Quote from: ChrisC on March 29, 2012, 03:44:41 PM
...The diploma is no guarantee and a job is no guarantee so what am i doing, studying at home and not going into debt.
I applaud your wisdom ChrisC. Truly.
In modern art schools across the country (University system), the modernist perspective that artistry cannot be taught has been widely adopted. What this means is that the schools believe that talent is intrinsic and students have it or they do not. The result is that all they try to teach is technique or method (tutorials). This makes university instruction no better than a trade education. Or learning by your self on the net, and probably not even as good as that.
Art history (cultural/intellectual) is debased even further. Where understanding of meaning and intent was once the focus of art history studies, now all you learn is names and dates. It is now considered an unscholarly question to ask if something is true! This is a terrible insult to all art, since for the last 3000 years (until the modern age) all art was solely concerned with Truth. (Truth; Athena, Colombia, the holy spirit ect.) And the consequences of Truth (cultural/intellectual).
When applying for a job now, no one cares where you went to school. And why should they?. They only care if, and how well you can do the work, and that is what a demo is for.
I'm not saying people should not go to college. I'm just saying make sure you know why you want to go. Know the program, the teachers and what they are going to teach. Otherwise your just wasting time and money.
In my un-humble opinion, college has become a racket. Not all everywhere, but mostly. Certainly where the fine arts are concerned.
Quote from: calico on March 29, 2012, 12:08:41 PM
What is interesting is that there are close ties here in Planetside to Digital Domain...
What do you mean by this? I doubt anyone here is getting some kind of kickback from the Digital Domain business model.