Should I get a degree in graphic design?

[Anonymous No.4988546]

I'm an art autist (can do it for hours) and have no other talent. Is being a graphic designer reliable life long job? How is it like to work as one long-term? If not should I just give up and force some non art degree?

[Anonymous No.4988550]

>>4988546
You don't need a degree for anything art related unless it's Industrial Design. Get a useful degree.

[Anonymous No.4988553]

>>4988550
Like? I don't like anything else (other than languages which are also useless since I'm not a native English speaker)
Can I do a chemist degree if I'm not interested in it?

[Anonymous No.4988554]

>>4988546
coom

[Anonymous No.4988558]

>>4988553

I mean if you have daddies wallet and nothing to worry about then by all means go for your art degree. It isn't sensible to go into debt for it otherwise.

[Anonymous No.4988561]

>>4988546
I've just left it
What a fucking souless career

[Anonymous No.4988565]

>>4988561
Tell me more. Just had a crisis that left me running out of a chemistry course crying

[Anonymous No.4988567]

I know some girl who became doctor heart specialist, and still draws lolicon on the side. Her older brother went directly for fine arts illustration and still living pay check to pay check underemployed. Art degree is useless if you can't market your craft.

[Anonymous No.4988575]

>>4988567
Had she any passion about the doctor thing? Forcing myself to be intrested on anything else is wrecking me honestly

[Anonymous No.4988578]

always go to art school. It will be your only shot to find a qt artist gf

[Anonymous No.4988580]

>>4988546
>>4988546

>fine arts
>teach art
>do graphic design
>coom art

If you are a girl gifted with the S-shape + thicc, you can also sell yourself on Onlyfans.
If you are hot with brains + S shape = instagram model + artists, pimp yourself while promote art channels.

If you are gifted with symmetry and skinny genes you can become a fashion model/actress + promote art channel.

Options for male and female defers.

For males, you either be the top of your game. or you mimic what is already out there. Because you ain't gonna pimp yourself out unless you got the funneh + god-like bodies.

[Anonymous No.4988588]

>>4988546
Judging by the OP picture. No

[Anonymous No.4988589]

>>4988575
She was our neighbor back in the old home. I don't know if she was passionate about cardiology but I just know she's really smart even before going for medical college. I'm aware that she still has time doing her lolicon doujins because she's still posting wips on her secret pixiv account despite seeing her on tv last week giving updates about covid-19 status on heart patients and shit.

[Anonymous No.4988599]

>>4988565
You can still learn some interesting things from it (Like programs or stuff related to printing), but outside of that, It's more about making corporate shit... and functionality. I don't care if some graphic designer is considered an artist, I'll stick to just drawing desu

[Anonymous No.4988640]

No. it’s a dead industry. You can pay chinks on fiver to make literally anything you could want. Third worlders have access to the necessary tools, they’ll work for a fraction of what you will and work six times harder because they will die of starvation if they don’t. Only do graphic design if you’re a hot chick at this point but why the fuck would you bother doing graphic design if you were a hot chick? If it was worth you Pershing graphic design you’d already be doing it, if you’re not already good at this point it’s too late

[Anonymous No.4988645]

>>4988640
*if it was worth you pursuing

[Anonymous No.4988672]

>>4988546
>GD 10 years
If you work for a company it doesen't pay well, maybe double minimum wage, but you're payed less than the sales team.
If your freelance you can get paid more, but you have to hustle find clients, keep clients and get ripped off with no legal resources., and have no benefits package.
Hardest pill you'll have to swallow is that you have no say in creating the art. Customer wants a stupid change, you do it, sales person wants a change you do it, art director, manager, all of these people have more control over the final product than you. You have to work in the margines to fix their shitty ideas, someone wants yellow text on a white background, you add a drop shadow without them asking.
If you don't have a degree, no one with interview you, you have to scum randos on the internet.

[Anonymous No.4988746]

>>4988546
I have a bachelor's degree in Graphic Design. It's a good degree to have if you want to go into industrial, editorial, communication or motion design. Are you interested in graphic design at all? I currently draw for advertising, I like it but it's not for everyone

[Anonymous No.4988748]

>>4988546
Who artist?

