ART SCHOOLED: PORTFOLIO PROBLEMS

I review art and design portfolios for scholarship consideration.

[portfolioproblems]

The best-case scenario is always drawing figures from life but, if you have nobody to model for you, this website offers a fairly viable alternative.

[portfolioproblems]

RE: Grade Inflation

If you got A's in two studio classes and you KNOW the work you did in one of those classes is significantly stronger than the other, you just might be a victim of grade inflation. Why do I say victim? Because instead of actually bothering to challenge you and help you get better, your program is just doing the easiest thing for them which is to make students happy and get them out the door.

Where does that leave you? Probably with a bunch of work you think is really strong and no job/show prospects in the foreseeable future ... 

[portfolioproblems]

RE: Artistic Integrity

The WORST thing an artist can do is make work and THEN decide what it is about. It is very obvious when a person is trying to make sub par work relevant/interesting by namedropping and likening it to art concepts and philosophies after-the-fact.

[portfolioproblems]

When artist, Steve Locke, is doing studio visits and is asked to provide students with a text that is/was influential to him, he uses this:

Going to Meet the Man by James Baldwin

[portfolioproblems]

Let's learn about the new casualists together!

[dymentia]

RAINBOOOOWWWWW!

[soaconfidential]

What I wish I could say to people who show bad work in crits and then try to defend it.

[graphicdesignmajor]

Pseudo-conceptual art school critique babble

[portfolioproblems]

Shapes of inhabitation: Painting in the expanded field

"When is a sculpture, an installation, a photograph or a building really a painting?"

[wafflepartystudios]

How (Not) to apply for art school

[portfolioproblems]

How to Nail a Portfolio Review

Some good advice in here.

[cosmosandgeorge]

[dropthecookiesandnoonegetshurt]

My sister didn’t think this was funny…

[fetchthesketch]

Color chart - Design class

[debbietrash]

You wait until later and cry in the washroom, like a true art student.

my cold heart when talking about critiques (via knitpearls)

[hussiancollege]

CMYK Magazine publishes the largest showcase of emerging artists and designers in Inspiring Creative print. Over 100 works from today’s top art & design schools’ best across the globe in art direction.

Don’t Fear the Portfolio… CMYKmag.com has a large collection of constantly updating diverse digital portfolios with all types of artists and creators. You are not alone in the ever developing portfolio struggle. See more at the link above or click one of the images below.

[awkwardreferencephotos]

A very meta reference photo- art student pretending to be an art student.

[portfolioproblems]

This tumblr is pretty funny ... and also maybe a good source for reference photos.