UPDATE: Hey y'all! After working my booty off every day since this rejection, I finally got into USC Roski School of Art and Design! All of the feedback and support from this video played an important role in my journey to making a successful art portfolio, so I wanted to give a little update. If you want to see my ACCEPTED Art Portfolio, I just uploaded it on my channel 💕
You're an amazing artist! Although they're not perfect, the people at those art colleges probably saw the great potential you've got! I hope whatever future dreams you have, come true! I love reading your short comic illustrations on Instagram! Thanks for spreading so much happyness!!
Just make sure if you are applying to big art colleges to also apply to small ones with a bigger acceptance rate. If you have potential the small ones are more likely to pick you
Even tho I’m a year late I just want to inform you that you should always make sure to apply to safety schools as well! Safety schools usually have higher acceptance rates and you would be the most disappointed if you don’t get into a dream school. It’s recommended you apply for 2 dream schools and 3 safety schools you can do more of each just make sure you have back ups!
I’m really sorry you weren’t excepted into these schools, but you shouldn’t feel bad, because you are so talented. I love that bear one. It’s so vibrant and fun
It's so strange to me that in america you have to be accept that way, bc I think you're going to college to learn no? And art is so subjective, what I think it's beautiful can't be for the other.
Uhmmm no. While ones perception of art is to a large degree dependent on subjective taste, there are somewhat objective standards by which to judge a work of art. Proportion, color, value, perspective and control of medium are all things that can be ascertained about the artist from a work of art. And don’t pretend like this is an American thing, because traditionally it has been European academies that were brutally selective in which artists they would receive and teach. Do you really think the Ecole des Beaux Arts just accepts anyone? Even if you are very talented at producing a realistic image, there is so much that one can still learn about drawing, painting, etc. And for these prestigious art academies they like to operate on the assumption that there incoming students have a basic grasp of the principles of art, otherwise you get an enormous disparity between people who can barely draw an anime figure, and people who are able to expertly render a live model. You can’t possibly hope to have a rubric which caters to such enormous differences in talent. You never reach a point as an artist where you no longer learn; you never ‘cap out’ in artistic ability. But what learning is for someone who is just starting out, and someone who has painting for a decade, is vastly different. And that is why you need admission standards.
@@angieg9105 And we go to art school learning those skills so i still dont get why they require them before hand. I dont feel school will accept me omg.
okay but let’s be real. these pieces are gonna be worth GOLD when you blow up. your art is so unique and exactly what i want in my home. they’re dark n kinda wacky. even if its not proportional it fits amazingly to your style. i’d literally pay all my savings for these and i’ve never wanted to actually buy art before. you. are. amazing. and i’ve literally only been on your channel for 15 minutes lmfao.
wow i’m literally in love with like every piece . it’s sucks that colleges don’t appreciate art like this. your style is so unique i love the way you paint portraits !
Please don't beat yourself up, I actually thoroughly enjoyed looking through the portfolio. :) You're already advancing so far with colors and using charcoal (I h8 charcoal), and that scratch one is BOMB. You're doing great
You're doing such a good job. Not every piece turns out being your favorite, but you keep trying new things and they really work! Also college art teachers and staff change their mind on what they like by the hour. In one class my teacher hated a piece and the next day said she loved it before I'd done anything new with it. So don't worry if it didn't work this time. You're bound for great things
Dude I love your art!!! Don’t be discouraged! Like you said, those are some of the most competitive schools in the US, so I guarantee you would’ve gotten in to other schools had you applied!!
You have so much potential and have really great talent! The art world is can be really pretentious and strange, I'm in the creative industry myself, finishing my final year and what I've found is the most successful art pieces are ones that are super loose, free and experimental. Sometimes it's not even about the final product but the exploration of process and the rationale. I'm glad you can look back and roast your work, but don't be too harsh on yourself! It's all amazing progress!
It’s not embarrassing AT ALL and thank you so mush for sharing your portfolio. You showed lots of curiosity towards arts and made so many attempts to it which I really appreciate. You definitely have the potential to be an artist. That 15-min piece is really intriguing. Maybe try take some professional class could help with your painting skills and better express your ideas next time.