[Anonymous No.4988761]

>>4988546
As an AD who left his advertising job after very severe burnout, no. It will kill all your passion and emotion and leave you empty inside. Physically your health can also be very affected. Also pay is dogshit. Consider only UI/UX if you absolutely insist this shit career is right for you.

>>4988550
You need one for interior, but youre right about the rest.

[Anonymous No.4988763]

>>4988553
Architecture would have an artistic benefit

[Anonymous No.4988795]

>>4988558
Orrr you become a teacher and do just fine. I don’t understand why people say an art degree is useless. It’s not useless if you can find the use for it. And not everyone wants to study law, medicine, engineering, business, etc. I have my art degree and I’m doing just fine teaching.

[Anonymous No.4988813]

>>4988795
You don't need a degree to teach, either, Udemy, Gumroad, Skillshare, Cubebrush, Kindle Books/Self Publishing, Youtube/Twitch, etc are all ways you can earn income with sharing knowledge.

[Anonymous No.4988818]

Find a college that offers a degree in UI/UX for computer programming. They're a little related. It won't burn you out of your art doing it on a daily basis, and you still get to do something creative. UI/UX isn't hard to pick up, hardest thing is that you'll probably have to take other comp sci classes alongside the graphic design classes. And the biggest thing is you won't be living paycheck to paycheck after your degree and you'll be employable.

[Anonymous No.4988842]

>>4988795
>just become a teacher lul
That's what most people who get a meme degree try to do. There isn't any demand for it.

[Anonymous No.4988847]

>>4988546
don't waste your time with that shit, just draw coom shit and make commissions.

[Anonymous No.4988858]

>>4988818
i genuinely enjoy ui/ux but too bad there is not much room to it in my country.

[Anonymous No.4988868]

>>4988858
Most of the IT world has moved to remote now. I haven't gone into work since February, and neither have any of my co workers. You'd run into issues with work visas, but it's doable.

[Anonymous No.4988890]

I appreciate the fact that everyone's response to these threads are immediately just "No you don't need any sort of degree, education, or experience, just take commissions drawing pornography." As if everyone were on the same consistent level of art with the same exact goals.

[Anonymous No.4988906]

>>4988546
COOMBOOBA

[Anonymous No.4988911]

>>4988906
COWABOOBA

[Anonymous No.4988914]

>>4988546
>I'm an art autist (can do it for hours)
>(can do it for hours)
>autist
ROFL

[Anonymous No.4988920]

>>4988890
Dumbfuck.
People are saying you don't need a degree specifically. You can get an education and experience from all kinds of sources that don't cost upwards of $160,000.

[Anonymous No.4988921]

>>4988546
Those tits look infected, bruh

[Anonymous No.4988930]

>>4988920
>You can get an education and experience from all kinds of sources that don't cost upwards of $160,000.
Such as?

[Anonymous No.4988934]

>>4988930
life

[Anonymous No.4988935]

As someone who dropped out of college last 2018, I advise you to get a degree and save yourself. I envy my classmates making 3x what I make freelancing, despite my skill level I struggle to make $1000 every year, why? Because I am autistic like you and don't know shit about marketing, so get a degree, get an easy job that pays the bills then do your art shit on the side. As for me I'm turing 24 next month and it's too late to go back to school again.

[Anonymous No.4988939]

>>4988935
It's never too late. Art school is a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet artist friends/gfs.

[Anonymous No.4988940]

>>4988935
>24
You're just a goddamn baby, too young to be talking all fatalistic like that. Go back and finish, plenty of older people do that.

[Anonymous No.4988942]

>>4988930
Gee I dunno, maybe all of the information in the sticky, the wealth of free knowledge on the internet, the multitude of other, much more reasonably priced art programs available online, etc.
Art school is not even a particularly good way to learn art because very seldom do they actually teach technical skill these days, and when they do it's just a truncated version of what's in the books mentioned in the sticky.

