a trip to hunter.

About me.

My name is Rodolfo Maxil.  I work with different types of media. I graduated from Kingsborough community college as a graphic designer. And then I transfer to Hunter College and planning on majoring in Media. I also enjoy working with photography and video a lot. So much that I have my own equipment at home. Making videos and combining them with graphics and photographs are my favorite thing to do. I work with Adobe Master’s Collection cs5. And the applications I use the most are Photoshop, Illustraitor, After Effect, Premiere Pro, Soundbooth and Encore. The works I do in my computer are simple but effective and that’s because I put my heart into it.  And every now and then I get the ideas from the dreams I had the same day. Sometimes one of the things I do is to put a notebook right next to my bed, just in case I have a very good dream or a very scary nightmare. I write it down before I forget and then try to recreate it. I also travel a lot  in the train and there are times that I see people doing different things. Sometimes I even think of a whole story to write while am in the train. I see people begging for food and others stealing, other people laugh while others cry. Sometimes I see 3 Mexican guys with different instruments. 2 of them play an acoustic guitar and the other plays the accordion and at the same time singing his heart out. He tells the story of his life and the reason why he is here. Which is technically about the same story for a lot of Mexicans, they come here to give their families a better life. In mexico they call those songs “Corridos” and that’s because most of the times they are real stories that happened to other people or sometimes they come from personal experience. These people remind me of the days I lived in mexico. And the promises I made to my grandma and grandpa when they were alive. And that’s what keeps me going. I can frankly say that the subway inspires me a lot because it gives me a lot of good ideas and good memories…..