@@rabiacheema6048 I'm a High school junior currently, I'll be a senior in the fall/August. I'm kind of considering not going college though. I kind of want to be an airline attendant. I just want to travel and that's an easier way of doing it. I don't know though. This adult thing came too quickly
MR SHELTONNNNN! Thank you so much for being such a great art teacher and for having some .... interesting conversations with me. Super appreciate all the advice you've given me with art + life! We def need to keep in touch!
I think you have great potential! Please keep practicing and don’t give up, I can tell you have a creative mind which gives you potential to produce amazing work! I think you were just missing more real life observations and that’s what most schools look for, human figure drawings as well as hand drawings
Seeing this n ur new art just shows how much hard work and time you’ve put in! You’ve improved so much in such little time :) so happy u got accepted into college now !
OMG IM SO EXCITED I JUST SUBSCRIBED TO YOU AND MY ART REMINDS ME SO MUCH OF YOURSSS ❤️ I'm So HAPPYYYY I'm tryna go to art school too (Not me fangirling 😂🤦)
Hi, this is a great portfolio! However, I think I can see why RISD would reject such an amazing portfolio. It's not because they didnt like your art, but more so because it lacked a narration (theme), and it's a bit hard to tell what you wanted to choose as your course (like fine art, graphic design etc) But again, that's just my opinion haha. Its a wonderful portfolio though
i do agree with the part about the theme, however i will say that when RISD reviewed my portfolio recently they told me to keep in mind that RISD has a foundation year! because of this, everyone basically goes into it undecided. they said that I was very focused on one major and I should keep my options open!
Woah. Though you were rejected, your arts are really inspiring and i get those what your explaining about it. I'm working on my portfolio... so thanks. These are really cool.
Please don't be hard on yourself. I recently applied to art school, and I understand the anxiousness and self-criticism of it, but sometimes we need to take a step back and hear other people's perspectives of our creations. Art is subjective, and yours was really good in my opinion. YOU ARE TALENTED. please don't doubt yourself. Rejection can hurt, but that does not take away from your own creative ability, and beautiful creations. Your work is great, and I could feel the emotion from it. It hurt to hear you over criticize yourself so much (one person to another, I do the same). No one can tell you the level of art skill, and your skill level except yourself. I understand feeling like you don't have a voice and using art as a way to make a difference (in reference to the trump artwork.) Keep working hard, and know that your art is appreciated, please stop criticizing your FANTASTIC artwork. It's hard to hear people turn down things we put our heart and soul into, but I SEE your creations and I appreciate them. No one's art is spotless, real diamonds have imperfections, fake ones are perfect.
It’s crazy to me how if your a student learning something like art your rejected from a college which is supposed to TEACH you , because you don’t know enough lmao it blows my mind. I think that why a lot of people end up learning on their own… but what am I supposed to be learning from your school if I’m improving on my own. This is coming from someone who chose art later in life and started from zero. Im still learning I’m only a few years in but to me you are growing and learning and should appreciate the efforts you have made regardless of being rejected.
if i’m applying for a stem major, does my art portfolio have to be really good? everyone is telling me to submit one to boost my chances, but my skills aren’t that good. i’m just doing it to showcase my interest in the arts. also, i love your art wtf !!!!!
While your portfolio doesn't have to be the best (since you're applying for a stem major), it would be best if you included a good portfolio. It shows another side of you to the admissions officer who wont know you outside of your application. Including a portfolio would definitely give you an advantage as it gives the admissions officer a better chance to get to know you.
The figure drawings are not bad at all. I went to art school and I saw the worst figure studies I have ever seen. These are wayyyyy better than you think 😂
Well, I agree that politics should stay out of your portfolio because you don't know who's judging your work and they may have opposite opinions, but that probably wasn't the only reason. The schools he applied to are really tough to get in to
Art schools are run by liberals. Every single piece in my portfolio for undergrad was explicitly political and everything I'm submitting for grad school is 100% based in politics. Art schools care significantly more when something is political because it shows that you are processing the times we live in. All classes at RISD, Parsons, Pratt, etc teach art and design as it relates to the world around us. You will absolutely be discussing politics in the classroom everyday in some way or another no matter your major. I would argue that it is better to make an "okay" work with political undertones than a "great" work with absolutely no meaning.
