Art Instruction Schools

Sage · Sep 2009

Hmm, does anyone know anything about this school? I have read good and bad things about it. The bad things are mostly people that didn't read the contract, or their kid didn't want to finish the course work and the parents wanted their money back... Most of the other stuff seems positive.

Art Instruction Schools, I'm sure you have seen the commercial about it. I'm wondering if anyone has tried it before. Let me know what you think. Thanks.

Alex

Disco Stu · Sep 2009

Schools in the us have commercials?

danshewan · Sep 2009

You mean these guys?

http://www.artinstructionschools.edu/

They seem pretty keen on repeating that they've been around since 1914. Improving artists in [insert artistic discipline here] since 1914 - catchy. That favicon needs changing, too.

No matter what you do in life, you will always have your art.

Read: If you end up mopping up vomit for a living after graduation, we're not to blame.

low odor · Sep 2009

These are the guys that have you draw the pirate..or the cartoony turtle as an "art-test" to gauge your skill level?

check out you local Comunity College...most offer all kinds of art Classes (figure drawing, design, color theory..etc) for cheap. Also having an instructor is always better than corespondance courses (Most of the time anyway)

Justin Meisse · Sep 2009

Disco Stu wrote: »

Schools in the us have commercials?

Art Instruction Schools used to advertise in the back of comic books, nestled between "REAL X-Ray Specs" and mail-order monkeys.

[Deleted User] · Sep 2009

Disco Stu wrote: »

Schools in the us have commercials?

the bad ones

Murdoc · Sep 2009

All schools advertise, but yeah the tv commercial ones I'd stay away from, not to say they are all bad, just every one that I've seen has been.

Sage · Sep 2009

Yup that's them.... LOL I didn't have good luck when I took traditional art classes at the universities I went to. What I mean by that is that I didn't feel I learned anything that I didn't know already. The professor was a dutch bag. If he had any knowledge he sure wasn't sharing. In fact I'm self taught and what I didn't learn on my own I learned from reading books and reading through the cool how to draw stuff that appeared in Wizard when I was trying to become a comic book artist. I just feel I have a few gaps to fill in before I'm happy with my skill set.

00Zero · Sep 2009

lol. this is the one that sends you the packet in the mail and if you can copy a pirate head perfectly, then you are qualified to be an artist

Disco Stu · Sep 2009

Seems like a legit way to test.
After all being an artist is all about copying a pirates head.
Any wacky waving inflatable pirates in those commercials?

NyneDown · Sep 2009

When I was in about 8th grade, I actually took the "pirate head" test and did some of their art instructions for a very short period of time. I did about 4 assignments so I didnt go to far with it. Basically how it works is they send you an image to re-draw....once you're done, you send it in and they give you some very vague critiques by comparing the actual image to what you have drawn. You either get a passing grade or failing grade. If you pass, you move on to the next assignment. If you fail, you have to re-take the assignment and go to the principals office.

Dont waste your time or money...it's pretty worthless. You can save yourself a lot of money just by taking art classes in any public school.