal, but I’m not gonna give up on the hope I’ll get better over time :)