Professional introduction
The majors of fine arts universities are mainly divided into four major directions:
Pure art, film and television, design, theory.
Pure art: Choose pure art to prove that you really have a dream of becoming an artist, but this road is not that easy, and it requires your efforts of 100%, which is not easy to realize. The initial cost input is not directly proportional to the profit output, but after you persist in making small achievements, the income will be considerable.
The difficulty of finding a job in the early stage: ★★★★★
Film and TV: Film and TV
The difficulty of finding a job in the early stage: ★★★★
Design category: 60% or even higher proportion of art students will choose to design this road after going to college, which is also the easiest way to find jobs and make money.
Difficulty in finding a job in the early stage: ★
Theory: Many students who choose this major will basically take the postgraduate entrance examination or become teachers and engage in art research after graduation. Adventure Island, a student who is not prepared for society.
The difficulty of finding a job in the early stage: ★★★★★
Examination content
The subjects generally included in the unified examination are sketch, sketch and color, and the specific detailed examination contents are subject to the school arrangement. Sketch usually includes figures and still lives. Figures are divided into head, bust and whole body. Attention should be paid to the performance of details when sketching, which will be a plus item for the final review.
Sketch includes character sketch and landscape sketch. When sketching, you should pay attention to the key points and have a sense of hierarchy. Colors are generally divided into still life, scenery and people. Pay attention to bright colors and full composition. The school exam requires you to take a professional exam in the school you apply for, and the exam subjects will vary according to the school and major.
Now, analyze these vulnerabilities one by one.
Design class
visual communication design
Earning index: ★★★★ Monthly salary: generally from 3000 yuan.
Visual communication is what we often call graphic design. The main study contents include composition and typesetting, posters, brochures, folding, font design and so on. Due to the needs of the market, students majoring in visual communication are generally easier to find jobs, but their starting salary is low, they often work overtime and stay up late to lose their hair, and they endure all kinds of difficulties from Party A. ..
Employment guidance direction: print outdoor advertising, commercial photography, VI, UI design, product packaging design, publication cover design and other fields.
Excellent institutions:
Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts Central Academy of Fine Arts Nanjing Art Institute China Academy of Art Tongji University Xiamen University Shenzhen University Shantou University
environmental design
Earning index: ★★★★ Monthly salary: generally from 3000 yuan.
Environmental design is a relatively comprehensive design discipline, including landscape, architecture and interior, which requires the parties to have relevant knowledge of social science, natural science and environmental science. Compared with landscape, architecture and interior design, environmental design pays more attention to the systematic relationship of each object.
Employment direction: Planning Bureau and Urban Construction Bureau, but you need to obtain the qualification of construction engineer. Or go to some architectural design and interior design industries.
Excellent institutions:
Central Academy of Fine Arts Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Tongji University Southeast University Xiamen University Jiangnan University
landscape design
Earning index: ★★★★ Monthly salary: generally from 4000 yuan.
Landscape design, also known as landscape architecture, refers to the overall consideration and design of natural and artificial elements of the surrounding environment in the process of architectural design or planning and design, so that the relationship between architecture and natural environment echoes, and it is more convenient and comfortable to use while improving the overall artistic value.
Employment guidance direction: civil servants, design institutes, real estate companies or scientific research institutes. Generally speaking, the demand and treatment are ok.
Excellent institutions:
Beijing Forestry University Tongji University Huazhong Agricultural University Northwest A&F University Tsinghua University Academy of Fine Arts Central Academy of Fine Arts China Academy of Art Shandong Institute of Arts and Crafts Xi Academy of Fine Arts Nankai University Shanghai Jiaotong University Southwest Jiaotong University
interior design
Earning index: ★★★★ Monthly salary: generally from 3000 yuan.
Interior design belongs to practical art and takes serving people's living space as the standard. In recent years, the income brought by economic development has increased, people's requirements for the comfort and aesthetics of living environment have become higher and higher, and the decoration industry has also developed rapidly, and the demand for interior design talents has also increased greatly. Of course, the entry threshold is relatively low, and income depends on ability.
Employment orientation: Both interior design and urban development need professional design talents.
Excellent institutions:
Nine Academy of Fine Arts Nanjing Institute of Fine Arts Shandong Institute of Fine Arts Shandong Institute of Arts and Crafts Southeast University Hunan University
industrial design
Earning index: ★★★★★★★ Monthly salary: generally starting from 8000 yuan.
Among all design majors, industrial design has always been one of the hottest topics, and industrial design has many uses in various fields. This major requires students to have strong hand-drawing ability and master computer modeling and design. Moreover, this major has strict requirements on object mathematics and logic, so students who choose this major should be psychologically prepared for the college competition in senior three or four.
