Did someone will come to japan to study in game character major ?
I will give you information
I not good with English then really sorry ^^' ok lets me try
Do not come to japan if you need study in game character design ,illustration or came for develop yourself
I studying in japan until now 3 year in Osaka OCA
I can say 90% of japan school call "Sen-mon" school are very business school ,They have no any Basic with drawing class and nude drawing class , or painting
I fight with school until 2 year for a drawing lamp in drawing class room.They away drawing in close room with no light souse and draw with plaster cast bottle boxes and etc the can find around with out anatomy without any knowledge just
hey! its "wield or not good for balance"all the Three years
I can said the school really much care about the money from you and how to push you to some company.They will train you for company "interview" if they can push you in some company they can get % from you and use this % for find new student in next year something like "Hey! come to study here this school can send people to company 30% you know?"
They not much teach you about concept art or Environment design process because almost all of company in japan have no concept art process work that why in drawing class or design class have no "sketch design study" the one who can not sketch in the first time can not much develop his or her skill and end up with use much time in Photoshop
I think they have "concept design process" but they just dont know about it.I bought many artwork book and I found character concept art too
Three years in this school in background class(in japan its call" Haikei" mean background) The teacher can teach to student just only "1point perspective" ...yeah~in 3year and just only 1time ,I know its hard to believe but its trueT-T
I really sure ,not much in japan can teach you about perspective seriously ,"character design class" and many subject really weak same background major .In July I and foreign students stroked in this school about how weak school they are but school not much care and said "90% of Sen-mon school are same"and yes they are because my next room is foreign people in another famous school said the same thing (really more worse)
That why I open my own class in this school T^T for teach to my senior 1 day a week and I know Im not master or good same Level to tech people but its good for noting when I decided to stop my class my senior said"I can not drawing the rock or Tree yet" just only a summer past my friend and senior who study with me be better than study with school in 2 year .I took all sketch book and lets Vic-Principle saw. Im sure he really angry ^^'
my senior 1st year from china came to talk with me about this school can not tech any thing can use and I said "you just 1st year why dont try to transfer to another school?" he said" I know you know this too another school are the same right"I said "yes" end of this year he will back to china so sad for me
today I went to school because teacher call me I went to talk and teacher ask me about money for last year.you know,I really dont want to pay because I spend more money out side for join in Nude drawing class,for 1time 3 hour/1500yen 2day a week i spend more money to drawing Tutorial online they are really help me so much at last He ask me for my portfolio and my illustration and 1poster pic for school Fes ,They will use mine for find new students and not just only here do something like this I heard from my friend some Sen-mon school sold student work for money too,Its really business place
and if you ask me Why many japanese people really great skill with character design or illustration I can said Its cause his/her own talent every year a lot of ten thousand choose to be an illustration and game character design you will find a little form a lot of ten thousand many year