Where can you go after art school. Diary of a young lady

With enviable frequency, they ask me what university I graduated from and where I would advise to do. And also - isn't it too late to start at 23 years old (30, 40 and beyond with variations :)? So here is my public response :)

First, I'll just answer the question. And by the way, I immediately ask you to forgive me if my post seems to someone a pathetic speech or, God forbid, "memoirs of a pro", this is just my experience and my conclusions from it. If I read this message myself, as a student, probably, firstly, I would stop rushing about (what is the best university?), And secondly, I would sigh sadly (nothing new, zeal and work will grind everything)But first things first:)

I finished Moscow State Pedagogical University Lenin art and graphic faculty.
I do not recommend this university, and do not consider it the worst place to learn to draw.Throughout the time that I studied there, I always wanted to leave and go somewhere else. It seemed to me that we were not taught well, although I myself systematically and mercilessly skipped part of the classes :) We were not taught what a modern artist needs, and I think a modern teacher too. All knowledge was outdated. And even relatively new disciplines (computer graphics), however, were absolutely not useful. The same Photoshop would be much more useful. But we were taught, it seems, the Paint program.

Nevertheless, if desired, there will always be at least one teacher who will inspire by example. And even one person can tune in the right way. For me, this person was my drawing teacher, Lushnikov Boris Vasilyevich. B.V. always spoke quietly, tediously and for a long time. He no longer praised drawings, but some of my findings and my diligence. In general, at first he seemed to me more of a funny person.

But one day he marked one of my sketches with a tick and told me why he liked it. Then he began to mark portraits and in the end he noticed something “such” in me. It just blew me away! To be honest, other teachers did not make much of an impression on me, but I showed Boris Vasilich my works (and paintings too) all the time. She just brought folders and we discussed them for a long time in the corridor. I continued to visit him even after graduation.

After the end of the art graph, in my folder there were a bunch of portraits of our models (rower, swimmer, guy Philip and many more strange characters). I only learned the word "portfolio" when I set out to get a job as an artist in a publishing house. And I immediately realized that I didn’t have any “portfolio”. They looked at my work without obvious pleasure and returned it with the words - go study some more. And I was depressed.
I tried to give the work to the vernissage on Krymsky Val and they told me that this was amateurism. For interest, this was the work.
Frankly speaking, there was no such work - "artist". Therefore, I got a job in an adjacent, as it seemed to me, profession. Interior designer. Then I tried printing. I drew for websites, packages, postcards ... At the same time I studied Photoshop, Illustrator, AutoCAD, Archikad and a bunch of other programs that no one has needed for a long time)

And also, I regularly felt: yes, I know what a shadow-penumbra-reflex is; I am aware of how the colors are located on the color wheel; I know what glazing is and I love it when the canvas rings under the elastic bristle brush. But all this knowledge was somewhere in parallel with what really needed to be done. And I really didn't like it. I came home from work and realized that I no longer had the strength to be creative. It was the most difficult period.

What am I to? To the fact that often, if not always, you will have to learn on your own. Yes, you can get useful knowledge in an art university. You will hone your skills and get used to drawing "realistically" without mistakes. Personally, without these 5 years, it would be extremely difficult for me. I believe that a classical school is needed. And in principle, it probably almost doesn't matter where you get this basic knowledge. But they should be.

For me, I remember, something just switched. And it's funny that one of the guys in our hostel (who graduated from the Mari art school, traditionally strong) told me exactly that. "You draw, and then something will switch. You will notice."

And suddenly I realized that now I see. I see perspective errors, I see that something is wrong. I stopped looking at someone's work and thinking it's good because "it's such a beautiful blue sky." That I see her in her entirety. And copy at least 100% of the same sky into your work, it will not shoot the same way. I didn't have to ask the teacher: "Look, please, how is it?" (hoping to get approved)
In general, I suddenly realized that the thought and observation process should take a very large dose of time. Hundreds of sharpened pencils, a set eye and damaged sheets, and I myself allowed myself to rise a step higher. I realized that there are things that are good. That I'm not ashamed to show them anymore. And it happened about 5 years after graduating from Moscow State Pedagogical University. By the way, it was at this time that someone began to consider me "arrogant" and immodest. For some reason, it is believed that a decent artist should not know his own worth. He must be humble and poor. But it's ok, I digress :)

Thus, Even if you go to college, you still have to study. But this is a different path. Very interesting and educational. And here only your observation, patience, courage will help you.

• Attend workshops with people who inspire you.


