What I learned from my first year at ART SCHOOL, Emily Carr University !
The past couple of months I've been getting lots of questions on KZread and DM's on Instagram asking about school, so I decided to make a video about some of my experiences with the foundation year at Emily Carr and some advice I have for future ECU students ! In this video I talk a little bit about what I would have liked to know before going to art school and some advice I have learned along the way!
ALSO if you are a student at ECU feel free to comment below your experiences and advice as well ! It's always good to have different perspectives. See you guys in the fall !!!
Important parts of the video :
student life 3:06
conceptual vs technical 5:40
project deadlines 7:34
class critiques 9:15
extra expenses 11:15
humanities and academic classes 15:48
getting into your major and how that relates to your GPA 17:02
fun things about the foundation year 19:55
the dilemma of wasting time on transit to go to school vs doing projects at home 21:40
balancing other aspects of life 22:38
dropping out for various reasons 23:30
Q&A : 24:47
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thank you and see you next time,
Alex
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/ alexgraffart
Music:
Music by Naomi - Saturday Light - thmatc.co/?l=6BCCB32B
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Thank you for your video and time commitment to it!
i love your art school videos and thank you so much for filming this i really appreciate it!!
@alexgraffart3046
2 жыл бұрын
No problem !!! I’m always happy to help :)
thank you alex for all your vlogs throughout foundation year! they were very helpful and gave me an insight on what to expect for fall. i’m excited to see what y’all worked on at the foundation show. love your art style and your vlogs 💙💙
@alexgraffart3046
2 жыл бұрын
Aww thank you so much !!! 🥰🥰
Thank you so much for these videos !!!
@alexgraffart3046
2 жыл бұрын
No problem!!! I’m always happy to help :)
nice to hear you got into the major you wanted! i can definitely agree that using your gpa to apply to a major you want is a bit of a silly concept --- practically everyone in foundation last year thought so. it's nice to see & hear about your experience at ecu! looking forward to more vlogs :)
@alexgraffart3046
2 жыл бұрын
Ya I’m excited for illustration and it’ll also be interesting to see what they do for the future foundation students ! Thx for the comment 🥰
This makes me so much more excited for my first year!!
@alexgraffart3046
2 жыл бұрын
Yayyyy !!! I hope you have fun 🥳🥳
Thankyou so much for the insight I was really looking forward to such a vlog! I am grateful to have admitted in ECUAD for this fall 2022 as a foundation year student. Im a little nervous and excited at the same time and would love to connect with you guys :))
10/10 video very accurate. I be doing some none art school art while I watch:)
@alexgraffart3046
2 жыл бұрын
Ayeeeee non art school art is the best type of art 😤👌👌👌👌😮💨
best thing to watch while having suhoor
@alexgraffart3046
2 жыл бұрын
🥰🥰🥰
Wow I remember watching your portfolio video when I was applying to Emily Carr and I love to see how far you have come!! And now I am watching you share your first year experience at Emily Carr when I am going to start my first year in Fall 2022 hehe.....Thank you so much for your videos they really helped me understand more about the school and I am a huge fan of yours....Maybe we could come across each other when I join the school
@alexgraffart3046
2 жыл бұрын
Ayee thanks so much for the comment !!! I’m glad you’ve been enjoying my videos and I hope you have a great first year !
@27chinurocks
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Maithili! My younger sister is also starting at ECUAD in Fall 2022! Could she possibly connect with you?
@maithilidhure7617
2 жыл бұрын
@@27chinurocks Hii! And yess sure why not...I would love to grow my connection before starting the school year
@dishaamalhotra1782
2 жыл бұрын
Hey Even I'm about to start my journey at ECUAD this fall 2022. Could we guys connect through a common platform?
@tanishmaheshwari1602
Жыл бұрын
@@dishaamalhotra1782 hey i have applied to emily carr and i have few questions can we please connect?
Congrats on getting your first year done! I hope you had a great time! Also, just curious, how's progress on your Etsy store going? Really want to get the shirt you made for the Student Art Sale!
@alexgraffart3046
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, this year was super fun !! I’m aiming to have my Etsy shop ready around the end of May 🤞 thanks so much for showing interest in my art ❤️
Alex, you are amazing! I've been following you for a while as I planned to apply for art school in Canada, your video helps me a lot! I choose to go AUArts ( or people used to call ACAD), and I am recently registering for classes for my first year foundation . Is that okay if you can tell me how many classes you have per day and how long is the class? Because I see that I have a 3hr class per day, sometimes it’s two classes ( 3hr long). I don’t know if this class schedule is normal in Canadian art schools, can you please help me on this? Thank you!
@alexgraffart3046
2 жыл бұрын
Hey thanks for the comment ! Every school and course you take / go to is going to have a different schedule so I don’t know how long your classes are going to be sorry ! But usually I would only have one or two classes a day depending on my schedule
@ziyizhangli5526
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much alex! It sounds unreal for me as I just graduated high school. Thank you for telling me this!
@alexgraffart3046
2 жыл бұрын
@@ziyizhangli5526 good luck with your art journey!!
alex you are such a silly goose (affectionate) n i think you should know that you and ur art are both lovely . don't give urself so hard of a time . quick question though, i'm planning on going to emily carr to learn animation -- but i have no interest in much of the other aspects (painting, sculpting, etc.) of art. do you think emily carr would still be a good fit?
@alexgraffart3046
Жыл бұрын
Hahahah omg thank you so much for the comment 😭❤️ I think they might be changing the foundation year but idk when. In the meantime first year is pretty much mixed media and the rest of your studies is whatever focus you want / whatever major you get into.
You said with classes there’s only 20 ish students? Was that because of covid because I heard their will be about 400 for 2022’s fall intake.
@alexgraffart3046
2 жыл бұрын
There’s around 20 students per studio class but there’s about 500 students per year I think.
Hi @alexgraffart, I wonder if there's any English class we have to take in emily carr, and how many of them?
@alexgraffart3046
Жыл бұрын
Just humanities which is like art history, no English classes but still lots of essays unfortunately 🥲
@candicewu5944
Жыл бұрын
@alexgraffart thank you! And also do you happen to know if 3d computer animation is very competitive in the school?🤔
@alexgraffart3046
Жыл бұрын
@@candicewu5944 hmm I’m honestly not sure but all the people I know who applied to the 3D animation program got in so I think as long as you have ok grades in first year you should be good !
I have a question 🙋♀️??What job you want to be?
@alexgraffart3046
2 жыл бұрын
I’m thinking of becoming a tattoo artist. I’d also really love to paint murals and work with companies to design skateboard / snowboard graphics. Lol I definitely feel all over the place with career options but I think the beauty of art is also not having to pick just one thing to focus on !
@low-pro5792
2 жыл бұрын
That amazing 🤩✨!!!! I’m big fan anyway 😅
@alexgraffart3046
2 жыл бұрын
@@low-pro5792 aww thanks !!
@low-pro5792
2 жыл бұрын
Your welcome 🤗 :D!!!!!