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I'm not allowed to go to high school.

And there's no colleges here.

Why are you not allowed to go to high school..

and what country are you in, i cant help but think your in australia... and for one i know there are LOADS of colleges there...

Australia has no colleges.

http://www.australian-universities.com/colleges/list.php

you fail!

thats a whole list of them

I am not planning on finishing high school, but instead starting my own small business. You need no diploma for this, and aspies have many skills very useful for this, such as budget planning, although I am probably gonna have to hire someone for public relations, seeing as how I can in no way relate to the public even now.

Go to hell. None are where I live.

Well, most people either commute to college or stay in a dormitory.

you ask for help, someone gives you suggestions and tries to help and this is how you respond with a 'go to hell'? you are very rude. you should learn some manners before you aspire to do ANYTHING in life. even artists are expected to have some form of manners.

For freelance work, no; however, freelancing is VERY hard work, and turning it into a reliable source of income requires skill, patience, self-promotional skills, and a good bit of luck. My cousin is a freelance photographer, and it took him over a decade (after graduating from a university photography program no less) to actually make a living off of it. A friend of mine from Germany did freelance 3d modeling and visual effects work, but had to give it up and get a corporate desk job to pay the bills.

The steady paying art jobs (at a graphic design company, game studio, visual effects company, and the like) are harder to get. They tend to draw a large pool of talented applicants, so studios/companies/agencies can get away with setting high standards. A university degree is helpful here, very helpful if it's from a program geared towards producing artists for a particular job. Employers look for this kind of thing because it means the applicant is skilled and dedicated enough to pursue a degree in their field, and they've had access to and instruction in, the tools of the trade (this is important in fields like visual effects and game design, where the industry standard tools are often out of reach for the average Joe, but not for a company or university).

Whether you go to school or not for art, a solid portfolio is ESSENTIAL. If you're serious about an art job, start looking over what you've done, and pick out the work that best displays your abilities. If your portfolio is missing something that demonstrates one of your abilities, make a new piece to fill the gap. Also, be prepared to tailor your portfolio to a particular client or potential employer; a number of companies have specific formats that they want portfolios submitted in.



Possibly, though you might want to try to pick up some programming and modeling skills as well. Employers or potential clients like getting more for their money (or thinking they are), so having a set of related skills, even if they're self taught, is helpful.

I'm in a visual effects program in the States, and we share a building with the school's game design program (as well as animation and broadcast design). If you have some specific questions as how to go about freelancing, or get a steady job in the industry, I might be able to get you some answers.

Last edited by klick on 09 Feb 2008, 9:36 am, edited 1 time in total.

*face palms* None of those colleges are here, damnit!

Flip my burgers

NO U

Maybe you need to go to where they are. I'm from New York but I go to school seven states away in Georgia. I do want to go back after I graduate, though.

Can't... travel... car... won't... work...

Art does not provide a steady income and it only gets you money if you get your work published or promoted in some way or another.


There are a few things you can do that doesn't require much education. In fact you already have the skills to do many of them.

You know how to use a computer.


Data Entry is a good example. You only need to be able to pay attention to some details of the information you're inputting into the computer and be able to do a rather monotonous job. Social interaction is minimum (only your coworkers) if you wish to engage in it.

Some companies also offer data entry type jobs from home too.


However I strongly suggest you make an effort to finish high school. even if its a distance learning diploma.

Without a high school diploma almost every company out there will refuse your application no matter if the job doesnt even require you to know how to read or write.

If you complete your high school diploma you also have the option then of taking an online degree.. learning at your pace. Even a 2 year online degree can make your job options soar (and pay rate). Even if its in something stupid and completely unrelated with your job.

FINISH HIGH SCHOOL.