• Try to make copies of what you like.


• Don't be afraid to try and fail. Throw away sheets and start over.


• Be honest with yourself.


• Feel free to draw on the street, feel free to draw on the subway.


• Just give yourself to this process and constantly feed your inspiration. Magazines, websites, live communication, visits to exhibitions. Everyone has something of their own.

Yes, and is it too late to start now?I think that it's probably only late in professional sports, but yes, it's not too late, of course. No one, never and nowhere.

But, you know what? To make this post useful and informative, I propose to tell the artists here about their education in this order:
1. The name of your university and general impressions about it.
2. Do you consider the knowledge gained there to be exhaustive and suitable for further work?
3. Looking back, would you change the course of your art education? Would you change something?

Reference

Demand for the profession

Little in demand

Profession artist is considered not very in demand, as there is a decline in interest in this profession in the labor market. Artists have lost their demand among employers either due to the fact that the field of activity is becoming obsolete, or there are too many specialists.

Description of activity

Wage

average in Moscow:average for St. Petersburg:

The uniqueness of the profession

Pretty common

The majority of respondents believe that the profession artist can not be called rare, in our country it is quite common. For several years, the labor market has seen a demand for representatives of the profession artist despite the fact that a lot of specialists graduate every year.

What kind of education is needed

Secondary vocational education (college, technical school)

To work in a profession artist It is not necessary to have a higher professional education in the relevant specialty. For this profession, it is enough to have a diploma of secondary vocational education obtained at a college or technical school, or, for example, it is enough to complete special courses.

Job responsibilities

The main job responsibilities of an illustrator is to create illustrations for books, articles in a magazine, newspaper. The graphic artist is engaged in the design of books, illustrations for literary works, magazine and newspaper graphics, the creation of various drawings, engraving - the creation of printed works of art on metal, wood, cardboard, plastic, linoleum and lithography - engraving on stone, as well as full-scale sketches, sketches to works of architecture, sculpture, painting, computer graphics. A cartoonist is engaged in the creation of cartoons, comics on a specific topic using a specific color scheme. A copy artist creates professional copies of famous paintings. A miniature artist works on creating miniatures (murals) on any material - for example, on glass, porcelain, tile. The fashion designer creates sketches and develops samples of new actual models of clothes. The responsibilities of the artist-restorer include the restoration of works of art that have historical and cultural value.

Type of labor

Mostly mental work

Profession artist- this is a profession of predominantly mental work, which is more connected with the reception and processing of information. In work artist the results of his intellectual reflections are important. But, at the same time, physical labor is not excluded.

Features of career growth

The profession of an artist is not a careerist, career growth develops depending on the creative potential of a specialist. In the future, the artist may take the position of head of the creative team, director of an art agency.

The artist paints not what he sees, but what he feels.

Pablo Picasso

There is an opinion that an artist is a brush of the Creator. That is, the talent of a painter is a gift from God, which leads the hand of an artist who paints pictures. Perhaps that is the way it is! But one talent is not enough: it must be developed, directed, improved. For this, there are art universities, in which centuries-old knowledge is concentrated on the clarity of lines, the play of colors, and the consistency of style.

Despite the fact that in this profession, as in any other creative profession, few people succeed in becoming professional and successful, competitions for art universities are traditionally high.

When entering an art educational institution, as well as a theater school, you must first prove the presence of talent, which will later be able to prove itself and surprise the world with beautiful paintings. In the 17th century, the artist studied for 15 years. Today, education at the university takes place for 5 years, but preparation for admission takes several years. Talented novice artists, as a rule, attend art circles, children's art schools, graduate from specialized lyceums and colleges from childhood. At art universities, there are art schools or preparatory courses where you can study from 6 months to 2 years.

From the very beginning, you need to decide in which direction you will build your career. Art institutes have several faculties:

• painting;
• charts;
• restoration and technology of painting;
• sculptures;
• architecture;
• animations and multimedia;
• theory and history of art;
• design;
• monumental-decorative and applied art.

When entering an art institute, an applicant must submit his creative work: drawing and painting. Those who pass this preliminary stage are admitted to the entrance creative examinations, which take place in the workshops of the university. At the second stage, tasks are performed for several days on:

• graphite pencil drawing (portrait and figure);
• painting (portrait with hands, made with oil paints or watercolors);
• compositions in any technique to choose from.

And only after these creative competitions, the USE results are accepted from the applicant.

