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NCAD student thread

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  • #92
    DigiGal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,434 ✭✭✭DigiGal


    Inso Maniac wrote: »
    it was 2 days ago...@__@ college is so intense....><
    What Bay ya in?


  • #93
    Inso Maniac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 59 ✭✭Inso Maniac


    DigiGal wrote: »
    What Bay ya in?

    bay A!^^ im in A1!! appernetly its not to bad compared to ther bays where they get homework..@_@ and you??


  • #94
    DigiGal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,434 ✭✭✭DigiGal


    Inso Maniac wrote: »
    bay A!^^ im in A1!! appernetly its not to bad compared to ther bays where they get homework..@_@ and you??
    A! A2 lol


  • #95
    Inso Maniac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 59 ✭✭Inso Maniac


    DigiGal wrote: »
    A! A2 lol

    seriously??? your in my class???@__@ whats your name??XDDDDDD


  • #96
    DigiGal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,434 ✭✭✭DigiGal


    Inso Maniac wrote: »
    seriously??? your in my class???@__@ whats your name??XDDDDDD
    I'll PM ya


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  • #97
    DigiGal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,434 ✭✭✭DigiGal


    Anyone in the psy lecture today i missed it :(


  • #98
    DigiGal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,434 ✭✭✭DigiGal


    I hate NCAD :(


  • #99
    unugh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 34 ✭unugh


    why?


  • #100
    DigiGal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,434 ✭✭✭DigiGal


    unugh wrote: »
    why?
    People there are horrible

    so cold and unfriendly


  • #101
    Papillon!
    Registered Users Posts: 369 ✭✭Papillon!


    DigiGal wrote: »
    People there are horrible

    so cold and unfriendly

    thats just not true! u just havent met all the lovely people down my end yet :) ill introduce ya!


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  • #102
    DigiGal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,434 ✭✭✭DigiGal


    Papillon! wrote: »
    thats just not true! u just havent met all the lovely people down my end yet :) ill introduce ya!
    Na I didn't mean that I was just fighting with a really close friend :(


  • #103
    Húrin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,045 ✭✭✭Húrin


    DigiGal wrote: »
    Na I didn't mean that I was just fighting with a really close friend :(

    That's how you know they're your close friend.


  • #104
    DigiGal
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,434 ✭✭✭DigiGal


    Húrin wrote: »
    That's how you know they're your close friend.
    lol nice wisdom there


  • #105
    teeney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭teeney


    Hi im mature student and have passed portfolio stage to get into ncad 2010.yahoo!!!jumping outa skin .. so excited, will be coming from kildare and would like to be able to drive there. the parking garage beside college quoted a student rate of 10.50 a day. too expensive. is there anywhere near college to park?
    also does the day start at 9 30 sharp or is there some freedom. what time def need to start most days?any one get arrow into heuton and which train you normally get.
    thnx


  • #106
    TwoBirds
    Registered Users Posts: 84 ✭✭TwoBirds


    Congratulations Teeney! :)
    There's a car park at the back of NCAD but it's probably just for staff, I don't know for sure. However, there's a back entrance to the college, through that car park from Oliver Bond St, and there's usually place for cars to park on Oliver Bond St, maybe there would be suitable? I don't know about rates or that kind of thing at all, being a lowly pedestrian student. :p My best advice would be to visit Thomas St some day you're free and take a walk around, see what the story is!
    They say 9:30, but in reality nothing really starts happening til about ten or later. You'll have lectures two mornings a week (Monday and Thursday if it's the same for next year's Core people) and those start at 10:00. It's not too strict, I reckon I haven't been in college at half nine since the first week. :o Around ten is fine for studio days.


  • #107
    Shower
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭Shower


    Still waiting on the postman but <a herf="http://www.modsaunas.com/">Steam shower</a> I had a feeling that stuff would come today at last!
    <a herf="http://www.modsaunas.com/">Steam shower</a>


  • #108
    milkycoffey
    Registered Users Posts: 358 ✭✭milkycoffey


    teeney wrote: »
    Hi im mature student and have passed portfolio stage to get into ncad 2010.yahoo!!!jumping outa skin .. so excited, will be coming from kildare and would like to be able to drive there.

    Hi!
    I'm in the same boat being a mature student. Very excited too and delighted to know that i won't be the only oldie there!
    congratulations!


  • #109
    hey hey!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19 ✭hey hey!


    heY hey...
    just seeking out info on how students doing the BA in art and design education in ncad find the course? Lots of time to develop your own creativity aswell as the practical exp in teaching? Hows the tutors and lectures?etc..

    i would appreciate any infO....

    cHeers:P..


  • #110
    Delboyie
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭Delboyie


    Hi guys, can somebody help me. Im in Tipperary and have discovered art! Yes only now lol! Anyway, is an art (honours) degree from ncad the same as an art honours degree from lets say crawford? I dont plan on going to college till september 2011 but confused as to where to apply to. Was checking out the brief for the portfolio for 2011 for ncad. It looks like its really hard to get into. I dont mind a bit of hard work tho :).


