Materials... When I was at Pratt,
I had a pretty minimal social life, as I was spending just
about all my free money on Art Supplies. We used to get unfairly
teased
that we Art Majors didn't have to spend a ton of money on a
stack of textbooks. But as the year wore on, the Art Students
were still buying paint, paper, board, charcoal, canvas...
etc. etc.
However times change. In 1980, you could outfit a design studio
for about $2000, drafting table, chair, instruments, technical
pens, rubber cement... and have a little change left to get to
an interview with. But now, price of entry is topping $ 15,000,
between your Power Mac G5 and Cinema Display, and a stack of
professional class software. Adobe Creative Suite? $1200. Quark
Xpress? $690.
Macromedia Studio MX? $ 1000. Hell, Microsoft Office lists
for $440! Then in 2 years, start upgrading it all... Starving
artists? You got that right, sparky.
And entry level rates and salaries are about what they were
in 1980.
You know, this cartoon isn't really all that damn
funny... |