<p>For a while I figured I was going to major in Illustration...but as of late I have had a wake-up call that I need to major in a field that will directly relate to a job. I recently went to SCAD summer seminar program on a scholarship where I took a 3d modeling class and I have to be honest: I really hated 3-d modeling. I was hoping to do something in animation but I didn't like how the modeling was so abstract. (I'm glad I figured that out before things got too serious though! haha) I loved my figure drawing class though!
I talked to some people there and I really had a realization that I can't just 'major' in some 'art' degree. I really need to think about what I'm majoring in as it will directly relate to what job I will have.
Also, I was thinking how much I love to build things and how focusing so much on art I have lost that. I really love drawing and I love drawing digital art on my tablet. I feel so lost! </p>
<p>What are some degrees that include both art and engineering?</p>
<p>Edit: I forgot to mention that I'm going to be a junior.</p>
<p>I think you should pick one or the other (Art or engineering). I’m sorry, but it just doesn’t sound realistic to do both as they are both majors where you have to give your all. Also, there is no major that is a mixture of art and engineering.</p>
<p>I would say study a design field but you seem to dislike abstraction and abstract thinking figures heavily into design.</p>
<p>Architecture is what some people think of when combining Art and engineering but its really much closer to the art side.</p>
<p>And honestly, you seem to be denying a part of yourself when you mention your love for figure drawing.</p>
<p>Actually, if your not squeamish, why don’t you look into medical illustration? Its more applied than general illustration. Art education is also more job oriented.</p>
<p>You could take non-degree courses, outside of college, in figure drawing at a nearby atelier or art league. And major in engineering in college.</p>
<p>Lillylou, You have plenty of time to figure this out! Look into programs in industrial design, packaging design, and perhaps toymaking. From there you will fiind tangents that may lead you down related paths. Keep exploring your interests. Good luck!</p>
<p>Thanks for all the replies! There are just so many degrees out there I didn’t know where to start.
I think I would like Medical Illustration and I’ve had other people suggest that to me (even my doctor haha). I’m /very/ squeamish so I would only be able to do that if I got over my fears. I don’t really know what Industrial Design is but I will look it up. I’m not really sure if I’m an architecture person. I guess I don’t know enough about it?I will have to go on a research spree.<br>
I would rather go fully into art rather than engineering. I just looked up how much math is required for engineering and it scared me a bit. I like geometry and I’m above average math overall (I make around a 90 in gifted math) but it is not my favorite subject. I cannot do calculations in my head. I have to use a calculator.
My parents want me to be an art teacher…but I’ve been in school for 10+ years now and I’m getting sick of it quickly. The system is defective and I don’t know if they will be hiring art teachers (or even new teachers at all) in a few years. I’ve heard of teachers even in so called ‘demanded’ fields like science and math are having trouble finding jobs or are getting laid off.
I can ask my art teacher and the other teachers for advice and career paths once school is back in session. If the hope scholarship is still in place by the time I graduate then I want something instate (GA). Time flies by so quickly, I don’t want to make want to make the wrong choice…</p>
<p>Seeing that you are going to be a junior, I commend how you are focused and determined on your career, but I think you are moving a bit fast. Work on your portfolio first and foremost and start looking at schools. Most schools have a foundation year where you’ll have the chance to try out a variety of things and you’ll have a year to talk to faculty and majoring students about prospective majors. Finding a job is important, but don’t let it consume you right now. And keep in mind the idea that you should not just choose something so that you’ll have simply a job, but also because you love it too. If you choose a major like architecture remember that you’ll be stuck with it for four years and the rest of your life. If you want that then go for it. </p>
<p>As a previous poster has said, you seem as though you are denying yourself. 3D animation is not the only thing in animation and illustration is perhaps the broadest degree. If you like 2D work than do 2D animation or storyboarding. I’ve seen illustration majors work as fine artists, teachers, graphic designers, web programmers, animators, comic book artists, concept artists, storyboard artists, directors, and industrial designers. It is really a broad degree. If you aren’t following the professions I’m saying then you need to leave your job and major search alone first and then do your research. You cannot choose what you do not know. You have two years before you are even picking a major so explore and find your strengths and weaknesses. Talk to professional artists in your community. Just call them up and ask what they look for in the people they hire or a little bit on how they ending up doing the work they do. Call up schools you are interested in on what their majors offer and the internships students take and what their job rate is after graduation. Look up online the different majors and their pros and cons. Look at the portfolios of people exiting these majors and figure out if that is what you want to do. But if illustration is where your heart is, if that is what you know you want to do for the rest of your life then I would do it. </p>
<p>Happiness comes with sacrifice. An art teacher told me that his doctor had always wanted to paint and eventually he left his practice to do it full time. My organist was a linguistics major in college and switched majors in her junior year to music. I had another art teacher who was working in the video games industry and realized he could not get away from figure drawing, which he now teaches. Now am I telling you what to do or what major to choose? No. But I’m going to give you the advice that has been given to me–be true to yourself. Don’t shy away from what you know you love.</p>