Employment guidance direction: all walks of life have demands to keep you from losing your job, and the treatment is quite generous.
Excellent institutions:
Jiangnan University Wuhan University of Technology Southeast University Tongji University Shenzhen University Shantou University Hunan University Nanjing Art College
Clothing and clothing design
Earning index: ★★★★ Monthly salary: generally from 3000 yuan.
Personally, don't be a fashion designer easily. If you have no sense of fashion, your life will be very painful. If you learn well, it will be a great sense of accomplishment to see the model wearing the clothes you designed.
Employment guidance direction: textile, light industry, commerce, foreign trade and other departments
Excellent institutions:
Donghua University Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology Nanjing Art College Zhejiang Sci-Tech University Suzhou University
Animation major
Earning index: ★★★★★ Monthly salary: generally starting from 4500 yuan.
Animation develops rapidly, and animation is always related to film and television. In recent years, with the continuous development of the film and television industry, digital art has been continuously applied to film and television creation. With the wide application of 3D technology in all kinds of animated films, post-production of films and TV programs, film and television animation has gradually taken root in people's hearts, and its shocking visual effects make us believe that art can change our lives. At present, there are only 300 animation graduates in China every year, and the number of animation talents trained by social education institutions cannot exceed 1000 every year. The extreme shortage of animation talents has become a bottleneck restricting the development of animation industry and online game industry in China.
Employment direction: animation design can go to TV stations, film and television advertising companies, game companies, film and television stunt companies, digital media, multimedia design companies.
Excellent institutions:
Jilin University of Arts China Communication University Beijing Film Academy China Academy of Art Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Zhejiang Media College Shanghai Theatre Academy Tianjin University Wuhan University of Technology
ceramic art design
Earning index: ★★★★ Monthly salary: generally from 3500 yuan.
The design object of ceramic art design is ceramic art works. Ceramic art works are designers' grasp of the essence of objective things by describing the reality in life, shaping the artistic image. They have rich and substantial ideological connotation and spirit of the times. Through various forms and modeling factors, the unique design language of ceramic art is used, which contains artistic forms such as concreteness, abstraction, symbol and metaphor, with "mud and fire", "craft" and "material" as the expression media. Excavate and release the individual colors of "mud and fire" and "ceramics", and discover and create unique works that cannot be replaced by other arts through continuous participation in conception, decoration, selection, technique and firing of glaze colors of various mud materials.
Employment direction: Department of Ceramics and Technology Research, who wants to start a business.
Excellent institutions:
Jingdezhen Ceramic School Tsinghua University Academy of Fine Arts Nanjing Art College
Jewellery design
Earning index: ★★★★★★★ Monthly salary: generally starting from 6000 yuan.
It seems to be a tall major, mainly studying jewelry design, jewelry photography, decorative patterns, jade carving technology, composition principle, jewelry inlay and production. As for earning money or not, it is generally very profitable, but like other majors, how much you earn depends on the level.
Employment guidance direction: students majoring in this major are suitable for professional design companies, jewelry processing factories, art collection and appraisal, and can engage in art design, research, teaching and management in education, scientific research, production and management units in the field of jewelry and art design.
Excellent institutions:
China Geo University Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology Central Academy of Fine Arts Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts China Academy of Art Nanjing Art Institute
Digital media design
Earning index: ★★★★★★★ Monthly salary: generally starting from 6000 yuan.
Let's look at digital media design, which is a major with film and television, animation, graphics, sound and other technologies as the core and digital media as the carrier. Although it involves a lot of artistic knowledge, the realization of art is largely based on information technology.
Employment direction: Mainly engaged in the cultural media industry related to digital media technology, such as film and television, entertainment games, publishing, etc. , and engaged in editing and editing work in the fields of information media such as radio and television and advertising production.
Excellent institutions:
China Communication University Zhejiang Media College
Gong * * * Art Design
Earning index: ★★★★
The major covers a wide range, and all the theories mentioned above will account for a little.
Employment guidance direction: municipal planning bureaus at all levels, transportation departments, construction planning departments, various design institutes and other government departments and enterprises and institutions are engaged in design, research, teaching and management.
Excellent institutions:
Nine Academy of Fine Arts Nanjing Academy of Fine Arts Shandong Academy of Arts and Crafts Guangxi Academy of Fine Arts Beijing Film Academy
Drama, film and television art design
Earning index: ★★★★★ Monthly salary: generally from 4000 yuan.
The major of drama, film and television art design was once called stage art in teaching system and industry habits, and similar majors abroad were called performance space design. There are many professional directions under it, including stage design, drama, film and television costume design, TV dance beauty, stage painting, film and television art and so on. It is the dish of art students who yearn for the stage.
