Thinking of going to art school?

Right now I am enrolled in my first year of college at a local Community College. I am very interested and have a love for web design and photoshop. Has anyone gone through "art school" and enjoyed their experience? I am wondering if it is a good move considering this is what I trule want to do in life. (Web design, computer graphics). ANY insight will help tremendously. Thanks.

i wouldn't go for any kind of "web" related degree, but studying graphic design probably wouldn't be a bad idea if its what you want to do. its a tough market tho, and not everyone's cut out for it.

chris

If you are interested in web design I would start taking some programming classes and database design.

I'm in exactly the same boat you're in. First year at a CC. If you're gonna go into some computer animation, I'd keep my foot in some standard drawing/ design classes, but for web design, definitely some progging.

I'm going for industrial design myself. Transferring, and whatnot.

The most important lessons you'll learn in college have nothing to do with the actual courses you take.

he he he i agree with utopian23 i learn many things in college but there werent all in the classroom. By the way welcome to the board oddball, stay here for a while and youll learn many things this forum you will find is like a classroom lots of people here are very knowlageble and kind in teaching you ...

I suggest majoring in art. That way you can do just about any graphic or design related thing you want.

Im currently working on my associates degree in Graphic Arts and Design... sofar its going pretty well, but I still have a ways to go and im not sure if thats what im going to major in or not. I still dont really know what im going to do, but I still have a lot of time to think about it :D

just started junior year yesterday. woking on BA in graphic design. first two years, zero work on the computer, but i know most of those "art schools" start computer work earlier. but becareful some art schools can be complete junk and others can be very nice.

I have to dissagree...i think if you want to become a web designer, first get a degree in graphic design. Learn all the coding stuff afterwards. Nice design is usually more important than fancy scripting.