Living in a hole
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- vespa0
hey PyroVesten
well it sounds like you are in a bit of a design vacuum but at least you've got into the tafe course right? so you've got one year left and then you are going to a better city? in the mean time you're just going to need to push yourself if you think your course is under par. it's a good skill to learn cos in the real world you have to motivate yourself anyway.
i did my design degree in perth, then when i finished i figured i had as much chance getting work in london as i did in perth as it was so hard to start out in a city where as you say a few companies monopolised the work.
came to london, took a while to get settled but worked as a photographic assistant then as a graphic designer, first few companies went bust, freelanced for a while etc but to cut a long story short now i work as an interactive tv designer at the bbc and i really enjoy it and am learning loads.
self motivation and curiosity have been the things i've relied on most so if you can learn that in wagga wagga then you'll be learning the most important bits.