‘I did this drawing of you’: Meet TikTok’s viral subway artist
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Devon Rodriguez, who skyrocketed to fame through videos on TikTok in which he surprises subway riders with hand-drawn portraits of them, shares his inspiring story of growing up in poverty to becoming the most followed visual artist on social media and landing his first solo exhibition. New York Live Entertainment correspondent Joelle Garguilo shares his story on TODAY.
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Good for him…what humble guy & thank goodness for his grandmother ❤️
Devon you are loved ❤❤❤❤❤ and an amazing artist and human being… you inspire me
Makes mr cry😩😭Thank you Abuela😘🌹
Great kid God bless you Devon
Devon never forgets who got him where he is today, his grandma and old art teacher, he always mentions them first
He going to help his grandma 👵🏽 ❤ Thank God he is okay. Though he was met with violence he is a great person. God bless you.
Congratulation! you deserve everything that's coming your way. Shoutout from 142 Brook Ave BX
❤ Thx for Spotlighting a TRUE PATRIOT that DISPLAYS how CONNECTED WE ALL ARE❣️
For all that he went through growing up Devon is such a wonderful and caring person. Thanks to his grandmother he continued his dream to become an artist. And a great human being.
Talented
I think he does an amazing job, and his storyI can relate and God is good.
Absolutely amazing to hear.
Tears😢😢😢
And God created grandmother's to fill in the gaps for their precious grandchildren. God's Blessings to the grandparents who are always their for their grandchildren. You make such a difference in their lives. Devon is a testimony to his grandmother who showed him just how VALUED and LOVED and TALENTED he is. Thank you for sharing their story.
I did a few drawings for my love Jenna when on my 3year Vacation 😁🇺🇸🌹🇺🇸😎💯💍🪬😍🤩😍🤩💞💕💕🥰💓💗💖💖 love you beautiful
Well done Devon 👍 Nothing more to say . Oh other than you have exiptional Artworks that will stand the test of time because they portray life . In the future people will look back at your Paintings like they look back at Egyptian paintings or Greek paintings and learn so much from them . For example a mobile phone in a hand today is extinct in a few months or so.
He'll be doing Biden's official portrait.
I really hope Devon does President Biden's Presidential portrait...and I think Devon has a good chance of doing just that after drawing then meeting President Biden.
Devon is obviously talented BUT - he's also a complete PHONY! He does NOT draw these portraits on the subway of total strangers. They have been asked in advance to pose for him and when he supposedly shows their reactions, as if they were supposedly approached by him for the first time, those are STAGED! He never DISCLOSED this fact making it seem that he can draw photo-realistic portraits in an incredibly short period of time. In other words, Devon he has rocketed to fame essentially by LYING! Another artist tried to duplicate what he did and other professional artists noted that you could not even set up all the equipment Devon uses the way he claims to. In fact, most subjects would get off the subway before he could complete their portraits. Additionally, when you look at the Close-ups of the portraits as they're being fleshed out, you don't see any shaking whatsoever and you also NEVER see any bit of the subway car. That's because those portraits are completed OFF THE SUBWAY.
@darlenemitchell114
21 күн бұрын
Why. so mean spirited? Do you need an abuela that loves and supports you? Of course you do...
this guy is a fraud
@darlenemitchell114
21 күн бұрын
Do you wish you were him? What if people called you a fraud? How can you shine? Go for it and find out....find your abuela.