Hi /adv/, so my younger brother just told me he wants to be an

You dont get a degree in art for any reason other than to be an art teacher. Art school is just more stupid "linear" classes like math and whatever the else stupid GE classes they have you take, so they can line their pockets with more money.

My advice to him as an artist who has gone to art school: dont unless you want to be an art teacher which requires some sort of degree.

If he is truly an artist, then he can see that everything, including architecture, can be seen from an artistic point of view.

Keep on going to school and do art on the side.

>>18554909
Also another thing about being an artist. You create the art because thats what you do, then you put it out there with no expectations of anyone seeing it. If 100,000 people or 10 see it, it shouldnt matter to you.

If, over time, you keep putting out quality art, people will find you and you'll gain in popularity. But until it becomes self sustaining you NEED some other job to pay your bills, keep you motivated, blah blah you need moneh.

>>18554909
Also, the amount of available tutorials and whatnot free online is always growing and available, if he wants the teaching.

If he wont learn for free why would he learn for money.

>>18554909
> online college cheaper

>>18554942
One of his reasons is he says he needs a "guide", he knows he is talented, but he is not sure on how to explode all that talent and I guess he is looking for someone to help him achieving that.

>>18554942
>>18554945
>>18554951

Couldn't have said it any better.

Also, artists are meant to question everything - that's why they are overwhelmingly liberal as a population.

>>18554909
Something you and he should understand:

Making art is a matter of craft and skill as well as impulse and even talent. Every great artist, however revolutionary or individual they became, began by studying and copying the generation before them, to hone their craft as well as to learn exactly what it was they were eventually going to rebel against. Look at the very early Van Gogh, Picasso, Warhol and others, and you'll see very conventional stuff.

The "lineality" of architecture may be exactly the formal training he needs.

>>18555011
He needs to ask himself what he enjoys doing in the art field. It doesn't matter if that ends up being a painter or a 3D modeler but he needs to find that out and he needs to try to be the best at it. If your aim is not to be the best then you'll never succeed

>>18555051
He told me one of his final goals is to have a gallery, I think he is most inclined towards painting

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33yo BFA alumni here

My best advice is to take a year out, paint as much as possible, go to as many art openings/private views as possible, read up on contemporary painters (he probably already got a fair understanding of modern and postmodern, and through his architecture studies he's gained the discourse needed to how to into art theory, etc.,) then see if there's any way of saving up money to rent a cheap, preferably unused venue and put up a show of his work, possibly a group show with people he'll meet at said art openings.

Then, see if he still want this life, because I can tell you it's fucking hard and nobody should be doing it if it wasn't necessary in order to stay sane.

>>18555110
Thanks anon, this looks like a solid advice, I think he needs time to think a bit more about this although he says it's something he's been thinking for a while now. He already talked to our parents and they said they support him and my oldest brother who is a doctor thinks it's ok too, but I'm the closest person to him in our family since we are both almost the same age, as I said in earlier he is a very religious guy and me being and atheist didn't affect our relationship at all, but he somehow suggested me that God helped him to take this decision. Also he told me he wants to learn english, I think it's ok since we live in a third world shithole but it's still kinda weird as I think art is an universal language. I think the best he could do now is to improve his english for the next year or so while he explores more on art and make his final decision