my time in art school

[BrawnyLion]

Hey there people, this is my first thread so have some mercy on me
Its been about 6 to 7 months since i started art school , and in my first year they don't place you in your chosen field , for me it was animation but for first year students , we all get mixed so each class would have different people applying for different faculties. At first things were going smoothly until i started doing projects in areas of ''art'' that I'm not good at , like wire sculpting , fine art painting and etc. I soon began to fall behind on work because I'm taking longer than most of my classmates and as you would've have guess by now I'm 6 feet under, i've been missing classes , spending time at home trying to finish work up and i am also retaking an exam i had last year before art school because my parents wanted me too, i have no motivation for the exam but that would be letting my teacher and parents down. I don't know ... right now i just feel really depressed , no i don't think i suffer from SA or depression but its gotten really bad lately and I'm getting thoughts about running away from my current life not to the point of suicide of course, funny thing is i chose to come to the school , well more like i failed terribly at maths and most ''normal'' schools won't be able to take me in. i need some wisdom now, hopefully I don't come off as a spoiled brat , i know about the expenses but my mom insisted on doing what i like and not pursue diplomas blindly , I'm very grateful for that. However its sort of taken a toll on me , i never expected it to be an easy route I'm sure all of us always had at least one major difficulty at every stage of our lives, maybe this is my current one. Btw I'm 17 years of age aspiring to contribute something to the film industry , comics or games , all of which i really like even though art school doesn't really , never mind maybe i need to learn ''art'' first before all that. i'll stop here for now , thanks for reading , take care :applause:

 

[worrywort]

Hey man, sorry for late reply. I studied animation and media production at uni. Always wished I went to art school though. Have things gotten any better since you posted this? I know this will sound cliche, but I really think all you can do is your best, and that's good enough. What specifically is the problem? Is it the workload? Do you reckon you could catch up or is that unlikely? Are the any ways you can drop some of the work and lessen your workload? Or is it perhaps a kind of writers block that's preventing you from completing your workload? If so, I know LOADS about that, so feel free to ask me anything!

I hope you're doing ok. Don't give up. The harder something is to do the more rewarding it is in the end, that's what I say!

 

[R3K]

Hey there people, this is my first thread so have some mercy on me
Its been about 6 to 7 months since i started art school , and in my first year they don't place you in your chosen field , for me it was animation but for first year students , we all get mixed so each class would have different people applying for different faculties. At first things were going smoothly until i started doing projects in areas of ''art'' that I'm not good at , like wire sculpting , fine art painting and etc. I soon began to fall behind on work because I'm taking longer than most of my classmates and as you would've have guess by now I'm 6 feet under, i've been missing classes , spending time at home trying to finish work up and i am also retaking an exam i had last year before art school because my parents wanted me too, i have no motivation for the exam but that would be letting my teacher and parents down. I don't know ... right now i just feel really depressed , no i don't think i suffer from SA or depression but its gotten really bad lately and I'm getting thoughts about running away from my current life not to the point of suicide of course, funny thing is i chose to come to the school , well more like i failed terribly at maths and most ''normal'' schools won't be able to take me in. i need some wisdom now, hopefully I don't come off as a spoiled brat , i know about the expenses but my mom insisted on doing what i like and not pursue diplomas blindly , I'm very grateful for that. However its sort of taken a toll on me , i never expected it to be an easy route I'm sure all of us always had at least one major difficulty at every stage of our lives, maybe this is my current one. Btw I'm 17 years of age aspiring to contribute something to the film industry , comics or games , all of which i really like even though art school doesn't really , never mind maybe i need to learn ''art'' first before all that. i'll stop here for now , thanks for reading , take care :applause:

ey man, I can almost directly relate to your entire situation...

when I was done with highschool, and with decent college-acceptable grades (however with chronic social anxiety,) my parents thrust me straight into college before I was ready. long story short... I was immediately falling behind and having thoughts of quitting college (once again, mostly because of the social anxiety). I ended up confronting my parents and telling them I was dropping out, and since then I've felt a million times better.

that was my hell, the trap I was thrown into.

what I do know about my experiences in college-level art classes, is that the art "field" is almost its own university. they're going to put you through 2-dimensional design, 3D design (the block building and wire sculpting,) animation style drawing, gestural drawing, traditional painting, art history. every aspect and inch of art, from all perspectives and angles, you gotta learn a little bit of it.

you need to kind of let go of your "passion" for art in general and just grind through these basic beginning classes like it was any other college class. just do the work, put in the hours. talk to your professors to get extensions, or ask them for techniques and shortcuts. just get the assignments done the way they want them and get the grade for right now. later on you can turn on your creative engine. but right now it's gonna be about 90% mindless gruntwork.