Over the last few years I’ve tried to contribute in a positive way to the conceptart.org website, and I’ve also piloted a now deleted Max the Mutt thread. I’ve tried my best to follow guidelines for recruiters. In fact, I’ve been thanked many, many times. I’ve contributed information on painting, color, and was a regular contributor to a Nicolaides thread. I definitely also let people know about the programs at Max the Mutt when the information was relevant and requested and proudly posted work that was being done by our CA students.
I also received information, for which I’m very grateful. I found companies that are now manufacturing and selling, through the internet, artists supplies that I can’t get here! I found out about the anatomy DVDs mentioned in my last post.
All in all, it was a positive experience, and I would encourage Max the Mutt students to feel free to establish a thread and/or post work. However, the time has come for me to bow out.
Jason has been advertising his new on line school, which sounds like a great project that has the potential to help people without the funds to attend school! I wish him luck with this project and don’t feel he is “spamming” or would be “spamming” if he tried to get the fact known across the internet! Knowledge is power. People have the right to know what is available, to investigate options, and then make the choice that seems a good fit for them.
In order to keep tuition as low as possible, we count on the internet and word of mouth to let people know about us, and our programs. It’s the quality of work that has been steadily produced by Max the Mutt students, and their professionalism, that has enabled the school to grow and expand. When a query on conceptart.org asking for an art school that teaches skills and is near Pittsburgh comes up, it’s impossible for me not to suggest that the writer take a look at our website! If that’s spamming, I’m guilty.
I respect the fact that it’s Jason’s website and he has the right set the boundaries, but I cannot be present anywhere to do with art without Max the Mutt being part of who I am and what concerns me. Therefore, with regret, I will no longer participate. My thanks to many of the contributors on conceptart.org for their support and help when we were developing the Diploma Program in Concept Art for Animation & Video Games! I’m sure I’ll still peruse the site, and I wish you all the best now and in the future.
