Gcse Art Anime/manga?

samuri_kid · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 10:52 am Post subject:

[b]i am doing my GCSE's and for my art i was wondering who else is or has done anime for their final peice???? Wink

^_^

or lets just hear what you are drawing, painting, charcol or anything for your final peice in GCSE art.....???!!!?!??! Laughing

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hikari0205 · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 11:33 am Post subject:

i am planning on doing anime for my GCSE final piece. it depends whether i develop the skills to do real life or something it would be good to do anime though

ChocolateCappuccino · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 12:10 pm Post subject:

Uhm... this might just be because English isn't my first language, but... what's GCSE?
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KeheiZero · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 12:19 pm Post subject:

In England, when your 16 you sit your GCSEs, they're supposed to be the final exams before you leave school, but you have the option to stay on for another couple years.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong.
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Rebus · Very bored Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posts: 224

General Certificate of Secondary Education - you take about 10 of them in various subjects at 16, after which you can either leave school or continue to sixth form and take A levels.

GCSEs won't get you into university, but they're a guide for employers and educators as to how well you did during the compulsory years of your education.

They come in grades A* - G

EDIT - Can't answer the original question as I didn't take art. Would have liked to though.

ChocolateCappuccino · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 12:42 pm Post subject:

Thank's for the explanation! I guess it's kinda obvious that I haven't done this GCSE thing, but I did make a portfolio when I was applying for art-school. There was no anime art in it, though. I don't think I would have gotten in if there had been. In Sweden, anime/manga style art isn't really considered a real artform. My teachers always told me I had to do more "real art". Much hate on you, teachers.
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hikari0205 · Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2005 12:57 pm Post subject:

poor you

oh well......anyways rebus and craig were correct..... ^_^

KeheiZero · Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2005 1:30 pm Post subject:

I was? Wow, that was lucky. In Scotland you get Standard Grades, and for my Art & Design coursework I had to prepare a portfolio containing pieces relating to Japanese culture. An excuse to draw anime, if I've ever heard one....
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samuri_kid · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 1:42 am Post subject:

Well yeah over here we take GCSE's but over in sweden you might take somthing like A-levels or O-levels ^_^ i dont know but yeah ive taken my GCSE art now and i reckon i have done well im proud of my art and deffinetly of my final peice!!!!1 Laughing

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ElliChan · Newb Joined: 18 Mar 2005 Posts: 15

I dunno if it's a right idea...but when I try to, my teacher said that the examer not allow to do. Or if you do , they'll push your gread down. Done it once, predic grade is E, but when I change to draw a real thingy, I got an A*.

I think you shouldn't use manga in GCSE-_-"""

xox_pyschosis_xox · Newb Joined: 05 Apr 2005 Posts: 12

err....what is gcse?? Uneasy

Wolf_San_Umbreon · Newb Joined: 30 Apr 2004 Posts: 15

You're actually allowed to do anime for your board examinations? My art teacher said that was a no-no. I'm trying to impress her, though. The last time I drew anime she told me that it was too unrealistic.

keautye · Posted: Tue May 03, 2005 1:08 pm Post subject:

Once I had to give my scrap book to the art teacher to have the evaluation but I forgot a few anime draws in it and after that, my teacher was trying to give me a brain wash and asked me why I loved anime so much. I was so pissed off I also told him that if he could give us a more interesting class I would get so bored.. I really love arts but the class is so booooooooooring! <_<
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rikuschick · Very bored Joined: 22 Jul 2004 Posts: 148

is the GCSE only in europe, cause I live in the u.s.? well, I'm 16 and wondering if I'm supposed to take these test or not.

Rebus · Very bored Joined: 23 Jul 2004 Posts: 224

GCSEs are a British qualification (not used all over Britain - Scotland and Nortehrn Ireland generally have their own). They're used in some other parts of the world in schools that follow the British education system (some Indian private schools, for example) but no, they're not a standard in the US Smile

michae1989 · Member Joined: 17 May 2005 Posts: 85

i was gonna do it, but i had a choice between it and drama so i choose drama, if you knew what a drama queen i was then you'de easily know why!

michae1989 · Member Joined: 17 May 2005 Posts: 85

sometimes wish i hadn't though! would have been an easy pass!

samuri_kid · Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 10:16 am Post subject:

[size=18][color=red][u][b]O.k GCSE's are only in europe sorry to confuse everyone,[/b][/u][/color][/size]

I got a C in my GCSE (gradeing scheme) Art but if i had done something boring like a bowl of fruit or a real human i would of got a A . . . .

'''', how annoying is that lol anywayz i still think that is a very good grade because i didnt hand in any coursework as well (portfolio) and for an Anime painting. Shocked

[color=red](The painting was of my own characters and the theme for the final design was shields, so i did them surrounded by soldiers and they have a magical barrier around them)[/color]

It took me the full two days to complete the painting (loads of detail . . . .

'')

Squidman · Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 11:08 am Post subject:

The problem with anime is not that it is "unrealistic", it's that it is... IN GENERAL... a terribly flat, stiff artform. Even if you're trying to get into an animation program where all you do is draw unrealistic things, anime is a BIG no-no on the portfolio.

It's not because the profs are against it, it's because 90% of it looks... well... pretty much the same. I can pretty much guarantee if you draw token cookie-cutter anime art and nothing but, no self-respecting art school will take you on.

However, if you make the effort to venture out and play with different styles, learn anatomy and composition, and develop a completely original anime~esque style that is unique to you, people will respect your art that much more.

Think Peter Chung's stuff. It's anime, but it's dynamic, flowing, well-proportioned anime. Just look at the Animatrix, all the shorts had very distinct, beautiful styles.

As one of my profs put it, "It's not that I'm against anime, just bad anime"

... Or something to that extent.