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>>2257829
Seriously? Thats werid because in /lit/ everyone says that you should major in english if you wanna be a writer (which is in my opinion something way easier to learn by yourself).

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Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2015 20:57:55 No.2257857 Report Delete

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Art branches of into a huge variety of potential careers. It's a waste if you get a degree without any sort of plan of what you want to specialise in after and gain a career from.

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Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2015 21:03:35 No.2257861 Report Delete

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>>2257633
no

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Anonymous Wed 21 Oct 2015 21:44:12 No.2257891 Report Delete

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>>2257833
If those /lit/ people are Australians, then an 'arts' degree could mean liberal arts, literature, history, communications etc. but not Visual Arts/Fine Arts.
Depending on which facility you go to, my advice is to not take an art course from a well known university as they're full of liberal and abstract ass rimmers. Unfortunately I'm in one for nearly 3 years, which an average art course should not take that long to finish. Most that I know, particularly online courses, will take an average of 6 months to 1 1/2 years. Whenever you find a course in a specialized Art university, pay attention to the criteria, units, and lecturers there if you're willing to risk applying, but nowadays it should be very easy to look for a good course. Financial wise it's not worth the risk.

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Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 15:30:47 No.2258555 Report Delete

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Getting a degree in art will not give you much of an advantage over anyone else. It really depends on what you want to do.
If you want to study art then an arts degree would be of more help to you than if you wanted to draw. Trust me, an employer would be more concerned over your ability t o draw rather than how much money you may have wasted on your hobby. The techniques you would learn would be no different than the ones that you learn at home.
The way I see it is wanting to make music for a living and therefore taking a degree in music. You waste more money than what you potentially gain from it and with minimal knowledge that you could not have gotten for at least a fraction of the price

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Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 15:32:03 No.2258558 Report Delete

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>>2257633
What do you want to do? What are your financing options? There isn't a flat "yes" or "no" that applies to all artists.

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Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 15:36:23 No.2258560 Report Delete

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Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 15:37:02 No.2258561 Report Delete

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Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 15:37:21 No.2258562 Report Delete

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>>2257633
It depends on what you want to do. Like, say, teaching? Especially at the college level, you're gonna need a degree. But if you don't want to teach at a school, then you can probably get by being self taught. If you want to draw comics, a degree isn't something anyone is going to care about your having(and sometimes the skill needed isn't especially high, see Ken Penders, Rob Liefeld, ect.).

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Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 15:59:02 No.2258575 Report Delete

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>>2258561
dude, add another option to silver, just like that it looks like an add for his school

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Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 16:56:48 No.2258641 Report Delete

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Got a BFA, really wish I had just gone to an atelier, would have been way more effective/efficient and way less bullshit.

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Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 17:12:25 No.2258657 Report Delete

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>>2258641
Where did you go?

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Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 17:27:14 No.2258671 Report Delete

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>>2257633
get a useful degree or learn a skill/trade and go to an atelier or something. If you go into a trade like an electrician, you can have a good fallback plan. Ateliers are expensive but will teach you more than any art school.

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Anonymous Thu 22 Oct 2015 18:12:08 No.2258719 Report Delete

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>>2258671

Actually form my experience, ateliers are cheaper than "art schools". Otherwise I agree that you should learn a skill other than just drawing, especially one that allows you to make better money. There are so many things to experience before you die, why limit yourself?

You can also attend local colleges near you that offers continuing education life drawing classes, while going to another college getting a degree that actually matters in something else that you enjoy and makes you more employable in the modern world.

So, basically don't get an art degree.

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Anonymous Fri 23 Oct 2015 03:16:15 No.2259082 Report Delete

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>>2257857

this is key. many people just go into "the arts" and wander aimlessly without purpose expecting their instructors to give them one.

if you dont know your purpose yet then figure it out or take the easy way out and pick a major that sends you right into a job like nursing or comp sci

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Anonymous Fri 23 Oct 2015 03:45:17 No.2259093 Report Delete

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Art Degree

Pros:
>can get travel abroad for work officially
>can get jobs in super serious places that would otherwise get in deep shit if they fuck up by having someone officially unqualified working for them
>your mum won't think you're a failure as much

Cons:
>Costs a ludicrous amount, less that 10% of that money could be spent to buy all the must have art books out there and a cintiq 24hd.
>Most of the art world is freelance which doesn't require a degree and most of the jobs consider a good portfolio over a degree anyday
>You won't learn anything valuable in art school anyway, atleast nothing you could have learned online for free

Other stuff to consider:
>There are a handful of art schools like Calarts that very large companies will immediately recognize and having that on your paper is a major boost
>Some little startup companies will avoid you because you don't have a degree
>You will have difficulty convincing the government that you need to move abroad for an arts job without any qualifications proving you're a qualified artist.
>50-100 maybe 200k+ is a lot of money

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Anonymous Fri 23 Oct 2015 03:49:46 No.2259094 Report Delete

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>>2259093
Another little thing to add
With all the tumblr, deviantart, instagram and all that going on right now it's totally possible to make a living or atleast a very good sidejob with art on the internet sans degree

It's like being a videomaker and considering youtube as an option. There's still alot of luck involved but with the way it's currently going it's totally possible and up to you whether you think it's worth a shot at.

You don't need a degree to be good, all a degree does is prove to people in suits that you're good but if you're not talking to people in suits then save your money

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Anonymous Fri 23 Oct 2015 15:16:58 No.2259536 Report Delete

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>>2258657
University of Arizona

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