Employment orientation: I can work in film and television companies, theaters, TV stations at all levels, TV program production centers, advertising and other industries and fields, and I can also engage in animation original painting, animation creative design, scene design, costume props design and so on.
Excellent institutions:
Shanghai Theatre Academy Central Theatre Academy Beijing Film Academy China Theatre Academy Beijing Dance Academy China Communication University
Pure art class
China traditional painting
Earning index: ★★
Chinese painting majors train senior professionals who can engage in the creation, teaching and research of Chinese painting figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, calligraphy and seal cutting in cultural and artistic departments, schools and relevant units, and have strong adaptability and both ability and political integrity. Main courses: Chinese and foreign art history, introduction to art, introduction to aesthetics, sketch, color, sketch, China's classical poetry, Chinese painting theory, anatomy, figure painting, landscape painting, flower-and-bird painting, calligraphy seal cutting, creation, etc.
Employment guidance direction: Graduates are suitable to engage in Chinese painting creation in the art creation department, teach in art colleges at all levels, engage in art creation or art popularization in art galleries and cultural centers (stations) at all levels, engage in Art editor in publishing houses, newspapers and magazines, and engage in relevant propaganda work in relevant departments and enterprises.
Excellent institutions:
China Academy of Art Central Academy of Fine Arts Xi Academy of Fine Arts Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts sichuan fine arts institute
oil painting
Earning index: ★★★★★
Cultivate professionals who can engage in oil painting creation, teaching and research in cultural and artistic departments, schools and related units and have strong feelings and skills in oil painting. The main professional courses are: Chinese and foreign art history, art introduction, aesthetics introduction, sketch, sketch, oil painting, Chinese painting theory, anatomy and creation.
Employment Guidance Direction: Graduates are suitable for creating oil paintings, murals and posters in the Art Creation Department, teaching in art colleges at all levels, engaging in artistic creation and counseling in art galleries, exhibition halls and cultural centers (stations) at all levels, and working in publishing houses, newspapers and magazines in Art editor.
Excellent institutions:
Nine Academy of Fine Arts Nanjing Academy of Fine Arts Guangxi Academy of Fine Arts Xiamen University Nanjing Normal University
Printmaking specialty
Earning index: ★★★★
Printmaking teaching is divided into basic teaching in the first two years and studio teaching in the last two years. Basic teaching mainly includes basic modeling teaching and teaching of various techniques; Basic modeling teaching advocates the cultivation of life, basic modeling expression ability and the display of individual language; Printmaking skills courses, the main professional courses: sketch, sketch, color, woodcut skills, copperplate skills, lithograph skills, screen printing skills, comprehensive printmaking skills, cultural inspection, finished material art, comprehensive painting, free printing, picture and screen printing, version synthesis, watermark printmaking and other courses. Students are required to master all kinds of technical and artistic features of woodcut, copperplate, lithograph, screen version and comprehensive version in the printmaking family.
Employment guidance direction: enter the fields of culture and art, publicity, education, design, research and publishing management units, and engage in art teaching, creation, research and publishing management. There are senior professionals who plan and produce, and they can continue to study for master's degrees.
Excellent institutions:
Xi Academy of Fine Arts China Academy of Art Central Academy of Fine Arts Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts sichuan fine arts institute Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts
Sculpture major
Earning index: ★★★★★
Sculpture is a meticulous profession; Generally speaking, it takes longer to make sculptures than to draw pictures. Cultivate senior professionals with basic sketch ability and concrete and abstract modeling with clay sculpture, wood, stone, pottery and metal. Within the three-dimensional modeling scope of plastic arts, we can engage in professional creative design and enlarged production, and we can also engage in professional teaching and research of outdoor urban public environment sculpture and indoor shelf sculpture. Students in this major mainly study the basic theoretical knowledge of three-dimensional modeling in ancient and modern China and abroad, accept the basic training of plane and three-dimensional modeling, master the basic ability of clay sculpture and hard materials to sketch natural objects in three dimensions, and create and design three-dimensional modeling.
Employment orientation: Suitable for sculpture design, decoration design and related education management in construction companies, sculpture design institutes and other enterprises and institutions.
Excellent institutions:
Xi Academy of Fine Arts China Academy of Art Central Academy of Fine Arts Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts sichuan fine arts institute Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Southwest University
wall painting
Earning index: ★★★★★
At present, there are not many institutions offering mural major in China, mainly concentrated in several art colleges. Mural painting majors will be exposed to various artistic expressions such as relief, oil painting and comprehensive materials, which is also a good choice for students who pursue art. In fact, the employment prospects are average. Stick to it, there are only two directions. One is to become a professional artist, and the other is to take on projects and open their own studios.
