Gnomon vs Self-taught
polycounter lvl 5
I have read a lot of forums debating whether people should go to art school or not and whether it would be time well spent to go to an arts school. I hear a lot of people saying that older students should just be self taught since some schools don't teach you very much. My problem is that all these threads are directed towards older students around 20. So what I am asking is that as a high school student, myself, what do you think about attending Gnomon for the three year program in 3d modeling and texturing for college. Is this school as good as it seems? :poly121:
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Not sure what you mean by that.
The discussion can basically boil down to the questions of "Are you self-motivated?" and "How much money do you have?"
If you want to work in the games industry, or even as a 3D artist, then the ability to be motivated by your work is a VERY important skill to have because this isn't going to be an easy job to hold.
A school isn't going to magically make you better at something, in the end, the school is just going to try and kick your ass into getting a stable work schedule so you can work hard yourself. Schools do this in different ways and I'm sure in this case, it's the price tag.
If you can be self-motivated, then you don't need somebody to kick your ass into gear, you can do it yourself.
There really is no single answer to the question of "Should I attend a university for x?" because it's such a personal question. You've got to be honest with yourself and make a decision from there, even if you don't like the truthful answer.
Good luck.
After a while the whole self taught gig wore on me a little, I'll be 100% honest. Took a single online class with a professional I knew I could trust after research and I feel completely renewed with passion... so that's my take on this whole thing...
And that $100,000 you're saving can go to so many things. Hell go get your dream machine 3 4k monitors and 4 year subscriptions and dvds from gnomon, digital tutors, eat3d, 3dmotive, and the whole kaboozle. Maybe you decide you like Special FX on the side of your game design, Bam you just bought yourself 3 render nodes and now you just made 90% of that industry jealous as well! While we're at it, That cintiq 24 inch is yours now too :P
I'm just saying this cause I guess I felt like you literally a year ago in the same position, wondering how I wanted to approach this industry and just a couple of months ago realizing I don't even want to attend my local college. So now I have all this money (well not gnomon tuition amount but a fair amount still!) that I can play around with and practice other somewhat relevant hobbies that'll still be in the smallest way helpful to me down the line like FX, Arch Viz, and Digital Painting.
Course I could have read you wrong too.
-J