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[vexator]

yeah.. clueless.

I'm looking to start a career in concept art at some point in time, however, I have no idea wher to even begin. I was a compsci major student before I dropped out.

I think the first step should be plenty discussion for now. What kind of education should I have to capture myself a job in this business? I really have no idea. I have postulated that perhaps a portfolio would suffice... but then I find myself asking what I would put in a portfolio. I am a terrible self-salesman. yargh, back to the first question. What am I looking for in an art school? do I want a 4 year university degree? What about those solely art schools that offer only 2 year curriculums? Are they reputable?

If anyone knows of a particular school worth attending in the dallas or austin, texas area that would be super helpful.

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Perhaps that would aid some suggestions. I have done a little bit of painting, but I found it excruciatingly slow. Particularly since I had no particular guidance aside from trial and error. I do not particularly like the color jobs in there. They were done with photoshop because that's what I have. I am terribly unprofessional. I do not know where to begin. I am rambling. BLAH BLAH BLAH SAVE ME FROM DELIVERING PIZZAS.

[Gilead]

Well since I don't have a job in conceptual art as such I can't really answer everything, but I'll give my standard answers.

Get all the education you can from the junior college in your home town. It will likely be as good an education as you can find at a university and a heck of a lot more affordable. Plus you can stay home and sponge off of Mom and dad for now.
Trade schools vary. Some are good some bad, but they are all about ten times the price as regular college and there aint one of them that's ten times as good as a regular college so I'd avoid them.

Apart from school? Don't be afraid to try other forms of art for a living if the opportunity presents itself. Paint signs, murals, theatrical props, T-shirts, skateboards. Get a bunch of plywood scraps and cut out christmas figures that people can prop up in their yard to decorate for the holidays. I did that for Halloween one year ,when I had no other work, and made a bunch of cash. just sold them out of the front yard like a yard sale.
Good luck