Employment direction: engaged in the design and creation of murals in urban construction, landscape architecture and artistic creation departments, engaged in the teaching of this major in art colleges at all levels, and engaged in the artistic creation of art galleries and exhibition halls.
Excellent institutions:
China Academy of Art Central Academy of Fine Arts Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts Hubei Academy of Fine Arts
calligraphy
Earning index: ★★★★★
Calligraphy Department is a teaching unit focusing on calligraphy seal cutting research and artistic creation in China, and it is the earliest calligraphy department established in domestic universities. The main goal of calligraphy teaching is to cultivate professionals with the basic quality of literature and history modeling, high practical ability of calligraphy seal cutting creation, theoretical research ability and calligraphy appreciation ability. Three professional directions: calligraphy seal cutting creation; Calligraphy theory studies; Calligraphy education.
Employment guidance direction: graduates can engage in teaching in ordinary middle schools, secondary specialized schools and universities, and also engage in artistic organization, creation and design in enterprises and professional groups.
Excellent institutions:
China Academy of Art Central Academy of Fine Arts Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts sichuan fine arts institute Xi 'an Academy of Fine Arts Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Southwest University
Restoration and identification of cultural relics
Earning index: ★★★★★
Generally speaking, cultural relics appraisal can't be practiced in books or classes for several years. The main thing is to look at the real thing carefully before you can enter the door. It is best to get a master's degree in this major. Although large museums are also willing to recruit undergraduates majoring in cultural relics restoration, they have higher requirements for schools and students, and the treatment is not high if they just enter. It is useful to learn this major well, but it is difficult to start.
Employment direction: the social demand will be greater, and the collection and appraisal of cultural relics will have a bright future. There are many practical opportunities, such as going to auction houses and archaeological sites.
Excellent institutions:
Nanjing Academy of Fine Arts Central Academy of Fine Arts Shandong Institute of Arts and Crafts Shanghai school of visual arts
explain
Earning index: ★★★★★
The employment prospects of domestic illustrators in recent years are very good, because the illustration industry is a new industry in China. At the beginning, a large number of illustrators are needed, and illustrations are also widely used in the design field.
Employment guidance: news publishing house, electronic publishing, advertising communication, network companies, digital film and television advertising, design and planning departments of enterprises and institutions, etc.
Excellent institutions:
Nine Academy of Fine Arts Nanjing Institute of Fine Arts Jilin Institute of Fine Arts
Experimental art
Earning index: ★★
To be exact, experimental art? The art of experiment? In fact, like oil painting, printmaking, sculpture and mural painting, it belongs to pure art, but it is more free in creative materials and ideas. Its materials and ideas are very advanced, students' ideas are also very open, and teaching ideas are very inclusive. It is a subject whose nature is determined by methods, that is, after having a theme, it is necessary to find suitable artistic methods and language carriers to undertake and finally complete the materialized presentation of works of art to society and the public.
Career direction: future freelance artist. Generally speaking, if you are not a pure artist, you can be a curator of modern art, such as Youlun Temple in Beijing and Today Art Museum.
Excellent institutions:
Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Central Academy of Fine Arts
Theory Course
arts
Earning index: ★★★★
Art is a relatively theoretical subject, which needs to learn a lot of theoretical knowledge. The main courses are: Chinese and foreign art history, introduction to art, introduction to Chinese and foreign painting theory, ancient philology and ancient Chinese, foundation of art archaeology, introduction to calligraphy and painting appraisal, foundation of art and photography, etc. Need to read more books and recite more.
Employment guidance direction: Basically, the graduates of this major are all engaged in the teaching industry, and there are not a few who take the postgraduate entrance examination.
Excellent institutions:
Central Academy of Fine Arts China Academy of Art Nanjing Academy of Fine Arts Tsinghua University Academy of Fine Arts Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts Hubei Academy of Fine Arts Sichuan University Zhejiang University Beijing Normal University Nanjing Normal University Shanghai Normal University Suzhou University
Design art
Earning index: ★★★★
Similar to art, but biased towards design, students mainly study the principles and knowledge of art design. Through the training of design thinking, plastic arts foundation, design principles and methods, they have the basic quality of understanding the history and present situation of art design and conducting theoretical research.
Employment guidance direction: After graduation, students majoring in this major can engage in creation, research and teaching in cultural and artistic creation units, design departments, universities and scientific research institutions. You can also further study for a master's degree in related majors.
Excellent institutions:
Central Academy of Fine Arts China Academy of Art Nanjing Academy of Fine Arts Tsinghua University Academy of Fine Arts Xi Academy of Fine Arts Soochow University Beijing Normal University