UPDATE: Hey y'all! After working my booty off every day since this rejection, I finally got into USC Roski School of Art and Design! All of the feedback and support from this video played an important role in my journey to making a successful art portfolio, so I wanted to give a little update. If you want to see my ACCEPTED Art Portfolio, I just uploaded it on my channel 💕
You saved us from a 3rd world war
And just like that, the world avoided another catastrophe.
@@user-ym1bs7om9e common W
the medals in the background: 👁️👄👁️
😂😂😂😂
You're an amazing artist! Although they're not perfect, the people at those art colleges probably saw the great potential you've got! I hope whatever future dreams you have, come true! I love reading your short comic illustrations on Instagram! Thanks for spreading so much happyness!!
Aww thank you so much that means a TON to me ❤️❤️❤️
Yeah, he applied to pretty tough colleges. I'm sure smaller art colleges would have accepted him
This is a rejected one ???
Im so doomed 🤣
Should i even try 🤔🤣
You should still try so you don't regret it! It's better to try and to fail then not try at all! ☺️
Just make sure if you are applying to big art colleges to also apply to small ones with a bigger acceptance rate. If you have potential the small ones are more likely to pick you
Even tho I’m a year late I just want to inform you that you should always make sure to apply to safety schools as well! Safety schools usually have higher acceptance rates and you would be the most disappointed if you don’t get into a dream school. It’s recommended you apply for 2 dream schools and 3 safety schools you can do more of each just make sure you have back ups!
you should try atleast you don't get involved in German politics after
If you get rejected just join politics. Specifically Germany
I’m really sorry you weren’t excepted into these schools, but you shouldn’t feel bad, because you are so talented. I love that bear one. It’s so vibrant and fun
It's so strange to me that in america you have to be accept that way, bc I think you're going to college to learn no? And art is so subjective, what I think it's beautiful can't be for the other.
well its college so they probably need to look for certain things
Though art is subject, there are still value in skills, and usually the more skills that r shown in a drawing tells people how hard working u r😂
Uhmmm no. While ones perception of art is to a large degree dependent on subjective taste, there are somewhat objective standards by which to judge a work of art. Proportion, color, value, perspective and control of medium are all things that can be ascertained about the artist from a work of art. And don’t pretend like this is an American thing, because traditionally it has been European academies that were brutally selective in which artists they would receive and teach. Do you really think the Ecole des Beaux Arts just accepts anyone? Even if you are very talented at producing a realistic image, there is so much that one can still learn about drawing, painting, etc. And for these prestigious art academies they like to operate on the assumption that there incoming students have a basic grasp of the principles of art, otherwise you get an enormous disparity between people who can barely draw an anime figure, and people who are able to expertly render a live model. You can’t possibly hope to have a rubric which caters to such enormous differences in talent.
You never reach a point as an artist where you no longer learn; you never ‘cap out’ in artistic ability. But what learning is for someone who is just starting out, and someone who has painting for a decade, is vastly different. And that is why you need admission standards.
@@charlesdesobry9446 well said👏🏼
@@angieg9105 And we go to art school learning those skills so i still dont get why they require them before hand. I dont feel school will accept me omg.
It's super helpful to see rejected stuff so thank you for putting yourself out there.
If you're still interested in art, check this out
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You have a great potential to redraw the map of Europe!! Keep it up
okay but let’s be real. these pieces are gonna be worth GOLD when you blow up. your art is so unique and exactly what i want in my home. they’re dark n kinda wacky. even if its not proportional it fits amazingly to your style. i’d literally pay all my savings for these and i’ve never wanted to actually buy art before. you. are. amazing. and i’ve literally only been on your channel for 15 minutes lmfao.
literally not roastable at all. i love it so much and maybe it’s just me bc i THRIVE for this style
This man bout to start a world war because of this
wow i’m literally in love with like every piece . it’s sucks that colleges don’t appreciate art like this. your style is so unique i love the way you paint portraits !
