I'm an art major and I love it! Can I draw well? NO. But I'm still an art major. Keep that in mind the next time you ask an art major to draw you.
Here are 10 signs that show what art majors are and what we go through.
1. You're an art major, so can you draw me?
No I personally can't draw you and even if I could, I wouldn't.
2. So you don't have homework do you?
BIGGEST LIE EVER! OK, no I don't have normal homework full of English or math, but I do in fact, have homework. I have art projects, from photography to graphic design work, I have homework. However, we do still have to take regular classes and when we do, we have homework just like you. Either way, we HAVE homework!
3. Being asked "what are you going to do with your life?"
Well, let me tell you. I'm going to be a graphic designer and photographer. I'm going to get a job just like you and make money and have fun whilst doing it.
4. Being told "you aren't going to make money."
Last time I checked, I didn't ask your opinion. Also, I didn't choose my major to make money, I chose it because it's something I love.
5. You actually like going to your 3 hour studio classes?
3 hours?!?! What?!!? Yes, 3 hours, but it goes by fast when you're having fun!
6. "Cramming" for finals isn't studying, it's finishing a project that has taken you 20+ hours to do.
When you have an 8 am studio class and have at least a few more hours of work that could be done to your assignment and it is 2 am already.
7. All your money is spent on art supplies.
TRUE! Especially your first year. I don't have much to buy anymore, but honestly, just because I don't need it doesn't mean I won't buy it.
8. When one little thing gets messed up on your project, you redo the entire thing.
ME!
9. You hate it when people assume your life is easy.
Wrong again! So easy, we spend hours upon hours doing art and getting critiqued for it. But it's fun and we don't care what you say.
10. People assume you're going to be painting and drawing as your career.
No I am not doing traditional art, I'm a digital artist and dang proud!
Art is fun. Art can be hard. Art is relaxing and sometimes not. Art is amazing. Art is art.
