Getting to know RCollins22

After looking at RCollins22’s avatar, I can tell he likes doing things by himself. He described himself as very independent. RCollins22 loves fishing. “I usually go fishing 2-3 times a week in the summer.” He said. In his avatar he has symbols for fishing, money, cars, independence and hockey. RCollins22 plays ice hockey and has been for a long time. “I have been playing hockey for the past 7 years,” said RCollings22, so there is a lot of hidden meaning in this avatar. He did a really good job at hiding his symbols in his avatar.

What grabbed my attention the most was how well he included his elements. For example, the guy fishing in the avatar is wearing a crown. The crown represents the hockey element because the team he plays for is called the Kings. “I have been playing for the kings for 4 years.” RCollins22’s said. I found it interesting the way he included that into his avatar while keeping it hidden. 

Next, the process RCollins22 went through to make this avatar was to come up with 5 things that he liked. He came up with fishing, money, his car, independence and hockey. Then, he had to create a symbol that represented each element without making it too obvious what it was. After that, he had to add them all together to make his avatar. So he decided to draw himself fishing and included all the elements secretly using symbols.

Lastly, we can compare how our avatars are alike and how they are different. Just by looking at both our avatars, I can tell that we did them a different way. He did this as a drawing of himself and included all the elements that way. Whereas I made them all symbols and turned it into a design. In some ways they are alike because they both have secret meaning. Overall, we learned a lot about RCollins22 just by interviewing him in his avatar.

“Gold fish Enhanced” by Arizona Parrot is licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0