Oh shit not again
Please don't beat yourself up, I actually thoroughly enjoyed looking through the portfolio. :) You're already advancing so far with colors and using charcoal (I h8 charcoal), and that scratch one is BOMB. You're doing great
You're doing such a good job. Not every piece turns out being your favorite, but you keep trying new things and they really work! Also college art teachers and staff change their mind on what they like by the hour. In one class my teacher hated a piece and the next day said she loved it before I'd done anything new with it. So don't worry if it didn't work this time. You're bound for great things
BRO HOWWW. YOUR ARTWORK IS BEYOND AMAZING WTFFF
bro I would buy the bear one, these are gorgeous!!
The bear one was so cute
If you're still interested in art, check this out
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Luckily, I see a future in German politics for you!
Do not worry my friend, for you npw have the rare chance to paint europe instead
you’re a great artist, keep it up! Don’t listen to the colleges, u got this ❤️✨
If you're still interested in art, check this out
th-cam.com/video/aHyE_hMfF6g/w-d-xo.html
Someone says that if a person is rejected in art school they have a potential in politics. 😊
Potential in invading Poland
bro 😂
PLSS T-T
😂😂
🙋🏻♂️🇩🇪
it’s a part of your journey to success when you acknowledge your failures, keep it going man
Dude I love your art!!! Don’t be discouraged! Like you said, those are some of the most competitive schools in the US, so I guarantee you would’ve gotten in to other schools had you applied!!
Ahhh thank you so much!
You have so much potential and have really great talent! The art world is can be really pretentious and strange, I'm in the creative industry myself, finishing my final year and what I've found is the most successful art pieces are ones that are super loose, free and experimental. Sometimes it's not even about the final product but the exploration of process and the rationale. I'm glad you can look back and roast your work, but don't be too harsh on yourself! It's all amazing progress!
Just remember you can always become a politician and become Chancellor
It’s not embarrassing AT ALL and thank you so mush for sharing your portfolio. You showed lots of curiosity towards arts and made so many attempts to it which I really appreciate. You definitely have the potential to be an artist. That 15-min piece is really intriguing. Maybe try take some professional class could help with your painting skills and better express your ideas next time.
I'm gonna apply to a million colleges, one has to accept me
Have you got accepted in any uni?
@@rabiacheema6048 I'm a High school junior currently, I'll be a senior in the fall/August. I'm kind of considering not going college though. I kind of want to be an airline attendant. I just want to travel and that's an easier way of doing it. I don't know though. This adult thing came too quickly
@@Hope-si1kb best of luck 🥰
U can only apply to 5
@@rizviaolad6185 Since when??
I would highly recommend joining the army and then becoming chancellor if your country loses
This why I'm here lol
Poland: *chuckles* i'm in danger
LOL
these so called art schools never learned from ww2
These kind of comments is the reason why I'm here. Lol.
Brett, it's Mr. Shelton. I recognize these! I'm proud of you for doing the work, making this video, and for getting into a fine school! Keep in touch!
MR SHELTONNNNN! Thank you so much for being such a great art teacher and for having some .... interesting conversations with me. Super appreciate all the advice you've given me with art + life! We def need to keep in touch!
My confidence after looking at these as I prepare my own portfolio: 📉📉📉📉📉📉📉📉
These look so great no way MINE are gonna get ANYWHERE at all
I think you have great potential! Please keep practicing and don’t give up, I can tell you have a creative mind which gives you potential to produce amazing work! I think you were just missing more real life observations and that’s what most schools look for, human figure drawings as well as hand drawings
Rejected from art school
Where have i heard this before
Kinda heilarious
@@RealPeppaPigXD _oh yes, my ww2 lesson_
He failed art school 😉😉😉.
