It's September, and students are (more or less) excited to get back on the academic grind. New books, professors, and classmates are invigorating after a summer of bumming around. Art students, on the other hand, have to brace themselves for another exhausting semester of no sleep and the physical wear-and-tear of producing art every single day. The vast amount of debt and limited job opportunities post-graduation don't help with the anxiety either.
It only makes sense that they found refuge on Tumblr with Art Student Owl Memes, which provides daily reminders that art school is much more than hippies that doodle for fun. We'd like to think that it provides a great foundation for any aspiring artist, but 30 Art Student Owl Memes That Will Make You Regret Going Back to Art School would make any art student reassess their life decisions.
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"Open old paint tube...Dead spider and egg sack inside cap."
"Own many expensive brushes...Only use one that cost $2."
"Spend hours working on design...Professor likes the one you did 15 minutes before class better."
"Always judge a book by it's cover. Always."
"Number of classmates at beginning of semester: 21...End of semester: 7."
"Working...Retail."
"Spend 20+ hours on drawing...60 second critique."
"Daily drawings for the semester due in 4 days...Better start now."
"Ingest ink by accident.. Yeah ok it's not like it's the first time for anything."
"Wash more paint brushes...Than dishes."
"What do you plan on doing once you graduate?...Can you repeat the question?"
"Charcoal all over face and hands...Didn't even use charcoal in class today."
"Fire drill...Ironic smoke break."
"Outside? I drew that once."
"Have paint on hands...Get a wedgie."
"Roll a tire into art building at 2a.m....Guard doesn't even blink."
"First stop critique...Next stop dumpster."
"Ran out of transfer paper? Steals a box of toilet seat covers from the restroom."
"Attend openings...For the free food."
"Hey, can I borrow some of your- No."
"Film canisters? More like shot glasses with lids."
"Wow that looks like real blood...It is."
"Buy first hair dryer you've ever owned...To dry paint."
"Get paint on black skinny jeans...Paint over it with black paint."
"Spend $200 on supplies for one class...Feel like a thrifty shopper."
"Can now identify marker color...By scent."
"Buy expensive supplies...Too paranoid to use them."
"Can propose whatever I want...No ideas."
"Doodle on everything...Except the inside of your sketchbook."
