LIES THEY TELL YOU IN ART SCHOOL

As many of you know, I went to art school for 4 years to get a degree in Character Design. I had a great time and learned a ton, but in the time since graduating I've also started to realize that much of the advice I got there was sometimes a little old-fashioned. So today, I wanted to talk about the things I was told at art school that turned out to be flat out wrong.


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[axiel_]

Student: *draws anime*
Teachers: *peace was never an option*

[froggdoggs]

Student: expresses themselves with art they love
Art school: *so you have chosen death*

[pebbleschun]

LavenderTowne: posts

Her subscribers: *i am speed*

[nathanishungryanimations]

“NO FAN ART!”

*stops drawing electric fans*

[simonepradhan]

“Fan art isn’t real art”

Let’s talk about the renaissance, shall we?

[evfrt]

“Fanart isn’t real art”
*me over here trying to figure out then why is the word art in fanart if it’s not art*

[Galaxxi]

people who say "fanart isnt real art" confuse the heck out of me. like, , , just because i don't own the character im drawing, that suddenly invalidates the years i spent learning how to draw, and all the knowledge of art and it's rules that i used to create said fanart??? that don't add up, chief > _ >

[Spanna-]

I love how teachers say to copy an artist like Picasso’s painting and nothing is wrong but if I draw and anime character it’s immediately wrong and “ it’s not real are it’s just a copy “.

[geedamae]

“Fan art isn’t real art!” Five year old me drawing Cinderella: *w h a t*

[easybakeoven]

My grandmother (an obvious very, VERY old school person) told me that I need to get off my phone and start drawing on paper, because digital art isn’t real art. I asked her about Disney, and that that wasn’t real art? She responded with “Well they started in paper.” -.-



My grandfather, a traditional artist, walked in and said “Oh please, if digital art isn’t real art, then neither is sculpting because that isn’t done on paper.” He then went to go get a Coke and my grandmother sighed and kept doing her Sudoku. I kept drawing.

[ayaneagano]

Traditionalists: Look at this historical figure! They went against the tide by trying something new!
Student: *_Tries something new_*
Traditionalists: No, wait—

[hdgaphd]

“Fan art isn’t real art.”
Well technically everything _is_ fan art.
When you paint a landscape picture, you’re making fan art for nature
When you draw a self portrait, you’re making fan art for yourself
And the list goes on, and on..

[apolloisdead]

Everyone’s like “art teachers hate anime” but that’s completely the opposite with mine. She encourages us to draw anime, and we even did a project studying anime.

[FallenCreature]

"Expensive paints are toxic"
I'll stick to my $1 bottles of acrylics from walmart. They suit me just fine

[BB-TheCandleFairy]

Me: *looks at finished piece about the paint.*
Left side of brain: “Expensive paint is good paint.”
Right side of brain: “Expensive is good, paint paint.”

[Treestrider]

I live in italy, in my art school they encourage to do everything that its art (fan art are actualy accepted) and they ask to buy the paints we want. I didnt expect that american art schools were so outdated

[leliel]

"Fan art isn't real art."
Then what the hell do you call Michelangelo's work? That's biblical fanart, my friend

[garytee]

Another lie: "Stress is good for you."

But they never say where the line is drawn. So they cram 4-5 final assignments in each semester (mine is 4 months per semester) and expect us to do well and have our sleep schedule intact.

[mfriz]

“Fan art isn’t art” THEN WHY IS HALF OF MY HOMEWORK RECREATING VAN-GOTH

[Siyth]

"Sometimes... things that are expensive... are worse"

love that quote