Seeing this n ur new art just shows how much hard work and time you’ve put in! You’ve improved so much in such little time :) so happy u got accepted into college now !
Bro your art is amazing, you shouldn’t be so hard on yourself!!!
Loveeee all the colors and especially the palette piece 😍, always heard the statement “rejection is protection” keep growing and creating🙏🙏!
Omg thank you so much! Yes rejection is definitely redirection
I love your portfolio and I understand that you are emotional about it but also distanced to be able to analyse it ❤️ thanks for sharing
Pls don’t invade poland
How about the Jedi temple?
@@x-rex7236 *Juden temple
i feel kinda bad that you got rejected but looking at your Portfolio i get why you got rejected, atleast you've improved a lot since then!
Thank you for making this video, I thought your art was really good
Love your piece on anxiety!
Thank you so much that means a ton!
OMG IM SO EXCITED I JUST SUBSCRIBED TO YOU AND MY ART REMINDS ME SO MUCH OF YOURSSS ❤️ I'm So HAPPYYYY I'm tryna go to art school too
(Not me fangirling 😂🤦)
This is so damn good dude
Didn’t know this was rejected
Hi, this is a great portfolio! However, I think I can see why RISD would reject such an amazing portfolio. It's not because they didnt like your art, but more so because it lacked a narration (theme), and it's a bit hard to tell what you wanted to choose as your course (like fine art, graphic design etc)
But again, that's just my opinion haha. Its a wonderful portfolio though
i do agree with the part about the theme, however i will say that when RISD reviewed my portfolio recently they told me to keep in mind that RISD has a foundation year! because of this, everyone basically goes into it undecided. they said that I was very focused on one major and I should keep my options open!
If you're still interested in art, check this out
th-cam.com/video/aHyE_hMfF6g/w-d-xo.html
Politics diffenetly is the best 2nd choice after failing art school
I think its really nice! You were exprienting and trying out new things, im pretty sure youve improved after all this time💙
oh no
YOU'RE EXTREMELY TALENTED
Thank you so much!
I personally think you're really talented, LIKEEEE
I absolutely love the portrait of your dad, it's really unique!
If you're still interested in art, check this out
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I loved it ❤️ Please continue to make art, it's good
If you're still interested in art, check this out
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I love yours works tho and your honesty! Please continue sharing your works!
I really love the composition of ur work it’s very pleasing to the eye
If you're still interested in art, check this out
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Bruh just conquer the Europe
like me
wohooo a new one!! (why are you so damn skilled tho??) HAHAHAHAH FRICKIN LOVE IT!
Woah. Though you were rejected, your arts are really inspiring and i get those what your explaining about it. I'm working on my portfolio... so thanks. These are really cool.
Please don't be hard on yourself. I recently applied to art school, and I understand the anxiousness and self-criticism of it, but sometimes we need to take a step back and hear other people's perspectives of our creations. Art is subjective, and yours was really good in my opinion. YOU ARE TALENTED. please don't doubt yourself. Rejection can hurt, but that does not take away from your own creative ability, and beautiful creations. Your work is great, and I could feel the emotion from it. It hurt to hear you over criticize yourself so much (one person to another, I do the same). No one can tell you the level of art skill, and your skill level except yourself. I understand feeling like you don't have a voice and using art as a way to make a difference (in reference to the trump artwork.) Keep working hard, and know that your art is appreciated, please stop criticizing your FANTASTIC artwork. It's hard to hear people turn down things we put our heart and soul into, but I SEE your creations and I appreciate them. No one's art is spotless, real diamonds have imperfections, fake ones are perfect.
you're so good 🥺 I love your art
the bear one is just-
and i noticed the bear was just hanging on the back wall, while his complementing it :)
the octopus looks HELLLLA good
dude I love these artworkssss
aww thank you so much LOL
It’s crazy to me how if your a student learning something like art your rejected from a college which is supposed to TEACH you , because you don’t know enough lmao it blows my mind. I think that why a lot of people end up learning on their own… but what am I supposed to be learning from your school if I’m improving on my own. This is coming from someone who chose art later in life and started from zero. Im still learning I’m only a few years in but to me you are growing and learning and should appreciate the efforts you have made regardless of being rejected.
