<p>Hi everyone!
I want to apply for a B.F.A this year, but I'm worried that my portfolio might not be good enough. I am completely self-taught and hadn't received critique on my work.
Would you guys might take a look and tell me what you think? Greyhanded's</a> deviantART Gallery</p>
<p>I would really appreciate any feedback!
Thanks [:</p>
<p>I went through and gave you a few comments and critiques, good luck on your application!</p>
<p>Thank you so much! I really appreciate your time and assistance :D</p>
<p>Is there anyone else who also wouldn’t mind to take a look? I would greatly appreciate any reviews! [:</p>
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<p>I think that admissions folks at most schools will be impressed by the diversity of your portfolio.</p>
<p>other than that the portfolio is kind of weak. It looks kind of hobby-ish: like something someone does in their spare time rather than something someone is interested in pursuing. I’d say the same thing i tell everyone: it’s important to look at a lot of art and design and I might even go further to say especially 19th century, 20th century and contemporary art and design. You will need to form strong interests and let them guide you. Looking at a lot of work will help you do this. It will also help you see your own work a little more clearly. Admissions folks at art schools like to know that you are seriously interested in art/design and that you have a mind of your own. Although it is impressive that you have done all that work on your own, neither of the aforementioned traits are particularly evident from your portfolio.</p>
<p>A lot of art schools have facebook groups for their incoming students where they post a lot of the incoming student work. Look around and see what kind of students the schools you may be interested in take. Museums and libraries are unbeatable resources if you live in a place where large ones are easily accessible. Also meeting people with similar interests helps. And it’s never a bad idea to get some good books (if only for the pictures).</p>
<p>I did a book thread a while back</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/visual-arts-film-majors/989407-reading-recommendations-art-students.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/visual-arts-film-majors/989407-reading-recommendations-art-students.html</a></p>
<p>You might find something interesting there </p>
<p>Joseph Beuys famously told one of his students something to the effect of ‘the problem with your work isn’t your work; it’s you.’ I think that’s probably one thing every artist should think about.</p>
<p>kaelyn, so are you still at Dusseldorf, yes?
what did you find out about the story of fat/felt rescue if that indeed directed him as the artist he became?
it seems American publications dismiss it as he made it up or imagined, whatever, or was it lost in translation somewhere?</p>
<p>Kaelyn, thank you so much for the critique, I really appreciate it!
I’m currently exploring some things that I like and that interest me and I plan to create entirely new pieces for the portfolio. Thank you so much for all the constructive tips!</p>