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Re: Can you help me Mr MACK?

Posted By: MACK!
Date: SAT, 6/23/01, 10:51 a.m.

In Response To: Can you help me Mr MACK? (Zaki)

: I'm from Malaysia & planning to further my studies in
: the USA. I'm planning to major in Art. Problem is, my
: parents are quite budget concious & can only spend
: around US$10,000 & and below, while all the best
: art colleges across the USA are quite pricey. So they
: plan to put me in a state university. So my question
: is: Is going to a state university a wiser choice than
: a pricey art college like Savannah or School of Visual
: Art?

: If I DO go to art school, how is it possible for a
: beginner like moi send in 10-20 pieces of art
: portfolio to them?

: Is it possible that anyone who graduate from State U. can
: end up in your position as comic artist?

: Are there any good example of comic artistes that grad
: from State U? Besides Frank Cho, of course.

Hello,

I graduated from a state university. I did not attend a specialized art school. I was 17 when I started college and new I would have to pay my own way. I didn't have any money so I submitted to many scholarships with my art portfolio. I got many partial scholarships for art schools, but I still did not have enought $ to cover the remainder. So I went with a full scholarship that was offered from a state university.

The advantage with a university is that you can learn so many different disciplines. I doubt that I would have been able to take Japanese, anatomay and phisiology, acting, writing, childrens liturature, world religions, and history classes in the depth and breadth that I did at the university had I went to a more specialized art school.

I had already decided to do comics when I enrolled in school, so I applied what I learned from each discipline into my work. I feel that this gives my art and writing a much bigger scope of experience and knowledge to pull from.

THE BOTTOM LINE is that each school has its advantages but you GET OUT OF IT WHAT YOU PUT INTO IT. That last part was my motto the entire time I went to the university.

And you can go to a state U and also major in art. I did.
I majored in Graphic Design and minored in English. But I was able to take a huge array of other interests from science to theatre to karate.

Hope this is of help to you:)

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  • Can you help me Mr MACK? -- Zaki -- FRI, 6/22/01, 11:11 p.m.
    • NEW! Re: Can you help me Mr MACK? -- MACK! -- SAT, 6/23/01, 10:51 a.m.
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