DUDE I LOVE YOUR PASTEL ONE
ehfoaehfaaweof ilyyyyy
I loved the crying faucet!
"Never compromised your art visual quality over your pnecessity to make personal statements"
Ixzatch Izmimov
7:55 such a beautiful piece, wow
if i’m applying for a stem major, does my art portfolio have to be really good? everyone is telling me to submit one to boost my chances, but my skills aren’t that good. i’m just doing it to showcase my interest in the arts. also, i love your art wtf !!!!!
While your portfolio doesn't have to be the best (since you're applying for a stem major), it would be best if you included a good portfolio. It shows another side of you to the admissions officer who wont know you outside of your application. Including a portfolio would definitely give you an advantage as it gives the admissions officer a better chance to get to know you.
OK how the hell were you not accepted. You are so talented wow
LOL I definitely know why I wasn't accepted but thank you!
Your Art is sooooo beautiful❤️
these were great !
These are amazing
i looove the little bear painting
just discovered your channel, you’re underrated
ahhh thank you so much!
@@brettpaint I think its better for you to become soldier to politics that will boost your career 😊
The figure drawings are not bad at all. I went to art school and I saw the worst figure studies I have ever seen. These are wayyyyy better than you think 😂
I think you already know why you did not get accepted. It's good you know what you are good at and what to improve.
Your art is amazing!
ahh thank you so much!
I hope you get accepted one day! Goodluck 🙏
Nah he might go to politics now
🥺Were these rejected ?! OMG
These r just awesome ,✨✨✨✨✨
Greeat video, please keep making more of this!!!
YOU MADE THAT IN 15 MINS???? I WORK FOR 2 MINS AND TAKE A 15 HOUR BREAK,,,, BRUH
LOL same thoo
By looking at your art, you probably would’ve gotten into SVA in New York, maybe even Pratt or parsons. What were you trying to major in?
I'm at USC now for communications, but I'm now trying to double in Art with an emphasis in design (whether I get in or not we'll see LOL)
some of your pieces are INCREDIBLE, did all 3 you apply to have like a REALLY low acceptance rate or something?? im sure brown would - but Chicago???
The acceptance rates are all low: RISD is 26%, Brown is 7% and Chicago is 6%.
Ugh I’m scared I don’t know anything about observational drawing and I really want to get into a art school but I don’t think I have what it takes
Me and my stickman: mm yes
ummm idk bout you but these are freaking amazing.
if you were rejected then I'm not even trying
Don’t worry bro just redraw Europe instead
DONT PUSH YOURSELFFF, I really see another of potential:)) you can attend art portfolios reviews and see what you need to work on for next year :))
Invade poland
Omg, why were you rejected?!
Fuhrer Brett
❤️❤️❤️
Never be embarassed by your artworks!
rejected because of politics should have not done that
Art schools do not like politects
Well, I know certain austrian painter who ended up doing politics because he was rejected from art school
Well, I agree that politics should stay out of your portfolio because you don't know who's judging your work and they may have opposite opinions, but that probably wasn't the only reason. The schools he applied to are really tough to get in to
Art schools are run by liberals. Every single piece in my portfolio for undergrad was explicitly political and everything I'm submitting for grad school is 100% based in politics. Art schools care significantly more when something is political because it shows that you are processing the times we live in. All classes at RISD, Parsons, Pratt, etc teach art and design as it relates to the world around us. You will absolutely be discussing politics in the classroom everyday in some way or another no matter your major. I would argue that it is better to make an "okay" work with political undertones than a "great" work with absolutely no meaning.
negativity runs in my veins ~~~
just want to say you’d be accepted into my make believe beautiful art college ❤️
boy your art looks better that mine what do you mean thier bad? lol
How old were you when you made this?
yea i have NO hope
like none
you got this omg!! I believe in you 😩
Is a 3.5 gpa good to apply to risd with
Join politics