Career Crossroads...

All this while technology was my thing and it was all i wanted to do. I had lost interest in my job and put in my papers to quit, May 31 being my last day of work with my current company. What a relief i must say, felt like i should have done that long back.

Recently, however, i had a huge change in perspective and decided to take up my long put aside passion "ART" as a full time career. Being totally blank about the field i decided to contact a close friend and he guided me regarding the path i was to take if entering the field. I knew image editing tools were the base of today's amazing visual pieces of art and i needed to learn the skills to use them before i enrolled in any art school. Well in my last post i mentioned my Australian options, which i now chucked, to go to art school. The question was, which one?

In my quest for the best Art school that would suit my needs and career goals i fumbled upon Vancouver Film School, VFS for short. They offered courses that most suited my interests and they also offered a Foundation program in Visual Art & Design that would get me started and help me create a portfolio in my field of liking. I did look into other programs within the US and Canada but none were match to the one offered at VFS. So i contacted the school and received a call from an advisor in India that handled the admission operations for Asia and Middle East. She was kind and helpful and answered all my questions with regard to the course, visa formalities, prospects after graduation and other petty queries.

Well, there i was standing at a Career Crossroads changing my field from Tech to Art with a little to start. The admission process was pretty simple once i got my documents in place and mailed them across for validation. I recently received my full acceptance package after paying 5% of the fee and i am as happy as i can be to attend VFS, its like a dream come true because i am not only doing what i have always wanted to do but also doing it from the best.

I am currently gathering requirements for the visa procedures and will soon be sending them out to Abu Dhabi, then the long wait for acceptance / reject begins.

Been a While...

Its been a while since i posted anything on my blog. Have had too many things on my mind these past few months and times haven't been in favor of blogging.

Had been thinking of studies for sometime now and had been evaluating a lot of universities in the US and Australia for the past few years. I finally fixated on a couple of them in Australia and decided to go with one amongst the five that best fit my goals and career progression path. Life however, had a different tale to tell and while i had some time in hand during work i looked up some material on drawing, something that i always had a passion for since childhood, a skill i never really got the chance to nurture. So i went out, bought a few colors, crayons, pencils and a sketchbook to start off with, for now at least.

I started with sketching pictures i found online and preferably images with lesser detail since i was just beginning. A few good sites such as yahoo answers and about.com helped a lot in putting things together. I was finally DRAWING!!!

I spend a few hours during the evenings sketching stuff and bought additional crayons to get a good variety of colors that would help me bring out the wow in the picture, not that i did, but u know, i will get there in time :).