So here's the deal. There's a lot of chattering of teeth and fretting of fingers going about the fantasy art in college thing. So....being that I am in college...I'm gonna break it down for you, and then I'm gonna go over the common bad things in amateur fantasy art.
Application stage-
Lots and lots of realistic work. Some colleges, like SCAD, will tell you they want your best peices regardless of subject, others, like Ringling, will tell you no fantasy or anime and so on right of the bat. The Ringling app is actually kind of easier for that, because you can make it up entirely of class assignments and the reveiwers know pretty well what en