Ap studio Art not accepting digital work???

[Demo]

So for the second part of Ap studio art portfolio submission i planed on doing half of my concentration in digital and the other half in other types of traditional media. when I shared my plan with my teacher she said would have to look into it before she would allow me to. Which I take to mean that she will probably not let me. Her concern is that she is not sure if the College Board will accept digital media. Although she is a nice lady she is generally close minded towards newer types of media such as painter and Photoshop and so on. Dose anyone have knowledge on College Board accepting pieces composed in digital medium. Also if so is their any compelling argument that someone could help me devise so that I could convince said teacher to allow me to work partially in digital. Only serious answers please
Iv posted a link to college board iv looked over and not found anything that would say I cant and nothing that specifically says I can
http://www.collegeboard.com/student/testing/ap/sub_studioart.html
:yayca:
thanks

[aedman]

My guess would be that the College Board would accept digital work but I would also think there is a risk that they are less familiar with digital work and the challenges of it so they might have some less predictable biases in looking at it.

If you do end up having to do more traditional work than you initially had hoped, just remember that a lot of the skills you build traditionally with real paint and pencil (color/value relationships, line quality, composition, rendering form, etc. etc. etc.) will contribute to your digital work a great deal. You could always work traditionally during the day for class and work digitally on your own in the evenings to build up those skills- it might be a nice way to balance the two and let one process inform the other.

I hope you can find a way that works for you and gives you the best advantage for your current school situation, try to find creative solutions to avoid getting frustrated with any limitations you have to work within- if you are interested in making visual work for clients in the future you will almost always be dealing with limitations and parameters- in this sense learning how to deal with it constructively now might be helping to build those skills for the future.

[Goog]

Yeah, when I sent my portfolio last year I wasn't able to send in any digital stuff because it had to be sent in slide format. THe reason we had to use slide format is because the AP board was afraid of image doctoring. However, because everything is turned in digitally this year you may be able to turn in digital pieces, but I still doubt it. Too many people have an ignorance of the digitial media, thinking the computer carries a heavier load in the process than it actually does. But, you never know. Just remember, they like studies from life :).

[RyerOrdStar]

When I did it about 3 years ago they did NOT accept digital work. I doubt they would.

[Demo]

yea i know they have changed the format lately to digital submission and they say each image hase to be turned in, in a .jpeg format so im still clueless to yes or no.

the concentration i was planing on doing was all of female portrits, which means i just wanted an excuse to ask all the cute girls to draw them. my bredth pretty much consists of all still lifes though so i dont wana get tired of them.

Edit::: forgot to thank everyone so far and every one yet to come

[realitychek]

It sucks, but yeah, they don't accept digital works (and I submitted work last year). With them wanting the images turned in in a jpg format this year, they simply mean they don't want slides anymore.

[DSillustration]

Lie.

Seriously, if your work is painted digitally (and not a photo composite), they might not be able to tell, given their ignorance of the medium.

Start the piece off in pencil, and call it "mixed media".
What's the worse that could happen?

[~Faust~]

Lie.

Seriously, if your work is painted digitally (and not a photo composite), they might not be able to tell, given their ignorance of the medium.

Start the piece off in pencil, and call it "mixed media".
What's the worse that could happen?

Did the same thing. Sent in some digital Stilllifes and figure-studies. Tricked them into thinking I did them in oils :)

[riceface]

Lie.

Seriously, if your work is painted digitally (and not a photo composite), they might not be able to tell, given their ignorance of the medium.

Start the piece off in pencil, and call it "mixed media".
What's the worse that could happen?

these are the type of advice i thrive on

[Demo]

thats what im thinkin, i sent an email to College board asking for more information on submission guidlines and im going to see if i can call someone tomorrow and speek with some sort of rep, if i get anything furthur ill post here.

[Psypomp]

I could have sworn they accepted digital if it was for "Illustration". I'm not sure, though; my teacher has only begun talking to us about the AP test *sigh*

[Mirana]

they might not be able to tell, given their ignorance of the medium.

Good lord, how dumb are these college board people (AP wasn't available to me in HS)?? Even if they didn't know digital works, you'd hope they'd recognize real oils and that Painter "oils" done by a HS student were a little "off"... :P

[The Pariano]

It depends if you are in 2d studio or if you are in drawing studio. You MIGHT get away with it in drawing if the focus is on just that DRAWING, for 2d design however, digital pieces are completely acceptable.

[J Wilson]

Also if so is their any compelling argument that someone could help me devise so that I could convince said teacher to allow me to work partially in digital.

Yes, tell her you'll take your education dollars elsewhere, to a school that isn't falling behind and becoming hopelessly outdated.

Any art instructor that does their research couldn't help but recognize that digital is just another medium to work in, no less legit than any other. If they are too closed minded for it, go elsewhere.

[Mirana]

Yes, tell her you'll take your education dollars elsewhere, to a school that isn't falling behind and becoming hopelessly outdated.

AP=High School, so i guess the OP could switch schools if they wanted, but that's highly unlikely. In any case, the teacher is not the one who makes the AP rules.... ;)

[J Wilson]

AP=High School, so i guess the OP could switch schools if they wanted, but that's highly unlikely. In any case, the teacher is not the one who makes the AP rules.... ;)

Haha oops! I get so used to threads on art schools I didn't read as closely as I should have.

In that case I second Dan's advice. Lie. If they are that clueless they won't detect the difference. If you want to take the higher more difficult route, try to convert the teacher by actually showing her painter and how it works. If she saw it first hand she'd have to admit it's just as valid as traditional, even if she remains biased towards traditional. Convert your teacher than have her help plead your case. Explain that it is vital to get into the field you want, and it's their job to help you get there.

I think most of the old school artists have some pre conceived notion that digitial art is somehow done by the computer. I tried to explain to an older artist friend once how I made digital art. "So, you scan in your sketch and then the computer paints it for you?" *sigh* She never did understand.

[Demo]

yah iv shown her countless example both of my self and of the higher ups here, if its one of mine she kind of pretends to care but you can tell she is totlly dismissing it, although she hasnt been able to tell yet that the pieces are digital until i tell her.

Id agree that the college board reps are completely useless when checking over the portfolios that have already been submitted one that received a 5 (the highest score) was 12 drawings all of traced manga that was completly terrible. they liked it because it consisted of experemintation of different types of media

o and to tell the truth i dont mind the school so much i have a completly different art teacher who loves digital works and traditional, but i dont think i should threten to storm out on my last smester of senior year
thanks every one ill have word from College board tomorrow and if they give me the wrong answer im raising hell :ilaekae:

[Demo]

College board-
Thanks for your note regarding digital processes in AP Studio Art. The quick answer is : Yes, it's fine to use digital software. For 2-D Design, this is implicitly covered in the introductory text (above the three sections) where it says, "Any 2-D process or medium may be submitted, including…digital imaging…" On the 08-09 poster, #'s 9 and 10 are two very different examples of digital work. (#'s 6 and 7 are digital photos, but they were apparently not manipulated.)

It's great that you are also keeping the other requirements in mind because they, too, are important. If you are actually planning to submit a Drawing portfolio, then you can still work digitally, but the work would have to be focused on drawing through digital means. Please feel free to write back if you have other questions.

We hope this information is helpful.
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So apparently we can use Digital for compositions, this made my day better
but still the second paragraph makes me feel like They were still not quite sure what the process consists of

thanks every one for the help and i hope this helped others as well