Yay! I'm interesting! :D
I honestly can't say I learned a lot in my art classes. They mostly just covered the basics of what art is, how colors relate to each other, how to establish balance with shape and contrast, proportion, and shading. Most of this I already knew. If anything, they just pushed me to do things that I wouldn't have tried on my own. Like painting. Like I said before, if I don't have motivation, that extra push to try something new, I tend not to do it.
I can't draw comic books at all. I think I'm pretty good at coming up with character and story ideas, but I would rather have someone else put them into action. Each time I draw one of my characters, they change a little, so if I made a comic, they would look different in each panel. I'm also no good with action poses (most of my characters are drawn sitting or standing, never jumping or flipping).
My style is very inconsistent. When I've asked others what my style is, they've answered "versatile." While I suppose it's good to be able to work in different styles, I would really like to create a style that screams "me." I guess that's part of why I don't try looking up tutorials and whatnot, afraid that it will diverge me from my style. I don't want my work to mimic someone else's - though I wouldn't mind being able to do Sugimori-style art for Fakemon projects.
For me, I like drawing something that isn't there - if I can take a photo of it, I don't want to draw it. However, it's still a good thing to practice drawing real things because they can still be implemented into one's creative ideas (like anatomy, trees, and whatnot).
That's another reason why I changed my major. I figured it would be difficult to find a job around here as an artist. There really aren't any steady art jobs around here. One could be a freelancer and occasionally be commissioned. Other than that, one could try to be an art teacher, which is a steady job, but doesn't pay well.
I really enjoyed the graphic design program. I was one of the top students in my class. I was a quick learner and made 95-130% in all my classes. I was the only student stopped midway between early graphic design classes because I already seemed to know everything and was assigned to help with live jobs instead. I really enjoyed helping others and teaching them how to do things. By my last semester, I was even showing the teacher how to do things that she didn't know. She even suggested a few times that I should be the one teaching class. I may not be the best graphic designer in the world, but I would love to be a teacher.
The only reason I don't have a job right now is because I'm waiting for my diploma, certificates, ect. to come in. It's hard to get a job without the papers that say you're qualified for it, right? I sent the school an email in early January asking when those will be sent out and they said they would be finished processing them by mid. January and would be sending them out afterward. It seems they still haven't sent them...
Not sure if you've already seen it, but here is my graphic design portfolio:
http://www.deviantart.com/download/342735182/graphic_design_portfolio_by_karite_kita_neko-d5o205q.pdf