  • #111
    spinandscribble
    Registered Users Posts: 3,000 ✭✭✭spinandscribble


    The standard of teaching and facilities differ between colleges. some places are at level 7 others level 8 awarded. some don't offer certain specialties. It's up to you to find out what's more important to you. generally NCAD and LSAD are highly sought after as they're well established and have a wide range of specialities but if say you're interested in animation, IADT would be more suitable just for example.


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  • #112
    Delboyie
    Registered Users Posts: 11 ✭Delboyie


    Thanks for taking the time to reply to me. I was at an open day in crawford this year and i like the atmosphere in one way but was shocked how untidy it was. I had never been in an art college before so i dunno is that the norm. Yeah, the course in limerick appeals to me alright. I just dunno could i afford to go to college in dublin. Id imagine its quite expensive.


  • #113
    hey hey!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19 ✭hey hey!


    Delboyie wrote: »
    Thanks for taking the time to reply to me. I was at an open day in crawford this year and i like the atmosphere in one way but was shocked how untidy it was. I had never been in an art college before so i dunno is that the norm. Yeah, the course in limerick appeals to me alright. I just dunno could i afford to go to college in dublin. Id imagine its quite expensive.

    i agree Crawford is messy but thats to be expected...art demands mess:P However i have to say limerick is very contained and tidy...the hallways are crap free and its full of light!! so maybe thats your cup of tea;)..pay the college a visit, the receptionist is very kind and helpful!! Crawford was very dark and kinda dreary but cool place all the same. It was my first choice to start with:o


  • #114
    cushy101
    Closed Accounts Posts: 23 ✭cushy101


    Delboyie wrote: »
    Hi guys, can somebody help me. Im in Tipperary and have discovered art! Yes only now lol! Anyway, is an art (honours) degree from ncad the same as an art honours degree from lets say crawford? I dont plan on going to college till september 2011 but confused as to where to apply to. Was checking out the brief for the portfolio for 2011 for ncad. It looks like its really hard to get into. I dont mind a bit of hard work tho :).
    Hey, im a fellow tipperarian! i only started art a year ago(first ever drawing) and i have been accepted in to 4 colleges(600points in cork), Im going to ncad product design after being accepted last week, but that just requires a normal porfolio. The problem is NCAD has a different portfolio to the rest of the colleges(except ind. des.) so you have to chose between all of them and NCAD. I'l just say with a lot of hard work is quite easy to get your spot, a few portfolio lessons wouldnt go a stray either!:D


  • #115
    Vaaaampire
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭Vaaaampire


    Hey,

    I applied for Ncad this year and fell short of the mark by 17.5 marks out of the thousand, they say I'm about tenth on the waiting list, I was just wondering, does anyone know on average how many people get accepted off waiting list?? Or how likely it is for me to get the place??

    Thanks, Steve


  • #116
    20Cent
    Registered Users Posts: 8,934 ✭✭✭20Cent


    Hello,
    Posted this somewhere else as well but can anyone tell me about the installation I saw at the exhibition. The dark tunnel with the head at the end?? If you saw it you know what I mean.
    Who made it, is it a real head? what was it about!!!

    thanks


  • #117
    milkycoffey
    Registered Users Posts: 358 ✭✭milkycoffey


    I only saw that one briefly. My favourite was the exhibition by Siobhan Cox. It was excellent. The other one I thought was class was kind of a map and done with copper which was rusted and oxidised.


  • #118
    teeney
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6 ✭teeney


    hi vaaaampire
    i was on waiting list last year as a mature student in category b the cut off to get in was 590 i think and for school leavers category a i think was 512 .my porfolio score was 487.5 so i reckon i was a good ways back on list. id say you should be hopeful to get in with just 12 or so points back. will be watching out for you. good luck.
    This year i scored 695 so im just wondering what was the cut off?


  • #119
    spinandscribble
    Registered Users Posts: 3,000 ✭✭✭spinandscribble


    in B class it must have been at least 550 as I know some who got in from group b with that.


  • #120
    annoyingbeast
    Registered Users Posts: 67 ✭✭annoyingbeast


    HEy, i really want to get into NCAD, im thinking about my portfolio and just wondering if anyones got any ideas? like if they know anything specific ncad are looking for in it? thanks alot


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  • #121
    spinandscribble
    Registered Users Posts: 3,000 ✭✭✭spinandscribble


    *resists urge to advise peppers and cow skulls troll style*

    ncad are like any other art college, they're looking for good fundamental skills in drawing and colour, particularly investigative drawing. Its not about a pretty tonal study all of the time.

    sketchbooks are generally always important as part of the portfolio but ncad's brief is geared towards making your portfolio almost feel like a big sketch/ideas book what with their ideas sheets and such. still its still best to keep a sketchbook as you work on your portfolio.

    Don't be afraid to think abstractly and include some concept driven work (but always start from something tangible, the last section of the brief is great for this) and think about what they're asking of you in the brief in different ways. I think the further you can push your interpretation the better.

    I would advise spending alot of time picking your objects. consider firstly picking wildly different objects and spend some time considering how to connect them.

    experiment in media and try everything, photography, video, stop motion, clay, 3d, ect


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