Thankyou Polycount Community!

Neo_God

In 2 days, I'll be moving to York, PA, to start art school at Bradley Academy for the Visual Arts, to get my associates degree in Animation. I just wanted to thank the community here, because I feel being here has made me a better artist. When I had gone in for my portfolio review, the man was suprised I had worked with max before and could make something half decent already, because usually kids go into his class with zero knowledge of the software. He also was suprised that I had taken time into looking into anatomy. The guy looked pretty hard, like he's seen some shit in his time, but he gave me, what I felt was a wonderful compliment, which was "I'm glad you're coming to this school."

I just felt like being grateful, and just wanted to say "thank you".

poopinmymouth

Congrats man. Make the best of your time there. Go way above and beyond every assignment you get, and make sure your goal is to become the best artist you can be, and not just to pass each class with a good grade. The two are very separate, I can assure you.

Keep us updated, and don't dissapear from the boards.

aesir

hell yea neo_god. Congrats!

And yes, you'll find that anyone who uses the internet, especially for forums like this are waaaaayyy ahead of their classmates, even in nice art schools. And people who use art forums are few and far between. Hell, I dont really know anyone that uses them in my animation major...

notman

Congrats. Definitely sounds like they were impressed by your work.

killingpeople

i think it's great you're pursuing a degree.

i'm about to graduate and i've got something to pass by you last minute. i'm not sure how much thought you've put into this. these degrees are not cheap. honestly, think of what you could buy with your total tuition amount. i probably could have bought my way into a game company for 60k my point being, it is good to get a degree, just make sure this school is legit. all schools have their down-sides, but my warning is that some have more than others. but, if you haven't done much research, what grounds are you to complain at all? if you look into shit, then you can complain without looking stupid.

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this could very well be a red flag. you will look to the students to learn, just a thought.

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"I'm glad you're coming to this school."

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who was he? maybe an "assistant director of admissions"?
chances are pretty good that guy doesn't know shit about art, and you may never see him your entire degree program. maybe for a business or ethics class.

one last word of advice. you are only paying for the opportunity to learn. good luck man, cya.

Neo_God

The man reviewing my portfolio, and gave me that nice compliment, was my future teacher of animation. Who is a professional, and has worked on big movies (both spidermans,Fantastic Four, and I'Robot are the ones I know about). So I took that compliment to heart, rather than just thinking it as lip service.

I've looked into this school quite I bit. I was looking at it for almost a year before I applied to it. I even talked to an Alumni one night at a coffee shop.

Joshua Stubbles

Excellant, Neo. I wish ya the best of luck, and be sure to inform us of your progress

JO420

Good luck man, work hard but enjoy yourself.

adam

Woot, good luck dude. Have fun :P

Jeremy Lindstrom

Your milage will vary, I've had experience with AI schools and International Academy, and unfortunately both.. at least locally here in Tampa, if your loans pass you pass, and the degrees aren't worth the paper they've been written on, which is one of the reasons I'm going to a state school to get my Arts degree.

The 'specialized' schooling you pay extra for, but unfortunately and this is my own "personal" experience was in several of my classes myself and one other individual ended up being co-teachers of the class because so many people weren't 'tech savy' and the wheels stopped to the lowest common denominator so in Photoshop, I would be almost teaching the class and yet, I would get an A, and so would the people that were struggling..

It upset me so much, I left the school 8 classes shy of my AA in Computer Animation with a 4.0 GPA, I just didn't want to give them another 12,000 dollars to finish my degree, which I could get a state 'accredited' art degree for half that. Also, their job placement program included places like GAP, Burger King, etc.. which wasn't really where I was wanting to head Again, this was in my opinion and experiences, but using the tools here and through a state school I am planning on getting my Art degree and various books and online hangouts I believe I can do better then what my experiences were at those two schools.

Jeremy Lindstrom

Didn't mean to make it sound like such a downer, I've heard great things about schools like Guild Hall, and some AI schools.. but they are the exception not the rule. Good luck, and get all you can out of it!

killingpeople

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great to hear, right on man, just look'n out for a brotha.

JDinges

Good luck with it! like others have said, it's only worth what you put into it.

Bronco

Great to Hear Neo,right on man.

Good luck whereever your future takes you

john