艺学有约 | 零基础，5个月也能拿到OCAD插画和Ryerson室内设计这样顶级Offer的秘密

《艺学有约》是“艺学就会”品牌制作的谈话性节目。节目会不定期采访各艺术专业优秀的申请者，毕业生，学校名师，从业者等。为大家全面的展示艺术学习和工作的方方面面。一段段暖心的问候，一句句宝贵的经验打造了《艺学有约》。探索美的道路上从来不是坦途，而在这里，你能找到同行者。

今天我们《艺学有约》邀请到艺学就会2020年的优秀学员——Jing。她在2020年从零基础开始学习，仅用了5个月的时间便拿下Ryerson室内设计、OCAD的插画、Sheridan的交互和室内设计四份录取offer。在这其中，Ryerson的室内设计和OCAD是非常多同学梦寐以求的专业，也是竞争非常激励的。想必Jing的讲述一定会给大家有所激励和启发。

不仅如此，Jing在校的其他学科的学习成绩也非常优异。她的经历再次证明了，得到好的指导，做好时间规划，并为之付出努力，其实梦想并不遥远！那我们就来听听这样一位优秀的学生回顾自己的作品集准备过程中的点点滴滴吧！

Jing: Hey My name is Jing and I will be attending Sheridan College for interaction design this fall, I was also accepted into the illustration program at OCAD and interior design at Sheridan, I realized I wanted to go into arts around 5 months before portfolios were due and that's when I started to learn from basics starting from ground zero to prepare for my portfolio.  

艺学就会：What do you think was the biggest challenge you encountered while preparing your portfolio? How did you overcome these difficulties?

Jing：Biggest challenge was definitely trying to learn so much in such a short period of time while having to do schoolwork s well as go to school on the side, but I made lists and split up my tasks each week evenly and got everything done by chacking off thing as I got them done.  Which did help me a lot in the long run in making sure I didn't miss anything.

Jing: The pandemic has definitely changed the workflow throughout my day, for example, classes are online which gives me more time for art and creative things but along with that I have a more heavy workload because of how the semesters are split for my school, I have 4 quadsemesters instead if the normal 2 and even if there are only two classes, the workload gets doubled, which was hard for me to adjust to.  

Jing: I recently got into digitally drawing on an Ipad which is really fun and there are so many things I can do now because of it and even though I’m still in the learning process I can tell that I will be able to create some amazing pieces in the future.

Jing: I think it’s really cool how quickly he was able to demonstrate ideas and concepts out for me, he was very easy to learn from and he taught me basically everything I know today about art fundamentals.  I also liked how much he believed in me, once again as someone who never took art seriously until now, I was very happy to know he was on my side throughout the entire process.  Mr.Yuan always answered my questions, gave me help when I needed it and made sure I was on the right path.  He helped me plan my progress to finish my portfolio on time with time to spare for improvements.  He was overall super nice and generous and for sure very helpful. 

Jing：Definitely don’t stress yourself out too much and overwork, I know it can be challenging and tough but if you know you tried your best then there's nothing else you can do. I do think it is good to practice every day even when you don't have a lot of time, a simple drawing will improve your skills over time and as long as you plan everything out it will be ok.