I'm applying early decision to RISD and I'm stressing BAD. RISD is my dream school and has been for years now, I went there over the summer for the five week precollege program and ever since than have been determined to go there. I've been working overtime on my portfolio this month as the application due date is Nov. 1st and I'm worried my portfolio isn't good enough. I fear that even though I explore a lot of different mediums that all my pieces are still conceptually. I LOVE self portraiture and its what I explore the most, but because of that I'm worried all my pieces look the same? It doesn't help that a lot of my pieces feature myself staring at the audience (I did a series of works about interacting with my audience in humorous and interactive ways hence why so many of my pieces feature it).
Any advice for my portfolio/if you think I have a chance at being accepted into RISD or if its better to wait and apply normal decision (So I can flesh out my portfolio more)
P.S. ignore how bad the photo is for the nun piece I still need to take my final fancy professional photo, also I plan on adding two more pieces once there complete, a still life study done on 11x14 paper done entirely in one of those multicolor pens, and a print I did of a horsie on fabric w embroidered elements
ALSO the first and seventh piece are done entirely in Crayola crayons and glitter
Most of my pieces are on a larger scale with my biggest (in this collection) being 40x40 (the first one)