This week i went for my interview at university.... after dropping my portfolio off along with the other dozen or so applicants, we where all ushered around the building to look at the studios etc, something i had only done two weeks before when there for the open day. While the tutors look over everyone's portfolios... 20 mins later we where all sitting outside ready to be called in..... I was second up, thinking i was going to be interview by several tutors, only to be meet by one and a 3rd year student, explaining to me that with so many people applying this year they decided to do things differently, so i struggled through the some what quick interview , feeling as if i hadn't answered the question to the best of my ability. Feeling i didn't say enough to tell them why and how much this meant to me. I did manage to say that it was something i had always wanted to do since school and after being a chef for 20 years i wanted to do something that was really my first passion, something I was able to do from home and wouldn't be as stressful as working in a kitchen until I'm 65 ..... but i didn't push home that i enjoyed writing and drawing and designing websites, music etc, just everything went out of my head, May be only drawing again for the last 5 months I'm just not good enough, Even tho tutor said my art work was more fine art then illustration, didn't think my art was that good to be considered fine art, what ever the definition of that means , but there was light at the end of the tunnel he did like the concertina book i had been working on. But one book won't get me in and the fact i didn't feel as if I push all the right buttons to the questions. So any way I felt as if i failed the interview. So now i have to wait 2 to 3 weeks or so to see if i have made it in ... my hopes are not high but I'm trying to keep positive. There was a number of fresh face school leavers and couple of other mature students, but as i said with some 300+ applying for 45 places my chances are slim. I wish i had picked been a illustrator 20 years ago instead of going into the catering industry, although cookery is creative in its own right now that I'm 40 something i really wish i was doing something else and that something else is ART!
Wow - you've had a rough week - I really hope you get some good news, waiting on things like this is torture. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you, hang in there, keep drawing & experimenting and keep us posted!
ReplyDeleteGood luck. Hope you get good news. I just found your blog through Illustration Friday and it's really interesting. I've added myself as a follower :)
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