@UBEROLL's post on Artfol
Long vent incoming:
I'm in quite of a pickle right now regarding my college life.
So here's the thing. In our course you "get to pick" if you either want to be a GD (graphics designer) or an animator. I decided that I wanted to go into GD, but unfortunately the slots for it are already full so that lead a lot of students such as myself to have no choice but to go to animations.
Now here's where my dilemma starts. On one hand I'm really excited that I atleast get to go in a major where I can express my passion for drawing and making character designs more, but on the other hand, I also feel kind of worried with what my future would end up like.
Having an animation degree in a country that doesn't have that much support in that field could be a huge problem for me and many others. Additionally as much as I hate to say it, I feel like most people around me just don't care that much for the arts (heck, i've seen student straight up engaging in art theft just for a passing grade, even ones having the audacity to use frickin AI and the worst part about it is that some teachers don't even give af about it ) which really unmotivates me.
I feel stuck and it sucks. I should be super happy right now but I can't bring myself to do it. It feels terrible
Sorry for the long vent, I'll maybe delete this laterJul 29, 2025
I'm in quite of a pickle right now regarding my college life.
So here's the thing. In our course you "get to pick" if you either want to be a GD (graphics designer) or an animator. I decided that I wanted to go into GD, but unfortunately the slots for it are already full so that lead a lot of students such as myself to have no choice but to go to animations.
Now here's where my dilemma starts. On one hand I'm really excited that I atleast get to go in a major where I can express my passion for drawing and making character designs more, but on the other hand, I also feel kind of worried with what my future would end up like.
Having an animation degree in a country that doesn't have that much support in that field could be a huge problem for me and many others. Additionally as much as I hate to say it, I feel like most people around me just don't care that much for the arts (heck, i've seen student straight up engaging in art theft just for a passing grade, even ones having the audacity to use frickin AI and the worst part about it is that some teachers don't even give af about it ) which really unmotivates me.
I feel stuck and it sucks. I should be super happy right now but I can't bring myself to do it. It feels terrible
Sorry for the long vent, I'll maybe delete this laterJul 29, 2025
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same with writing tbh. Can't really get a job locally that aligns with my writing degree so I have to go online, which is really hard because who would want an English writing asian when there are those who speak them natively, you know? I do have interviews coming up but I feel like I got lucky.
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There is also the sad truth that the degree on paper doesn’t actually mean that much. An art degree don’t really mean a lot like regular degrees do. You need a degree to become a certified doctor, but you don’t need one to call yourself a full time professional artist.
A future customer or employer will look at your portfolio and not what your degree is or what school you went to and what courses you took. That don’t matter to them very much.
You could go to no school at all and get your dream job because you work hard on your own to catch your intended customer’s attention.
Art related schools are great at in-circle-relationships and networking, but that’s kind of it.
If you think you can gain something personally by taking the animation course, then go for it!
But if it’s just to take something just because, then I’d advise not to. Save yourself the time, energy and money.
Go in a direction that will enhance your work and not drag it down or to the sideline.
Best of luck! Do some thinking on this for sure!
A future customer or employer will look at your portfolio and not what your degree is or what school you went to and what courses you took. That don’t matter to them very much.
You could go to no school at all and get your dream job because you work hard on your own to catch your intended customer’s attention.
Art related schools are great at in-circle-relationships and networking, but that’s kind of it.
If you think you can gain something personally by taking the animation course, then go for it!
But if it’s just to take something just because, then I’d advise not to. Save yourself the time, energy and money.
Go in a direction that will enhance your work and not drag it down or to the sideline.
Best of luck! Do some thinking on this for sure!
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I'd say... okay as someone that has done graphic design SADLY AI IS PROMINENT IN IT HEAVILY NOW. They care less about AI in graphic design than animation. They even TEACH to use AI in graphic design. I graduated my course right as it was being introduced. And the whole thing was pretty much "to not succumb we implement it" and ... yeah. In the end it's all about how it looks and not how it's done as it's more marketing based it is creative but you will see a lot of AI usage sadly now compared to a few years ago when it wasn't yet "good enough to fool"
Animation... honestly, I think would use less AI... much less. So if you want a creative path that doesn't have as heavily the AI factor I'd say go for that. Sadly I know it isn't what u hoped but it's interesting too. Remember you can make an animated portfolio for advertisement of products so it isn't all lost cause, it can be a job. Now that attention span requires moving things? Needed.
I am not gonna sugar coat it... it's still hard to get into creative job fields but once out with a degree in arts you'll end up working from ground zero anyways maybe in a studio or maybe in other fields. If you are a creative to begin with you might even showcase your illustrated work. Depends on what the positions require. But it can be done.
Digital art jobs can be done remotely. Unless you want to work in a physical studio. Then you gotta search physical ones that might hire or might need a hand.
Anyways ask someone in your school if you can get a better view of how those lessons could look like.
I also have a small degree in basic economics that can be used for a boring desk job but it's hard finding those too lately. So you gotta think ... do I prefer doing something creative or do I prefer doing something less creative? Does it impact my mood badly if I switch to something uncreative?
For example... if i studied anything other than something creative I would have imploded. But that's just me.
Animation... honestly, I think would use less AI... much less. So if you want a creative path that doesn't have as heavily the AI factor I'd say go for that. Sadly I know it isn't what u hoped but it's interesting too. Remember you can make an animated portfolio for advertisement of products so it isn't all lost cause, it can be a job. Now that attention span requires moving things? Needed.
I am not gonna sugar coat it... it's still hard to get into creative job fields but once out with a degree in arts you'll end up working from ground zero anyways maybe in a studio or maybe in other fields. If you are a creative to begin with you might even showcase your illustrated work. Depends on what the positions require. But it can be done.
Digital art jobs can be done remotely. Unless you want to work in a physical studio. Then you gotta search physical ones that might hire or might need a hand.
Anyways ask someone in your school if you can get a better view of how those lessons could look like.
I also have a small degree in basic economics that can be used for a boring desk job but it's hard finding those too lately. So you gotta think ... do I prefer doing something creative or do I prefer doing something less creative? Does it impact my mood badly if I switch to something uncreative?
For example... if i studied anything other than something creative I would have imploded. But that's just me.
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There should be someone in organization you can talk to about questions on pretty much anything.
So going there about this and asking about possibilitys could help. Depending on how things are run switching to the other course after a semester might actually work relatively easily
So going there about this and asking about possibilitys could help. Depending on how things are run switching to the other course after a semester might actually work relatively easily
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