R: Hi, my name is Rudolph Cherry. I’m a graphic designer and when I came into Mason Gross what I anticipated to do was—I wanted to do animation, but being that the fact that Mason Gross didn’t have animation, I took up graphic design. Since animation and graphic design, they sort of go hand in hand, almost. So, I got some work to show and, yeah. That’s about it. So, let’s see my work. So, my first year—I did a painting freshman year; I didn’t really know too much about painting, never really hold a paintbrush in a day in my life other than when I was five years old, but that was like watercolors, so…Yeah, so, here’s some of my work in painting class.
J: So, what I think is that painting, you know, sometimes is not as appealing as photography, but, your style of painting, the animation background, the use of the colors, and the craftsmanship that you have, you know, that it looks like reality almost, or, like in comic book type things, I really like that.
R: So, I did painting, and then I also like to draw. So, there’ll be days when I’ll just be sketching and I’ll go back and look at my sketchbook and be like, “Wow, that looks good. Let me see if I could try to improve it, make it look better.” So, I made a little sketch of a butterfly ‘cause I was bored in class. So, I did that and when I did that a girl saw my sketchbook and she was like, “Wow, I like your butterfly.” And, she liked it so much she wanted it to be a tattoo. So, this was the butterfly that she got. And, some more drawings that I did…
J: What is going on in your work? What would you like to achieve with your work?
R: Basically, I just want people to take the time to look at it and just give their emotion, their reaction to my work ‘cause I think that within the self that’s a fulfillment. Just getting a good vibe knowing that other peoples reviewing your work. That, to me, that’s satisfaction. So, that’s motivation; just having somebody look at your work and really taking the time to look at your work. This was some album covers that I did for some people. Again, using my graphic design skills. I use typography and some things I took up in some of my design classes. Like using Photoshop, using Illustrator, stuff like that. What I did was I basically sketched out what kind of image and what the album cover was gonna look like and how it was gonna look like ‘cause the person that I was doing the album cover with…he basically told me his ideas so I was like, “Okay, let me go ahead and sketch it out.” So, I sketched it out, showed him, and started looking at some images on the Internet and found some that related to my sketches and put it all together and came to this.
J: What themes do you usually use in some of your work?
R: The themes that I use…I don’t really use any themes. But, I guess looking at my work I tend to use colors that you won’t normally see other people using. Like just crazy colors that don’t really go with each other.
J: What are some of your influences?
R: I would say music ‘cause every time I sketch or do any other work I tend to listen to music. I feel as though I see a picture with music. So, with music I was able to really listen to the words, listen to the sound, the rhythm, the beat and get designs from that. And, I’ll say music: that’s one influence and I’ll say looking at fashion, like magazines, and stuff like that.
J: Now, we’ll get to finish with a discussion of your plans for thesis.
R: As of right now, I don’t really have any plans for thesis but, I’m definitely sketching and just trying to come up with some ideas. That way, I’m able to go ahead, get an idea—okay—work with a concept and put the idea and the concept together to form a good work to show for the exhibit that people can understand and people could enjoy when they see it.
J: Do you want to do something similar to what you’ve done in the past or do you want to try to do something more or reach out to other type things, like maybe include some type of sound with your piece? You should look into some of the artists that use sound with some of their paintings or their photos.
R: Well, I think with the exhibit and everything what I’m trying to do basically is to elevate into the next level. And, basically, look at all my work in the past and try to become better and just try to evolve because I still feel as though I’m still trying to find my style, like my own style. And, other people, I guess, they could probably agree with me because this whole thing, like coming to college, coming to Mason Gross: that’s the reason you come to college, to try to find yourself. And I think by being in Mason Gross, majoring in graphic design, I think that I’m learning to find my style, find where I fit into the whole art world.
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