Why not study in Belgium? I'm the international officer of a bachelor called International Digtal Arts and Entertainment. From the academic year 2010-2011, all courses will be offered in English to a group of international students. Our students have been in the finals of the Microsoft Imagine Cup every year. They do…
You'll learn more in the first few months of working in a studio than you can imagine, and you won't learn these things working at home or going to any school. Accept that and be prepared for it. Game related courses are becoming more popular in the UK now, but the US seems to have had them for longer. That being said, I…
I'm in a similar situation. I work in IT, and make nearly 75k yearly. It's stable, though I move around a lot from contract to contract. I'm miserable. I've wanted to be a game artist since I could pick up a pencil. My life wasnt really conducive to spending time on modeling etc. I just grabbed a job in IT since I had to…