Um. Kansas City lol. Yeah, my boyfriend and I can deal with a studio so maybe it won't be as expensive for each of us. We know we are going to have to downsize. This post was edited by Hannah Gibbs at May 5, 2013 3:14:49 PM PDT

Yeah I really wanted to take that too. I will be moving to Santa Monica to attend SMC while I prepare my portfolio for CalArts for a second time. I wanted to enroll in some figure classes and get some gen Ed outta the way. You live near there? Know any good places to live? Haha

Maggie Horton said:

Hi Jesse, I've actually changed my mind since posting above. I've enrolled at SMC and I'll be taking classes up there too! I'll have to commute, but I did all the numbers and realized that it is WAY cheaper to commute than to move, so maybe we'll be classmates. I agree that it's definitely worth it if you can go!

I'm going to be taking figure and animal drawing during the summer for starters. I haven't seen the costume figure drawing class, though. Do you know if it's still offered?

I do not see that costume figure drawing is offered for fall of 2013 :(

I appreciate the critique! yeah I will be putting in more of my traditional drawings in addition to some stylized pieces. :) This post was edited by Hannah Gibbs at April 21, 2013 2:57:12 PM PDT

James Heelis said:

Well folks, It has been a rough and tumble ride, but everything I have done in preparing my portfolio, attending the accepted student event, and talking to the faculty at calarts has been well worth my time and money, and I won't forget how hard we worked for all of this. I wont forgot all the advice many of you gave here on this forum - All of you inspired much of my work, and your art and enthusiasm encouraged me to do my best.

 

Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend calarts this year, and probably not even the next one. Honestly, I don't have the money, and there are a lot of personal problems I have to deal with. But I don't feel too bad - obviously, I will be saddened by the fact that I won't be able to know the other students - to live, learn, and to perhaps network for the rest of my life with many of you - but frankly, I knew from the beginning that I would have no way to pay for this. My scholarship money provided a tiny fraction of the costs, and I was expecting it more or less. If I wasn't going to get rejected, then I wouldn't have the finances. In the end though, it isn't the school that makes a person's work. It is the work itself that makes the person - I may not go to calarts now or next year, but I intend on competing with the best of you still. I hope that in the future, we will all be working together not because we went to a school, but because we are all artists who live to create.

 

Good luck to everyone on their calarts adventure! You guys are the best, and deserve nothing less. :)

Damn dude. I am really sorry to hear this. :( You worked so hard. You are an amazing artist though and I am sure you will succeed! Good luck James! Hope you stay an active member here!