You must know that when applying to foreign art schools, the collection of overseas art works is the top priority. What kind of collection does foreign art schools like? What should be displayed in the collection of overseas art works? Many art students abroad have been puzzled and faced with many difficulties. The collection of professional overseas works in your imagination may be a collection of ordinary works, photos, or a beautiful typesetting made by choosing a theme, but it is not! Where do you start making art works for studying abroad? Let's have a look.

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When applying to foreign art schools, many students tend to ignore the creation process presented in the collection of overseas art works. Different from the teaching philosophy of domestic art schools, they need to see your creation process and understand your research and analysis before completing the manuscript. Especially at the stage of applying for postgraduate study in art, this is a good way to reflect your academic ability, and also a demonstration of your creative thinking. Creativity is closely related to diversity and originality, which is "urgently needed" by every overseas art school abroad.

In the collection of works for art study abroad, you need to reflect what attempts have been made in the process of determining the final plan, and how they are analyzed and screened; When you find problems, in the process of problem determination, what first-hand materials have you selected and what second-hand materials have you referred to; In the topic field you selected, what occasions have you done, how effective they have been, and whether there are still areas for improvement and shortcomings, etc. This work is very similar to our academic articles. You should know, academic and creative are the same.

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In our ordinary works, most of them lack autonomy and cannot highlight the characteristics of their own works, which is related to the curriculum model we accept in domestic universities. Most of the homework we did was for the teacher's questions. After four or five weeks of each course, the completion of the work will end there. The next course will have new themes and courses. So in the end, our works are just a superficial state. After we have expressed our own work process and determined the theme of the work, how can we clearly and easily show it to others in a booklet? This is very important!

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Suggestion to students: put the best works in the front, the parts with far professional relationship but good ones in the back, and put some interesting works with low degree of completion in the middle, clearly arrange them, and attach a few words. Last but not least, take it to your friends, teachers and parents to read and listen to their intuitive opinions. You will benefit a lot.

The collection of overseas works of art does not necessarily refer to the book finally displayed to the school. The specific classification will be discussed later. Generally speaking, since the plan to apply for foreign art and design colleges, the collection of works has been formed secretly, from the accumulation of materials to the collection of inspiration every time, all the work will be recorded in the original collection of works.

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　　 Classification of overseas art works

There are three types of portfolio: the first is the original creative portfolio; The second type is designer information display set; The third category is the collection of works for application/job search. The following explains the differences among the three categories.

　　 Original collection

It completely records all the contents and processes from inspiration, design, creation and production. It includes all sketches, hand drawings, collages, research materials, first-hand photos and other fragmented information, as well as successful or failed works in the design process. The original collection also contains all digital information and raw materials. As the most original information and material library created by oneself, the original collection of works is the most valuable resource for designers. It is recommended that individuals keep it properly and permanently.

Finally, I hope you can observe the life around you more and pay attention to the current events every day. As a worker in the creative industry, your inspiration may be not far away, even if you are dissatisfied with the life around you, which may just become the place where you can create.

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