The downside of the first path (going to university) is that university has more abstract learning; there are a lot of teachers who have nothing to do with the reality of this profession.
“They let you draw abstract pictures, and you draw huge tablets with insane collections…”
Now education at the university in this specialty is becoming more and more practical than at the time when Yulia studied, but nevertheless, there is still a lack of realism in teaching, and especially in provincial cities.
For example, there are practicing teachers at the Higher School of Economics, but there are definitely no such teachers in the provinces. Therefore, at the university you will most likely learn to draw, feel the composition, you will have a sense of harmony, but it will be difficult for you to apply the acquired knowledge.
Training on the online course includes all the important stages of creating a collection, which the designer goes through over and over again when creating any collection, even a small capsule.
“When I am called as a guest designer, or I just work for a brand, I always make a collection along the path that I talk about in our course.”