I’m a Cuban-American comic illustrator based in Ann-Arbor. ‘Rodrigweez’ is a ridiculous pronunciation of my very common last name by a high school teacher (in Texas, no less!) whose life experience clearly didn’t include meeting anyone with the one of the most common Spanish surnames in the world. I’ve worked as a animator, illustrator and designer for most of my life minus a three year interlude teaching English in a tiny mountain town in Japan.
I’ve also been chased by wild monkeys on a fantastic bike trail in Okayama, Japan; competed in a variety of sports including triathlons, artistic rollerskating, and archery; got married and started a family; taught natural childbirth classes; and watched Into the Spiderverse at least eight times in the theatre.
My first kid is super into dragons and refuses to enjoy anything else I draw for her. I was kinda hoping my second kid would be into something cool like tigers, but nah. He’s all #Dragonz4Lyfe, too. So here I am, drawing dragons all the time, often cooking. In my free time, I like rollerskating, archery and playing ukulele. I cook (and eat) a lot and I love movies, books, comics, music, and all kinds of games.
Colophon
Set in Bariol Serif
Illustrated in Procreate
Built in Nova
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*In 1997, I built a website for Jon Bon Jovi. In these early days of 56k dialup, the designer at Mercury Records insisted that the site feature a huge (over 400k!) gif animation accompanied by an even bigger sound file of Bon Jovi in his coolest rocker voice saying, “This is Jon Bon Jovi and I wanna thank you for checking out my website.” Sadly the site is gone but I like to think that the coolness never dies.