hey, do you have any tips on surviving art school?
I can only share some things that helped me in one of polish secondary art schools (liceum plastyczne), but I think it applies everywhere.
1. YOU HAVE TO LOVE THIS SHIT. I don’t know what kind of art are you doing, but whatever it is- in art school you will be doing it A LOT. So you better enjoy doing it, otherwise it will be a never ending nightmare.
2. Do your assignments, go to class etc- it can be hard sometimes but it helps.
3.Try to figure out your teachers quirks- Teachers are people too, and everyone of them has some kind of aesthetic. Once I found out my teacher has a shoe fetish, my life became much easier. This way with a little bit of cleverness and luck you can have the best grades ever.
4. Be creative with art supplies- all this crap is expensive, and sometimes there is no need for uuuhh… Fashionable art supplies. In our school it is popular to buy a bucket of white paint at building shop, or mix acrylics with ink when you run out of black paint. but I am not sure about this one, how it applies at places that aren’t Poland.
5. Just… don’t… give up.- It gets hard sometimes. Just.. keep going. One foot in front of the other.
Yup, that would be all I can say in that matter. Please remember I am in equivalent of art high scholl, I am applying for art university just now, so i can’t say anything about this kind of school. Any way good luck.
HI SO NOW I AM DOING MASTERS IN GRAPHIC DESIGN SO I HAVE NOTES
I just found this old post and since I have graduated from uni in Manchester I can add something:
Do not, and I can not stress this enough, become an alcoholic. Try to avoid it.
also be careful what drugs you take. (Like all people who drop ACID believe they discovered some amazing new form of style but it always looks exactly the same)
And always, always, always try to be in the safest possible place. It is usually important to have some form of safe space where you can draw in peace and not fear for your life and safety. I know it’s not always possible, but I used to believe “wow progress only happens outside the comfort zone” and oh boy you do need that comfort zone.