In addition to talent and education, an artist also needs such prosaic qualities as efficiency, communication skills and the ability to find a common language with customers, owners of galleries and museums.

Creation can outlive the creator:
The Creator will leave, defeated by nature,
However, the image he captured
Will warm hearts for centuries.
I live in thousands of souls in the hearts
All those who love, and, therefore, I am not dust,
And mortal corruption will not touch me.

Michelangelo

Education received in the capital's art universities is considered very prestigious not only in Russia, but throughout the world. The highest level of teaching, set by the founders of educational institutions, and the traditions of the Russian art school are still observed.

Among the most prestigious art universities, one can especially highlight:

• Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after V. I. Surikov; Moscow art-industrial university. S. G. Stroganov;
• Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture by Ilya Glazunov;
• All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography. S. A. Gerasimova;
• St. Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. I. E. Repina.

Hey, hello everyone! Roman is in touch again and today I would like to talk about what kind of professions in which you will need drawing skills in order to plunge into this world of creativity with your head.

I was inspired to write this post by the fact that I myself came to the idea, like: “I can draw and be a creative person”, through the “escape route”, i.e. without drawing.

Here is how it was...

At the beginning of 2014, I had just returned from the army and decided that I wanted to make my own blackjack site and ... well, I wanted to learn how to draw through the lessons that I translated and published on it.

Unfortunately, or fortunately, but my idea was not successful and once again I was disappointed in the dream of becoming a cool artist and drawing popular art. And then, firstly, I wanted to prove to myself that I could earn money and exist by being engaged in creative activities, and secondly, I thought that I could still enter the “drawing” industry, but not from the front door, but from the back door.

And my decision was to get a job somewhere as a designer, since I knew Photoshop well, and with Corel Draw I learned to work in the army. And I got a job in a book publishing house, a place where there was “its own atmosphere” and ... I liked it.

Thus, I “designed” until I again felt a craving for drawing in myself and began to do this business with renewed vigor.

What do I want to say with this story? If you want to learn how to draw, become a comics artist, paint pictures or much more, but attempts to go head-on do not work, then try to work in this area in the position that you can. Immerse yourself in the atmosphere, meet creative people, cultivate new skills in yourself, and do what you love.

There are assistants, editors, layout designers, gallery owners, animators and many other specialties that will help you: firstly, gain experience, secondly, immerse yourself in the "world" of your goal, thirdly, meet new people who will always help you if you have similar goals.

Ahem, and now directly to the professions themselves.

Skill Level - Beginner

Skill Level - Intermediate

Skill Level - High

Skill Level - Beginner

Let's start with those in which, in my opinion, drawing is not particularly necessary, but if you have basic skills and are drawn to creativity and creativity, then there you can snatch your part of the glory.

gallerist- is an expert in the field of fine arts, a profession for those who may not particularly like to draw, but love art very much. He knows a lot about styles, authors, eras, knows how to distinguish an original from a copy, a masterpiece from a shoddy work. A gallery owner can easily organize an exhibition of any level, invite celebrities there, and can convince them to buy the works put up for sale. First of all, this is a person who appreciates art, and not producing it.

You can study for this specialty in almost every university where there is a department of cultural studies or art history. But the most prestigious and respected are:

• Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (RAZHVIZ).
• Moscow State University (MSU).
• Institute of Cultural History (former UNIQ).
• MGUKI.

Designer (graphic)- in modern society, a person who is fluent in graphic packages, able to make high-quality advertising material, assemble a collage, prepare printing products for printing and knows the laws of color, composition and behavioral factors. Someone might say: “How is it that a designer is not obliged to draw? I have to! ”, No, my dears, he himself worked as a designer and ... there is no smell of drawing there. The skill of high-quality collage is highly valued, everything is taken from Google or stocks, then it is assembled into several layouts, from which the customer approves something and it is further refined.

You can study this specialty in many universities, but in fact most designers do not have the appropriate education. They collected their portfolios from the lessons on the Internet, got a job, and there they are already gaining real skills. However, I'm talking about the majority, while top designers are high-class people with specialist diplomas.

In addition to the graphic designer, there are also landscape designers and interior designers in nature, who also do not really need drawing skills for work, but more skills in working with 3D graphics editors.

3D Modeler is a sought-after and rapidly growing specialty in a modern society. The modeler creates three-dimensional models of almost everything that can be imagined in your head: from buildings, equipment and people, to magical and fabulous animals, phenomena and measurements. In most modern games, 3D graphics are used, modelers create entire worlds in which we love to dive so much. Three-dimensional graphics are also used in most modern films.

