If it seems surf styles run naturally in the Lopez family, you're not wrong. Although in the case of Rodrigo Lopez, the oldest son of clan Lopez and older brother of Meg, he'll tell you it's "kitsch" and "ironic" when deep down, he just likes khaki shorts and Hawaiian shirts. Perpetually gay, perpetually single, and perpetually unemployed, Rodrigo prefers to consider himself a "freelancer", spending his time as a writer, artist, and overall bon vivant, with much of his work falling distinctly into the lowbrow movement. Yes, the surf culture strikes again. Despite being, y'know, gay, Rodrigo's art is known for his distinct, stylized, strikingly beautiful women, with his work often appearing on t-shirts, posters, and album covers, as well as regular showings at the Davidsville Contemporary Art Museum. Some of his most recognizable works can be found across both the Arts District and the Wharf District, large, alfresco murals of surf, sun, women, and occasionally, when he's feeling spicy, punks. His prose takes on a similarly outsider-ish view, often very stream of consciousness focused, wistful stories of romantic lust and longing, basically writing what he knows while also knowing how to vary it juuuuust enough so each piece is unique. Did I mention he's also a journalist? Well, in the same way that you'd be able to call Hunter S. Thompson a "journalist", it's a pretty loose, anarchic definition of the term, his unconventional style is often on display in the Davidsville Gay Times, the local queer newspaper, where he's a personal favorite of the upstanding publication's equally unconventional editor.
When asked about how he views himself, Rodrigo usually says that he's been called it so many times that he considers himself, in his little sister's words, a "giant fucking dweeb", because at the end of the day, aren't we all?
30 Days Of Characters Day 6: Rodrigo Lopez, writer, artist, and Meg's older brother
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