@devonrodriguezart
Devon RodriguezIn 2017, I was sitting in the corner of my grandma’s living room in the South Bronx, the only place I had to paint. She gave me space when I didn’t have much else. My friend Michael (@siteb_studios) filmed these interviews years before anything of mine went viral. This was before my viral subway drawing reaction videos in 2020. But the subway was never a trend for me. It was my real life. I’d been drawing people down there since 2010, studying faces, cultures, stories. I just didn’t “blow up” until ten years later. That’s why I always say: don’t chase viral. Don’t chase the spotlight. Fall in love with the process. Fall in love with the craft. Success is usually just years of quiet work that nobody sees. There are so many chapters to this journey, growing up in the Bronx, the setbacks, the doubt, the perseverance. I put it all into my memoir. If you want to read the full story, you can pre-order at the link in my bio or at DevonRodriguezBook.com. Every pre-order brings me closer to becoming a New York Times Best Seller, and that goal means so much to me. I want to show the world that even if I’m from the Bronx, even if I was raised in poverty, even if I was abused, even if my father abandoned me, even if I’m Latino, I can still become a NY Times Bestseller! Thank you @penguinrandomhouse @oneworldbooks for believing in my life story 🙏🏼♥️
On the profile · Feb 24, 2026