Bryan Rodriguez
Bryan Rodriguez is a Colombian-American who is currently enrolled at New York City College of Technology. Mr. Rodriguez is a communication design BFA student who is pursuing a career in the field of Animal Protect. He is looking to use his education in the arts to create artistic forms of advertisement to stop animal cruelty. Animal cruelty is neglected across all social and economic frontiers. Bryan is trying to help expand the awareness of animal cruelty and saves many lives of endangered animals.
What is your avatar and how does it represent you?
The avatar seen above is a painting by Henri Matisse called The Woman with a Hat (1905). This painting is one of the many Fauvist paintings he created which was rejected by many fine art critics. This painting was hated because of the lack of realism and style of brush works which was contradicting the current realism and illusionism. I chose painting as my avatar because Matisse did not care what others thought because he expressed emotion and meaning with colors and his brushwork. This tells me that others might not like what you put out there you should never give up and allow yourself to stay creative. The other reason I like this as my avatar is because of the use of color and detail with such a vibrant palette of colors. These vibrant colors included earthy colors like bright yellow, green, red, purple, blue, and many more.
Q1: Can you see yourself doing anything else?
I can see myself doing something else that has to do with animals and taking care of them. I always was fascinated by animals and how they lived in natural with other animals. As a kid growing up I was around many animals like horses, chickens, cows, and swans. My family from my father’s side owns a lot of animals and farms with a lot of open space. Every time I went to visit Colombia it was always a different experience with all the different things that I got to do. I always liked watching shows like national geographic and animal planet because of the interesting stories and information on the animals. I would consider becoming a vet for animals of a more exotic background. This type of job I would also be happy doing and would love a job taking care of animals and saving there lives so that they would live another day.
Q2: What is the class that draws your attention?
The class that draws my attention is modern art history because I ended up learning a lot about paintings and artists. The most interesting things I’ve learned in that class how to have to be like different types of modern art become of era and culture. Non-western and African were more in tune with their sense of nature in there painting with more earthy colors. On my first day of the history class, I wasn’t sure I wanted to study painting because I thought it was only about the history and background of the era. That is until I got more into the idea of why the painter paints what he painted. Because a great painter like Monet and Matisse likes to paint the expressionist style of art. This left me with a good feeling that I was going to like this class and how it already made me feel like I also had my way of artistry like other great artists. These great artists give light to show other artists what can be done without other’s approval. This class has really enlightened me to pursue my dreams of arts and want to continue on this path of building my own clothing company.
Q3: Why did you choose COMD as your major?
I chose to be a COMD major because of my love for art and using it to make others happy. As a kid, I was always a person who liked to draw and every since I want to be an illustrator because of my love for animations and comic books. I always like to create my comic books and like to show my friends a new story every time because it brings me joy. In this field I want to be hands-on with animal protection and to save animals from becoming extinct. This ties in with my love with animals because I want to be an artist that helps a cause for it become more helpful and has more of an impact on society. I today’s world see world problems like everyday new becomes something things happening don’t affect us. So this is why I want to become a COMD major to make a difference in the world we live in.
Q4: Where do you see yourself in 5?15? years
I see myself in the next five years hopefully finished college and found a job to start working at. I hope with the next year I start to learn new things and become a better person. I want to focus on my future so that I have a wonderful life ahead. In the next ten years, I hope that I can start my clothing company based on saving animals and to stop the killing of animals. The idea of the clothing company is what I really dream of owning because this clothing brand will sponsor many animals and organizations that need our help. Through clothing, I want a message to be seen by everyone that sees it on a person every day. This is the main focus that I want to achieve which is to have a good company that can soon grow and becomes a new way of a vision for a brighter future for the animals. Wow in fifteen years I hope that I have a good life with a nice family two kids and enjoying every moment together. Family is everything to me and what I see myself focus more on when I get older. I hope that in those years my business becomes successful and makes a real difference in the world.