This is the general name of the profession, as it has many specialties separated by goals: landscape modeler, character modeler, vehicle modeler, etc.

Officially, these professions are taught:

1. Good stuff on the subject: link

Skill Level - Intermediate

Calligrapher- a person with the skill of beautiful writing. It may seem that this is not such a “prestigious” profession, but people who can, practically without tools, beautifully portray words are very much appreciated. And besides, the skill of calligraphy can be applied in combination with computer programs and ... well, that's how much popular brands pay for their name to be written not in Arial, but in a beautiful and unique font. And who in the 21st century does fonts are calligraphers... modern calligraphers.

In universities, calligraphy is taught in the specialty of graphic design, however, at the first request, the search engine gives you many options where you can study online, both paid and free.

Design Engineer- a specialty aimed at creating drawings of objects. When designing, their drawing skill is needed more than anywhere else, but there is no need to learn all the possible laws of drawing. A specialist of this profile should have a good imagination, create not “dry” drawings, but translate their ideas into clear, practical schemes that will please the eye.

You can study here:

• Moscow State Engineering University (MAMI)Power engineering
• Faculty of Power engineering
• Zhukovsky branch "Strela" of the Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University) (MAI) Aircraft control systems
• MATI - Russian State Technological University named after K.E. TsiolkovskyInstitute of Aerospace Structures, Technologies and Control Systems
• Moscow State Technical University. N.E. BaumanFaculty of Rocket and Space Engineering
• Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University) (MAI)Aerospace Faculty

Cartoonist is an artist specializing in drawing funny and parodic portraits, ironically or sarcastically depicting various events that have caused resonance in society. Yes, you yourself have probably seen more than once how artists sit in squares and parks and draw funny cartoons for denyuzhka. There are many cartoonists, but in order to make enough money on this, you need to become popular and famous, so that the glory of you thunders in all sources, etc.

As a specialty, universities do not teach, however, you can find quite a few lessons and courses on mastering this skill on the net, but still, your desire and perseverance remain the main thing here.

fashion artist- on the one hand, this is a person involved in the creation of sketches of new clothes, he comes up with new outfits and even entire collections of clothes, but also the scope of work of a fashion designer includes the creation of a new concept of clothes in the form of sketches, the search for a design solution for a conceived model, the development of samples of new models and their preparation for industrial production, organization of fashion shows. In general, a lot of things. The profession is very exciting and creative.

1. Actually a very good article on the subject. Here.

Outliner (aka Inker) One of the two artist professions required to create comics. The contourer processes the images transmitted to him by drawing lines, tracing a pencil drawing, corrects minor flaws using either ink for this, or (if working on a computer) dark colors of brushes. The outliner processes all lines of a drawing except text. The profession is not considered quite creative, rather technological.

Unfortunately, I did not find a place where they would teach, or in any case it would be a discipline of one of the specialties.

1. Useful wikipedia article

Skill level is high.

Here you will draw every single day... unfortunately, or fortunately;)

illustrator is a specialist who creates pictures that convey the meaning of the text. Illustrators can work on books, newspapers, magazines, flyers, and generally anywhere where you need to convey a "message". From many illustrators who have already taken place, you can hear that this profession is difficult, competitive and not very paid (maybe they are lying, who knows...). But most choose this profession because they like to draw, and not for the sake of greed.

I don’t even know what to say on the topic of what needs to be done “to become a good illustrator” ... probably plow like damn :)

They teach as an illustrator both in many universities, and on the Internet there are a huge number of courses and training materials. Google to the rescue!

Graphic artist- a specialist working in only one contrasting color and, as a rule, this color is black. The graphic artist mostly uses ink or pencil for his work. Just like an illustrator, a graphic artist is a professional for illustrating books, he can work with the fonts and text of the book. When working in a publishing house, a graphic artist usually does everything related to graphics, he is a designer, a layout designer, and an illustrator here ... the main thing is that everything is well paid :)

Where can I study for the specialty "Graphics":

• Moscow State University of Printing Arts Ivan Fedorov
• Russian State Specialized Academy of Arts

painter- a specialist who creates paintings from nature. A painter can paint portraits, buildings, nature, and in general, whatever he sees, he draws. In my opinion (and this is pure IMHO), all artists are obliged to painters for the glory of eternally hungry, but creative individuals. In today's society, painting is valued only, sorry for the pun, by connoisseurs. Paintings tend to be bought by people who can afford it, and not by those who would like a beautiful painting to be cheerful in the hallway... there are printers for this :) Painting is not a profession, not a job, it's a vocation.

