has anyone here gone to school for web and/or graphic design? what did you think of it? I'm starting school online on the 11th for an associates degree in graphic design, with specialization in web design and interactive media. I'm really excited to start.

I'm going to school for graphic design currently, I'll have my BFA in December. So.. almost done! It's a lot of fun. Going to school has opened up a lot of career opportunities for me that I would not have access to had I not enrolled. I actually have a job now thanks to school connections.

I'm not sure what your school's curriculum was like but over the course of these four years I've spent most of my life on school work. There were a lot of days where I'd go to class at 8 am in the morning to work on school work and leave at midnight if not later. A lot of people think going to school for graphic design is just diddling around with fun art stuff in photoshop for a little bit throughout the week and breezing by; but it's very meticulous & time-consuming work. It's still fun and I enjoy my life a lot--I've made a lot of friends in the computer labs where I work and we have a great time together even though we're stuck there working for 12 hours or whatever it is throughout the day.

You're probably going to get burnt out at some point and question whether or not you really want to do graphic design; I feel like this probably happens to 99% of people in this career. Art as a corporate career takes a big toll on people because it's so mentally straining & creatively demanding in ways that are kind of unnatural. You just have to remember why you're doing what you're doing & if you don't want to do it anymore then that's fine, too.

Anyway, I'm sure it's going to be quite an experience! I imagine taking graphic design as an online course will be pretty interesting, hope you enjoy your new career journey :)!

oh that's awesome, you're nearly done :D that all makes it a little scary haha but I have the luxury of being a stay at home mom with zero social life :x so I feel as though I'll be able to dedicate most of my time to school work, esp since my son is crazy independent. I've waited so long to go back to school for this because I'm afraid it'll be too hard, but.. you never know unless you try.

I also fiddly around in photoshop a lot and very basic HTML-based web building so I keep telling myself that what I already know and do will probably conflict a lot with what I'd be learning and using. but hopefully, if it's even a setback, I can get past that.

thank you ^-^ I'm super excited, I hate feeling like I'm doing nothing with my life and just wasting away by staying home with my son (even though I know that's not really the case), so I'm happy I'll be going back to school. and I really hope I can handle it and do well.

Well that's good! I'm happy for you; I'm sure you'll like it a lot c: It's a lot of fun and very rewarding to have a job where you can creatively express yourself. Since you have a lot of time to commit I'm sure you'll be fine!