Reviews of professor Brian Bowes

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Ive taken two classes with him now and I didnt learn my lesson the first class. Hes a great dude and is super funny, but his work load and expectations for that work are unfair and ridiculous. 9 full projects in 10 weeks with very unclear criteria and prompt. As well as 10 in class and out of class assignments on top of these projects. Dont.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Gave alot of work, but the assignments were all really fun and he's a super nice and funny guy. I took his course online during spring 2021 but it'd be great to have a class with him in person.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The class is not structured effectively. Most of the time, his critiques are not clear, and it makes it difficult to proceed on projects. He is hilarious, passionate, and cares about his students, however, this class completely burned me out by the end. 5 Assignments, 3 Essays, 3 mini-recreations, and 10 Sketchbook assignments. Good luck.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Professor Bowes is an awesome person. He cares about the quality of your work and allows you to make the projects he assigns you your own. I will say though there is a lot of work that goes into his class. If you are looking for an easy class, maybe consider someone else. If you are looking to push youself as an illustrator, take his classes.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Difficult teacher because there is no clear grading criteria. Spent 90% of class taking attendance. Workload is a lot but effort not reflect in your grade.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Though 335 was supposed to be on ground he did a wonderful job relating it to online and tried to make it the best and closest to on ground as possible, he is super funny (lots of dad jokes) and just super chill and during critique would pull up PS to show you exactly what he means if you dont understand 10/10

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Bowes is my favorite teacher at SCAD and has continued to be an amazing mentor after I have left his class. His workload is a lot but manageable if you pace yourself. He is incredibly helpful and I improved a lot in his class. Sorry to say but if you can't handle the workload then maybe rethink if you are planning to to character design.

Rating: 2.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Bowes is a good person / talented artist but not the best professor. He overloads you with work, definitely a quantity over quality type. He gave us weekly reading quizzes and sketch exercises for most of the quarter on top of the large assignments. He doesn't provide any examples of assignments. I wouldn't take Bowes if you have an anime style.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
prof. bowes has a wonderful energy and really did his best to keep the class engaging even over zoom. he definitely could work on his organization of the class and the clarity of some of the assignments, but once i understood what my goals were i produced work im really proud of because his assignments are really fun and gave me a lot to work with.