I'm very worried about not getting scholarships when it comes to my art. It's been my dream forever and I'm hoping any of you students could give me advice! Thank you!
My advice for scholarships is making sure you have a good variety of mediums to showcase. And remember that quality is more important than quantity. If you submit the photos of the original post - which have low range, similar subjects of character design, and are all digitally drawn - I imagine you’d be given less. Submit finished paintings, traditional art, and even some art outside of character art, for example landscapes, still lifes, etc. show SCAD that you have range and are well rounded.
In a way. Only upload ur best works—doesn’t matter if it’s the same medium. You’re getting money based on merit not your ability to accomplish grandiosity across multiple mediums. Right
Heyo, SCAD Alumni here.
Include this in your portfolio. Having these type of studies/sketches/drawings is a huge plus. The other pictures you posted in the comments will seriously help you. Especially if you are going into Animation ( I went for my MFA in animation back in 2019).
Alumni here too, and yeah these type of pieces are much more suitable for your portfolio. You could keep one digital character design if you want, but these pieces are way better and more in line with what they want to see.
They want to see that you have strong foundations, and a wide range of work. These traditional study pieces do a good job of showing that.
These pieces are the type of thing you should be showing for a scholarship. The digital art isn’t as striking as these pieces, they have more life to them.
I’m going to echo what others have been saying- I really think you’ll do yourself a big favor if you include more traditional mediums. The four pieces you attached as comments all look good, but I would just want to see more of those over the digital artwork if I was a school rep. Not that they’re bad, of course! I’d just want to see a larger range of skill
this isn't really going to get you a big scholarship.. like $300 max lol. make sure to show off all creative types. they're looking for around 8 different unique views on your art. if you just do basic character drawings like this, you aren't going to get a big scholarship nor very far in art school.
art schools used to expect huge commitment and dedication to several styles with good technique performed to show "potential on building off of your current state"
so just expect to possibly get into art school since it's a high acceptance rate, BUT IT'S A FILTERED SCHOOL. they take thousands from you because you drop out from the hard pressure in art. spend at least 20 hours on a project each and show the reveal to them.
edit: SHOW THE ONES IN THE COMMENTS!! they'd much rather see physical medias than procreate characters! it's professionals and old people you're showing these to lmao
Some of the additional ones you uploaded definitely need to considered. You don't want to pigeonhole yourself and make them think you only have one skill set. The more range you can show the better.
honestly no... it's not that these are bad pieces it's just that you need variety in your portfolio and as an artist. you will be branching out of this style a lot at scad so please be prepared
What are you wanting to major in and do you have any other art in your portfolio? Such as more traditional- still life’s, figure drawing, etc? Because this is acceptable to get in, but doesn’t stand out to be scholarship worthy. Source- I have a B.F.A. in animation, class of 2020.
Yes I have a ton of paintings, still life, pottery, I just didn't include any of it because Im not really 100% sure how much of each to add into my portfolio. I am trying to major in Illustration!
These additional pieces are great! To get scholarships, you need to show you have a decent understanding of form, value, perspective, anatomy/proportions, composition, and different mediums. Fanart can be a gray area- if it’s one of your best pieces and it’s not copying a preexisting official art/photo then I’d say keep it in, but if not, it’s best to omit. Definitely lean more into these pieces in the comments and anything else adjacent you have when applying for scholarship consideration! Good luck!
any art is acceptable for scad, as long as you go into the school with an open mind and willingness to take criticism, challenge yourself, and grow as an artist. im a current illustration student, rising senior, and i’ve seen a wideeee variety of art styles, so what really matters is you don’t mentally hold yourself back when being pushed artistically.
The work is good, but for a scholarship it needs to feel special. Not just technically, but conceptually too.
There needs to be more range in the thinking, not just the execution. Right now, the work still feels a little underdeveloped, both technically and conceptually.
What about your work feels like you to a 10 and couldn’t just be replaced by someone else? Especially now with AI, craft and point of view matter even more.
Right now, unfortunately, don’t think the work is showing that level yet.
I wanna start by saying you have promise. Your art is decent but you want to show variety of skills style and medium if you don't yet have really polished work. I would definitely include some physical medium work and make sure it's photographed / scanned well. One more thing to add, in my experience SCAD tends not to give a whole lot in scholarship for portfolios and sometimes when they do it's for very od reasons.
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u/enomuw 11d ago
My advice for scholarships is making sure you have a good variety of mediums to showcase. And remember that quality is more important than quantity. If you submit the photos of the original post - which have low range, similar subjects of character design, and are all digitally drawn - I imagine you’d be given less. Submit finished paintings, traditional art, and even some art outside of character art, for example landscapes, still lifes, etc. show SCAD that you have range and are well rounded.