So I graduated from SVA this past may. I will not recommend SVA. I will not recommend any art school that does not teach art from a classical perspective. Granted, I only have my own experience, but if you are not taught the basics and fundamentals, you will be left to merely float. If skill and execution are not taught, then all you have left is non-sense and BS. I didn’t go to school to learn how to BS, but I certainly left feeling like that’s all I had accomplished there.
So for anyone going into art school, make sure your cirriculum is mostly life drawing, life painting, sculpture and as little critique as possible–you want to learn how to look and how to convey what you see. After that, you can then apply that to what interests you. If you can’t draw, how can you convey your thoughts visually?

On a lighter note, after spending a few months being absolute uninspired and totally unhappy with the results of my education at SVA, I finally did a painting. I kept telling myself not to push it, just let it come, and it did.
The great thing about working at Oxford Aviation again is that I have time to work on my craft and I get to save up some money. I get to keep my mind sharp on design so I don’t lose any sort of creativity and whilst it may be mostly vector-based art, it is still art and I can be proud of the designs I create for my clients. You may see some new ones in the gallery soon. I am juggling about 5 tp 6 clients at this time, most of them with completely original designs. Might post up a few I worked on, too.