It was really fun to go around the University of Dundee. To be completely frank, I wanted to stay. I loved the DCCS, and I also loved the environment the University of Dundee had set up for the illustration majors as well. I thought both programs would be a good fit for me. I also thought the student work was excellent. I really aspired to be like those artists. I learned a lot on these little presentations.
The two programs that interested me the most were the Comics Program on the Design side, and the Illustration program. I felt both made it really flexible for students to work in their own space and how they wished.
As for the facilities for the other programs which we visited with the student ambassadors, I felt they were AMAZING. Bonnie would have been majorly jealous of that printmaking room. And I also loved that the school gave their students their own studios past the second year level. I also am glad they have a great foundational program. I feel like I’d have probably learned more in that foundational area than I did while learning at my previous community college. I felt like the teachers all really took individual time with each student to push them towards their best processes and took care to hone their skills.
I unfortunately didn’t take too many pictures, but I had fun none the less. I don’t know if it counts here, but the comics creation workshop with Norrie was super fun. Catatone the planet of Alien Cats was left there sadly. I’m glad Norrie and Chris got a laugh outta that.
What I didn’t know prior to the event was the amount of financial aid international students receive and also that our FAFSAs can transfer to overseas education. If I didn’t need consistent access to medication management and blood-work, I would apply. I did talk to Mary Modeen about it, and she confirmed that there is not a lot of mental health services easy to access overseas. Due to that, I will be looking at more local universities or maybe even self learning online.
As for the career path I want to take, I think I want to work in remote-run illustration jobs while I work on my personal projects. I got a lot of advice from Norrie Millar as I chatted with him and networked around. I really want to both A improve as an artist, and B, be able to get my work officially published. I realized also, I can’t shoehorn into one option for publishing, so I will be looking into other comics publishing houses to pitch to as I wrap up my final semester and work on the things for the senior show. I’m definitely no longer focused on semester goals. I’m focused on the long term, and what I need to do to get there. Also I definitely would like to continue the narrative with the Milne comic, and I think it’ll be able to work with some major clean up that I couldn’t do while under such drastic time constraints.
Cromar, William. “narrativeArtsDundeeExpos”. newMedia Wiki. 2022. http://newmediawiki.pbworks.com/w/page/149510487/narrativeArtsDundeeExpos Accessed December 1st, 2022.