What's awful is that it's not just the Art Institute unfortunately. It's everywhere. I did my undergrad at Art Institute and it was almost entirely teachers handing out tutorials written by other people, and/or talking us through them in class. Not all teachers mind you, some actually cared (and if you're among them and…
Pretty much every artist I've talked to in the games biz has told me their degree in 3d art was a ripoff, same is the case with many current students I've talked to who feel their school, despite having a few stand out amazing teachers, is ripping them off. I spent around ~$45k for a school with mostly shit teachers and…
But thats kind of the lie of these schools. Did someone ever tell her that she should work on her porfolio and her art skills and learning on her own. If they did then she's somewhat culpable, if they didnt then how is she expected to know? She's told that the education she has paid for will give her all that she needs.…
I should probably make something clarified on how she "passed" Everyone down to the dean knew of her and her antics, and everyone knew she didnt get it , but she still stood at it. When you tried to explain things to her it never sat in. When she was about to fail a class she would complain to all the adminstration until…
Here's what a AI told me word for word, (and at the loss that I know some lurker old instructors/students/deans/whatever are reading this and it will probably black ball me forever) You are spending your 50-60-70-80-90k Tuition making professional contacts with other people. Not learning new techniques etc to get a job. To…