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Re: Shoddy games courses.
You realise that I've only spent my time on the internet blenderhead? One of the first thing's i did was start posting on Concept Art and drawing regularly. Infact, I didn't take the course seriously at all, I used my 3 years to better myself and try to get to the level that I saw on forums. Infact, your edit described… -
Re: Shoddy games courses.
I always mention how I somewhat regret going to the college I did, and that I should have saved boatloads of cash by just buying materials I needed and learning myself from the net and tutorials on the net... but when I think about it most of the great tutorials and lectures and stuff wasn't available four years ago when I… -
Re: Shoddy games courses.
this topic is a good read indeed, i am glad I have decided not to follow up a route in game art. My friend on the other hand is still blind to these problems or ignoring them(both went to the sand lectures) thinking a degree will make everything alright. He wants to be a concept artist but is not particularly bothered… -
Re: Shoddy games courses.
Yea talon that kinda makes no sense. After 2 years of HL2 modding you decide a games design course was the way to go? My excuse for doing the game course was simply because I was a clueless WoW-addict with no career goal. blenderhead; I dont know enough about your animation or the tutors requirements to comment really but… -
Re: Shoddy games courses.
Absolutely. I never blamed my tutors or anyone else for that in my post did I? I take responsibility for my own performances, otherwise it would have been kinda hypocritical to have said what I did in my first post in this thread. :\ I didn't deliberately aim for a pass, I just unfortunately hit a brick wall around… -
Re: Shoddy games courses.
The biggest problem in my eyes is the disparency between what students expect university to be and the reality of how it works. I went in the same as a lot of people, expecting to be injected with great knowledge and skill, spoon fed until I was an elite game artist. The reality is that a university is a buisness, and… -
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Yozora youre right on the sort of people that the course attracts but not on what it should offer... I know that Higher education is considered to be self taught but when your tutors are using that in their defence its pretty pathetic. Having no one who can teach the students about Photoshop/Maya beyond the basic UI is… -
Re: Shoddy games courses.
Although I didn't do the games design courses at the uni I attended I had many mates doing it and they felt just like you do. They felt annoyed that their courses were often way behind concerning relevance to the current state of the industry and that many of the tutors were downright not qualified. I'm not certain but I… -
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My dissertation was not related to the course itself, it was self study and marked seperately. (The tutors for Critical studies were completely seperate and really good). I'm saying that he wrote a shit load of information to explain his research - while he would of had gained a better understanding of game mechanics and…
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