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...has a new ambition

Mon Feb 1, 2010, 3:25 PM
  • Mood: Alarmed
  • Reading: A Lion's Tale
  • Watching: Tezuka's Metropolis
  • Playing: Mass Effect 2
  • Eating: Noodles
  • Drinking: Ovaltine
I'm waking up to BedHead 2010, man!

In the next few months before summer, I'm setting myself a little challenge; if I don't get myself prepared for a starting a second college degree, then I'm a big sissy. :S

I'm choosing Graphic Design as my next goal because I once had an opportunity to excel at a great class that matches my skills back at secondary school 5 years ago. Only sat it for one year for GCSEs before the school took it off the A-Level curriculum which I done afterwards - that cheesed me off when they did that!
At my campus, the GD class takes up the massive room which used to be the library before it got moved. I usually pass through it on the way to the media department and am so impressed with the way people were getting together since it was a very flexible course. A huge room too with balconies so they can prance and prattle on to each corner of the room to show their work to each other. Which makes my group a bunch of hairy old hermits in comparison (no offence, lads! ^^).
As it turns out, I'm one of the last ever students to take the Multimedia Design and Digital Animation course before it is discontinued, to make way for smaller concise choices like game design, character design, video making and map making for Unreal 3. We had a few leaves and absenses here and there, and I'm never happy if my class is like, less than half-full for a lesson. So in a way we're dying and I feel ready to take on yet another ambition I have kept living inside me for years.

I have 3 modules left, one of them being the final project where I show off my 3D modelling skills. 4 full days in the labs a week 'til June should to the trick. Now I'm damn tired out gloating over this all day and am going to sleep. Enjoy my 'new' drawings!! :D

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:iconmethidman:
College can be fun, but very difficult too. It's only worth it if you stay devoted to it. Not saying you aren't of course.

There are students in your school who actually make video games? Real ones that get released?
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:iconastercrow:
*astercrow Feb 1, 2010   General Artist
it all depends on how much you enjoy the classes, your school, and the faculty. if everything doesn't fall into place, double majoring is actually really difficult. the biggest problem is that you want to do your best for both majors but they each demand 100% of your time... and then you have all those crappy other courses that you have to take that want to feel special and force you to have a ton of other work on top.

i went to school at one college for 3.5 years before i left. i started as a GD major/ Ill minor, but switched to Electronic Imaging major/GD minor and it was reeeaaally difficult. long story short, it was too much give on my part and i wasn't getting much of anything back. it can run you down real quick if you don't stay on top of it every day.

regardless of your decision - best of luck to you, and just keep your head up and try your hardest. in the art world, you won't be noticed unless you are producing at 100%, so give it your all on everything :)
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:iconrobshi:
Oh, so you're going to start another course? Wow, just when are you going to finish college man!?

I had fun at my Magic prerelease, also got raked into a fun draft afterwards. Ended up with some cool cards. I'm looking forward to the release event this weekend! =D
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*Ste-C Feb 1, 2010  Professional General Artist
So what're they releasing this time? I so wanna know!

I'm done with the course somewhere in July. All my stuff is due on May and then I'll have an exhibition to put up, that should be spiffing.
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:iconrobshi:
They're releasing the next set of Magic cards in the Worldwake set.

Ah, so you finish this summer, and you will claim you're a big sissy if you don't sort out getting yourself back in there for a Graphics Design degree?
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