You can study here:

• Moscow State Academy of Art and Industry named after V.I. S. G. Stroganova
• Moscow State Academic Art Institute. IN AND. Surikov
• Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture Ilya Glazunov
• All-Russian State University of Cinematography named after S. A. Gerasimov
• State Academy of Slavic Culture

copy artist- a specialist who creates copies of paintings. Copyists have recently been in great demand, because many people want to see Da Vinci's Mona Lisa on their wall, but not everyone is able to pay for it, and the work of a copyist may not be the cheapest, but certainly cheaper than buying the original. There is very little information about this profession on the Internet, but we can say that this is one of the varieties of the artist-painter.

Restoration artist- a specialist who restores damaged paintings. Restorers can work in a variety of techniques and materials, from paintings to icons. Since works of art are not eternal, and sometimes they are stored in not the most appropriate conditions, the specialty of the restorer is in rather high demand, however, there is such a great demand from a specialist.

The duties of the restorer include not only “drawing”, but also a thorough and comprehensive study of the restoration object, the development of a restoration methodology, the selection of materials, and documentation during the restoration work.

Portrait painter— a specialist who creates paintings with portraits of people. I have already mentioned that a painter can paint portraits, but he, as they say, "just a little and nothing as it should", a portrait painter devotes himself entirely to drawing portraits and achieves high skill in this.

They do not teach to be a portrait painter, but study, everyone masters this art by trial and error.

Cartoonist, animator- a specialist responsible for the creation of animated films and cartoons. An animator is the general name for the activity of a specialist in creating cartoons, while the animators themselves are divided into:

• Phase artist (storyboard artist) - draws phases between different states of scenes and cartoon characters.
• Character artist - creates a unique image of a cartoon character and accompanies the further development and use of this character in animation.
• The production designer is the main artist in the production of an animated film, determines the general style of the future work and oversees its production.
• Rendering Artist - creates clean shots for final use in the film based on existing developments.

There is also: a contour painter, a background painter.

1. Again, useful detailed material

colorist One of the two artist professions required to create comics. The colorist is responsible for adding color to a black and white picture. Before the advent of software graphics packages, colorists used to color comics, cartoons, films, and advertisements by hand using traditional visual arts. With the advent of powerful computers and programs, this profession gradually began to be associated with computer image processing.

Separately, the colorist is not taught, this knowledge is either taught as a standard discipline of most specialties or studied independently in the process of using various tools, of which there are now a great many.

1. Useful wikipedia article

Comicist- a specialist who creates comics. I have already mentioned two professions that are aimed at creating a comic book, a “comic artist” combines not only an inker and a colorist, but also a screenwriter, director, director and many other specialties that may be useful to him when creating a comic book.

As such, the profession of a comics artist in Russia has not yet been formed, yes, there are people who draw comics, earn money on it, and this becomes a matter of life, but no one has a special education as a comic artist. To be honest, I don’t know if there are such graduates in the West, but the fact that anyone can become a comic artist is an unambiguous fact. The main thing here is not to learn how to draw, but to learn how to present your story so that readers would like it.

Well, in general, this whole blog is built around mastering - these are professions, so don't forget to subscribe to updates and learn with me :)

game artist- this is a general concept that combines a large number of specialties related to the creation of digital graphics and its use in the production of games. The gaming industry has been rapidly gaining momentum in recent years in terms of the number of games produced per year, this includes all mobile games and games on social networks.

The specialty game artist (character artists, concept artists, game designers, environment artists, visual effects artists, etc.) is in high demand among the younger generation around the world.

You can train as a "game artist" in:

• Computer Graphics Center Render.ru
• Distance Learning Center Render.ru
• Moscow State University of Design and Technology
• School of computer graphics Scream school
• RealTime game design course /school/

Phew! That's probably all that I would like to consecrate in this article. Of course, behind the scenes (in drafts) there are still about a dozen professions and specialties that are somehow connected with drawing and graphics production, but ... not this time, and it turned out to be a bit long.

By the way, if thanks to this list you have decided on your future profession and decided where you will go, then there is a service specially for students that does their work for the students. Check it out and use it for your health, "get educated" XD

Listen, if you think that I forgot something, well, maybe some cool specialty or profession, write about it in the comments so that I can add it to the article ... let's make a HUGE guide to professions together :)

That's all for today, all creative mood friends!