The CA Community Scholarships

[Sascha Thau]

I hope the german friends here try to look for this kind of funding, if you can get it, why not?

If you don't go into specifics I don't know how to believe this. Sorry, I don't mean to offend you, but it sounds like an entirely different Germany I live in.

There are scholarships but not for artists and as a poor you get sort of a governmental credit called BAFÖG if you want to study, but you have to pay it back when you begin to earn enough money and you can't live off of it easily in most circumtances.
Scholarships are given out, but in 99% not for artists, only for business-type of students. I know, I looked out for this when I studied back then. Never heard about Black Metal musicians getting funded by the government either.

Oh and btw there are really good art/graphic design schools in Germany, too. When I wanted to study I visited every school personally, talked with the teachers and asked the students how they liked it. The students would tell me the most important things. According to this I had chosen my school and was well satisfied with the education. When I studied there I got this gonvermantel credit called BAFÖG and only this made it possible.
I mention this because Janaschi and Algenpfleger mentioned something about bad schools in Germany or something like that, when they were on the Crimson Dagger stream. Sorry can't remember exactly what problem they had.

Maybe I got the wrong impression, I apologize in advance if this is the case. Oh and congrats to both of them.

And to the others that didn' get the scholarship: don't worry! As Jason Manley said there's so much information out there for free or relatively cheap. You can learn all this, too. There are no secret techniques that students at art schools learn. Try to hunt down some good books to get the information sorted and then dedicate your time to build your skills one after another. Take everything you can get from the internet and you are up to the task. I strongly believe that dedication gets you were you want to be, not if you attend an art school or not.

The other sad assumption is that skill level equates to wealth? I thought the term "starving artist" was used a lot for a reason. Someone with a higher skill level doesn't make them wealthier than any straight A student would be wealthier than a guy getting D's and F's.

Good point. I think what most artists sorely neglect or overlook ist "the art of business". For me it is equally important or maybe even more important as honing your art skills.

I really look up to massive black, because it was a good business decision. When they asked Jason to put up a team to work for a game studio he basically said:"Why should I? We will stay for the project and are jobless afterwards." Instead they founded Massive Black and it gave them more power as artists and they got business, too. THIS is smart in so many ways. More artists should think business and more schools should teach this, too.

[GriNGo]

...it gave them more power as artists and they got business, too. THIS is smart in so many ways. More artists should think business and more schools should teach this, too.

this is also very true.. power to the artists - one of the many things MB and crew have done right.

[Kraus]

Scholarship for what? What do you want to learn, what do you want be making money on in the future? Why can't you homeschool yourself on the internet and Gnomon tutorials, like others?

I don't care about your artistic ability, you shouldn't merit a scholarship based on how good/bad you are, i wanna see passion, i wanna see a usefull investment for the future. I want to see what impact you think you gonna make on the creative field. Where is the guarantee you won't waste that money or flunk out cause art ain't fresh anymore..

My art chops are more than good anough for the government/school institution to realise that it is my likely path in life. However my actual path can be something completely different not to mention something way less than noble, most likely benefiting drug dealers more than society.

And i know we're talking about MB here not the govt, but still, money is money. They probably want to grow new generations of artists in house so they fit better into MB mold, i presume they'd need more from you than just the work you can do now in order to decide whether you qualify..

Art Scolarship would've been cool for me like 8 years ago. But i'm 26 allready, and my path is to bleed the government for every creative business grant i can get me hands on because i believe visual industry houses alot of wankers who lost their creativity long ago, and i don't wanna work for wankers, i wanna be one.
Life paths are important.. Do you have one yet? Can you at least tell me what's your cup of tea art wise, 3D commandos or fantasy art?

[Arshes Nei]

To the above post:

I'm sorry, but what?

[Hyskoa]

Goonigoogoo.

See, lead paint can be dangerous...

[Craig D]

Arshes,
trying to understand Kraus will only give you a headache.

[Sascha Thau]

i don't wanna work for wankers, i wanna be one.

This is all I got.

[Kraus]

Arshes, my mascot Craig D is absolutely right. Don't sweat it darling, wasn't meant for your supple mind...

[Arshes Nei]

I vote we just go on and reply in more non sequitur. Because the kitchen sink is an outer space dog.

[Reymus]

I vote we just go on and reply in more non sequitur. Because the kitchen sink is an outer space dog.

I totally agree, scholarships should be more akin to a feline dream-state, not the hyperbolic time flux in a cornfield in Indiana. Take a muffin and drive that, topless along the interstate boombox.

[Two Listen]

I totally agree, scholarships should be more akin to a feline dream-state, not the hyperbolic time flux in a cornfield in Indiana. Take a muffin and drive that, topless along the interstate boombox.