Comments on: 9 Lessons from Art School Boot Camp http://www.awidernet.com/2009/11/11/9-lessons-from-art-school-boot-camp/ Cool New Marketing Technologies: Caught and Served Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:46:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Colin Henson http://www.awidernet.com/2009/11/11/9-lessons-from-art-school-boot-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-87485 Colin Henson Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:05:49 +0000 http://www.awidernet.com/?p=1936#comment-87485 @Greg Iteration was an important one for me as well. But we didn't get serious about iteration until sophomore year when we were expected to interate on just about everything. I'm not sure that I agree with the "like what we make" thing. That seems too personal and ego centric. Yes, life would be much more fun. I think we just need to respect our work for what it is. Does it do its job well? Of course this may be where fine art may be different from design. I wouldn't want to make fine art that I didn't like but we often have to make design work that we don't like because we are often not the targeted audience. @Greg
Iteration was an important one for me as well. But we didn’t get serious about iteration until sophomore year when we were expected to interate on just about everything.

I’m not sure that I agree with the “like what we make” thing. That seems too personal and ego centric. Yes, life would be much more fun. I think we just need to respect our work for what it is. Does it do its job well? Of course this may be where fine art may be different from design. I wouldn’t want to make fine art that I didn’t like but we often have to make design work that we don’t like because we are often not the targeted audience.

]]> By: Barry Clegg http://www.awidernet.com/2009/11/11/9-lessons-from-art-school-boot-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-87483 Barry Clegg Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:42:16 +0000 http://www.awidernet.com/?p=1936#comment-87483 Great post Colin. I would have to say one of my finest days in editing was when I came in the next day, looked at this video I was working on, and tossed the whole thing and started over. It was crap, but the second version was great. Great post Colin. I would have to say one of my finest days in editing was when I came in the next day, looked at this video I was working on, and tossed the whole thing and started over. It was crap, but the second version was great.

]]> By: Greg Jones http://www.awidernet.com/2009/11/11/9-lessons-from-art-school-boot-camp/comment-page-1/#comment-87482 Greg Jones Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:23:08 +0000 http://www.awidernet.com/?p=1936#comment-87482 Great list! All of these resonated with me. One other lesson I learned was iteration, you're never going to get it on the first try, but if you have a good thing going, repeat it, change it, work with it until you have a body of work leading to something you're happy with. My art teacher in grade school would always insist that we "like what we make", which can be applied to life in general. Haha. Great list! All of these resonated with me. One other lesson I learned was iteration, you’re never going to get it on the first try, but if you have a good thing going, repeat it, change it, work with it until you have a body of work leading to something you’re happy with. My art teacher in grade school would always insist that we “like what we make”, which can be applied to life in general. Haha.

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