- Digital art at DigiPen.edu
- pros
- cheaper than art schools
- special programs for digital and gaming industry
- well-known and recognized
- cons
- need to move to Washington state
- more expensive than state university ($12,800 per semester)
- would need a car for traveling
- pros
- Accountant Masters Degree (can do this at SFSU or GGU)
- need to take GRE if I do this
- Art Illustration
- pros
- working my passion
- can do comic illustration, character design, game concept design
- fun environment
- improve my art skills
- cons
- expensive, roughly 20k a semester (AAU/SFAI*/CCA* 50k/yr)
- may take 5+ years
- chance of meeting asshole teachers who degrade you
- don't actually find the job after all of it is over
- pros
- Animation and Visual Effects
- pros
- working my passion
- can do game visual effects, concept, story board, 2D/3D animator, 3D modeler
- fun environment, could do film effects like pixar
- cons
- expensive, roughly 20k a semester (AAU/SFAI*/CCA*), 30k/year (artinstitutes.edu)
- may take 5+ years
- could end up with no job
- teachers could be substandard, behind the times on technology
- pros
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