It’s not a traditional institution aspiring artists can walk away from with a diploma.

Not everyone is an aspiring artist, but Schoolism’s subscription based education for as low as $10 a month is an intriguing idea. Courses are taught by professionals such as Alex Woo, a story artist at Pixar Animation Studios, and Jason Seiler, whose illustrations have been featured in publications like TIME magazine. The lineup of instructors at Schoolism is impressive. Schoolism says course instructors will even paint over your work, highlighting areas that were positive, improved, needing work, or areas that should be focused on next. This allows you to submit your assignments and the course instructor will review your work and send back video feedback. There is also a premium-level option called a Critiqued Session. Schoolism has gained over 2,800 pledges and brought in over $397,000.įor more information on Schoolism check out the Kickstarter Video below. To get the numbers needed, Chui is currently running a Kickstarter campaign for Schoolism, and has met with success. The courses are self-taught and you learn at your own pace.Ĭhui has said that in order to keep subscription prices down Schoolism will need a minimum of a few thousand subscribers. Subscribers can re-watch the videos as many times as they want and each lesson includes assignments to practice what was taught. Classes consist of up to nine video lessons broken down into chapters.

When students are finished with a class or want to change to a different one they can switch courses for a small $1 fee. Instead of students signing up for classes and paying for them individually, they can pay one monthly subscription and gain access to one class at a time. Now Chiu is looking to expand on what he started by making Schoolism courses even more affordable. Schoolism offers online classes as well as live workshops around the world.

Chiu started out wanting to find a way for himself and other artists to learn from top professionals in the field. Schoolism was started about eight years ago by Bobby Chiu, a professional artist and founder of Imaginism Studios. Schoolism wants to offer art courses taught by seasoned professionals paid for with monthly online subscriptions instead of tuition.

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