[Anonymous No.4988944]

>>4988911
Don’t have a coom, man

[Anonymous No.4988946]

>>4988934
Ok look bud you can self teach core art values that no atelier or university or teacher will ever be able to reach you, the problem is that is not enough to get you up on being an artist, it's not as easy as you think.
Or maybe it is. Never really tried selling anything myself in the art market.

[Anonymous No.4988947]

>>4988546
Art is a passion, a hobby. Unless you could not care less what you're working on, the industry will suck that passion right out of you and throw out your husk because there's always someone who's just as naive to take your place.

[Anonymous No.4988961]

>>4988944
Wait I prefer this one

[Anonymous No.4988964]

>>4988946
>the problem is that is not enough to get you up on being an artist, it's not as easy as you think.
Fuck are you talking about?

[Anonymous No.4988965]

>>4988546
Degrees suck in general, dont do an art one unless you want to get connections or friends. If you really like art then its just a complete waste of time, hone your skill and instead go for a business degree, it will teach you how to market yourself.

[Anonymous No.4988977]

>>4988546
>>4988553
OP Im a lurker from 2014ish since then I've gone to college and graduated.

I went and got a business degree from a pretty good school and graduated last year. Didnt have a lot of fun, it was a mainly a commuter college and didnt get the whole "college experience" much less make any friends or explore myself.

My idea was basically, get a stable job with a good solid generic bus degree and do art on the side. After a couple years I started to get severely burned out. I realized as bad as I wanted to be I am just not the kind of person who does well in a business/sales enviroment. I am a pretty shy sensitive person with bad anxiety. If you are that kind of person I would recommend industrial design, architecture or do some kind of STEM/Art hybrid that can get you jobs other than art like data analytics.

So really the only advice is to have fun when your in college, get out and explore and do what makes you happy. Ive gravitated back to what makes me happy (art, marketing, photography) but wish I had done more of it in college. I am in a good financial situation and will be buying a house probably within the next year debt free but I wouldnt say Im necessarily happy, I would probably be if I went to art school.

[Anonymous No.4988980]

>>4988965
>dont do an art one unless you want to get connections or friends
Kek the only thing I got from my entire education is my gf. Don’t bank on making friends but you might get a family which is much better

[Anonymous No.4988982]

>>4988980
show her boobies

[Anonymous No.4989358]

>>4988746
op here i love desighn ,produc desighn esp always fascinated me

what do you think of peoples negative opinnions /expieriences itt?

[Anonymous No.4989364]

>>4988977
where i live you cant just switch majors so i dont have much space for exploring.same situation i just cant put any mental work in stuff i dislike. Industrial desighn sounds good

[Anonymous No.4989436]

>>4988914
>he doesn't just do fundies for a week straight with no sleep
NGMI

[Anonymous No.4989486]

>>4988546

I'm gonna answer your question in two parts:

1. Yes, being a graphic designer is a reliable career; in fact, it's arguably THE most reliable, well-paying art career out there. If you want to do commissions, it feels like everyone and his/her mother wants branding done. There are also many companies you'll find on LinkedIn, Indeed, etc. that are looking for graphic designers of various levels of experience because logos and advertisements NEED good designers for their appeal.

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2. Honestly, the degree you go for depends on your current experience as an artist. Until I went for my BA I had zero previous art experience aside from doodling when I was a kid, so I went for a Studio Arts degree and experimented in storyboarding, painting, sculpture, and...you guessed it, graphic design. When I lucked into a connection that got me my first coordinator job working on movie trailers, my GD knowledge and simply having a four-year degree were the deciding factors in getting me hired.

If you already have a solid portfolio and experience as an artist, I would recommend getting a degree related to marketing. Marketing is at least half of what being an artist is all about, and you need to know how to sell yourself and your work to other people, no matter whether it's for full-time production or logo commissions.

I hope this helps give you some idea of what you want to do.

[Anonymous No.4990966]

>>4989436
hawt

[Anonymous No.4993699]

>>4988939
>art gfs
You're digging your own grave, you dumbass