Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end.
So Wednesday was my last day of classes. Thursday I made my way through the ice storm for my seminar review session for the final. It was very informative, considering I had no idea what was going on.
It's technically finals week, but I only have one, so I'm sort of on vacation already. I guess that's the plus side of having lots of studio classes. You have to work your ass off on final projects and crap, but once the last day of class comes you're basically finished.
I get all four wisdom teeth out on Tuesday. That's going to be fun... at least I won't have to worry about them after that. And I'll hopefully be healed for Christmas a week later.
I've been getting annoyed lately. I hate that a lot of people don't seem to respect art majors. Granted, I think it's kind of a bad idea to be like... a painting major. Same goes for pure theater or pure dance majors. Just because it's impossibly hard to make it on just that. If you have a minor in like, business or... anything else, then great. I don't know, I just try to think realistically.
As for graphic design. It isn't easy, it isn't cheap. I started learning how to design when I got my first computer. I was like, 11. I taught myself a lot from cheapo Paint Shop Pro. I taught myself how to code HTML from online tutorials. I've been doing it for almost ten years now, and I've still go a lot to learn. I still need to get better at Illustrator. I need more practice in InDesign. I need to learn Flash and Javascript and all of that. I guess what I'm saying is... yes, with my major, you could just learn the bare minimum. You could learn design elements and make pretty pictures in Photoshop and you'd be okay.
But, I am aiming for more than that. A lot of what I do for my job involves huge amounts of coding. A lot of it I have memorized from years of doing it. But I'm learning new coding all the time. Over the past year I've learned how to set up and manage rotating affiliate advertisement campaigns. I do it every day like it's nothing, but I think it's a pretty cool thing to have figured out. Maybe not... cool, per say. But it's interesting.
As far as my major is concerned. Yes, a lot of the classes were easy. Especially the classes I took at Kean (except fucking Typography). But a lot of them wouldn't have been as easy if I wasn't already pretty good at what I was doing. If I was terrible at drawing, Drawing I and Drawing for Designers would have been a lot harder. I just don't get why it's a bad thing to pursue a career in something I'm already pretty good at?
I have the utmost respect for all the kids taking extremely difficult courses. I do feel bad when their required to take courses that are unfair, with poor Professors. Everyone gets shitty classes every now and then.
But you know what? It all comes out even in the end. Yea, my classes are easier for me. But how much money will I make a year? Probably nothing ridiculous. How much money will all these science majors make? Probably a lot more than a little old graphic designer. So, the way I see it, if you want to make it big in life... expect to suffer along the way.
I mean, I hope to be successful. Don't get me wrong. There are other ways to make money other than through a career. The stock market, for example. I just want to do something that will make me happy.
And I will.
It's technically finals week, but I only have one, so I'm sort of on vacation already. I guess that's the plus side of having lots of studio classes. You have to work your ass off on final projects and crap, but once the last day of class comes you're basically finished.
I get all four wisdom teeth out on Tuesday. That's going to be fun... at least I won't have to worry about them after that. And I'll hopefully be healed for Christmas a week later.
I've been getting annoyed lately. I hate that a lot of people don't seem to respect art majors. Granted, I think it's kind of a bad idea to be like... a painting major. Same goes for pure theater or pure dance majors. Just because it's impossibly hard to make it on just that. If you have a minor in like, business or... anything else, then great. I don't know, I just try to think realistically.
As for graphic design. It isn't easy, it isn't cheap. I started learning how to design when I got my first computer. I was like, 11. I taught myself a lot from cheapo Paint Shop Pro. I taught myself how to code HTML from online tutorials. I've been doing it for almost ten years now, and I've still go a lot to learn. I still need to get better at Illustrator. I need more practice in InDesign. I need to learn Flash and Javascript and all of that. I guess what I'm saying is... yes, with my major, you could just learn the bare minimum. You could learn design elements and make pretty pictures in Photoshop and you'd be okay.
But, I am aiming for more than that. A lot of what I do for my job involves huge amounts of coding. A lot of it I have memorized from years of doing it. But I'm learning new coding all the time. Over the past year I've learned how to set up and manage rotating affiliate advertisement campaigns. I do it every day like it's nothing, but I think it's a pretty cool thing to have figured out. Maybe not... cool, per say. But it's interesting.
As far as my major is concerned. Yes, a lot of the classes were easy. Especially the classes I took at Kean (except fucking Typography). But a lot of them wouldn't have been as easy if I wasn't already pretty good at what I was doing. If I was terrible at drawing, Drawing I and Drawing for Designers would have been a lot harder. I just don't get why it's a bad thing to pursue a career in something I'm already pretty good at?
I have the utmost respect for all the kids taking extremely difficult courses. I do feel bad when their required to take courses that are unfair, with poor Professors. Everyone gets shitty classes every now and then.
But you know what? It all comes out even in the end. Yea, my classes are easier for me. But how much money will I make a year? Probably nothing ridiculous. How much money will all these science majors make? Probably a lot more than a little old graphic designer. So, the way I see it, if you want to make it big in life... expect to suffer along the way.
I mean, I hope to be successful. Don't get me wrong. There are other ways to make money other than through a career. The stock market, for example. I just want to do something that will make me happy.
And I will.