My vote goes towards the Lighthouse.

But close seconds and thirds go to the Will and Mets fight, as well as the Mike and Meg tackle.

I enjoyed the professionalism in the Central Park photo, and everyone knows I’m a fan of a nice blue sky with clouds. Even more now since we seem to be so lacking in thus.

-Joe

However, I know that I have learned a lot outside of school. Real life experience has really given me better knowledge than school did. Granted, school gave me the base knowledge to build on.

If someone wants to go the self-taught route (and if they can do it right and really learn everything they need to know), then good for them. They won’t have school loans to repay, at least…but they’d better be able to build a portfolio that goes above and beyond to truly prove they’ve mastered the field. There really is a lot to say for someone who’s learned all they know from job experience and self-teaching…I know I don’t have that much ambition (or patience).

So, for those who want to skip the schooling…they will have to work harder to prove themselves, and will have to accept any discrimination against their lack of a diploma as part of what they’ve chosen.

One thing I valued about out education was the emphasis put into the ‘Art’ in our Communication Design Art program (Kutztown University is now on the short list of such amazing magazines such as CMYK for just that reason).

Sure, can you be a good designer with no education? Yeah, but you’re making it much harder on yourself. You’ll need to teach yourself all the things that professors and reading about past greats figured out before you. Even with a degree, it’s making the effort to learn outside and after class that, in my mind, separate the dingbats from the ligatures.

Ba dum TISH!