Adrian Brandon has always been an artist—even if he hasn’t felt comfortable claiming that title. Growing up, he hand-painted bunk beds with his mom and dished out Sharpie tattoos in exchange for ch…
, Brandon discusses being a Black creator right now, finding and highlighting Black joy, and what it’s like counting Viola Davis as a fan of his work.
Two weeks ago you had under 10,000 Instagram followers and now you have nearly 200,000. What caused all this and what has it been like dealing with this newfound attention?What Viola Davis Learned From Playing Annalise Keating on 'How to Get Away With Murder' It’s hard to say what really made that jump. I think Viola Davis and then Complex were the two biggest accounts. Other than that, there was just a girl on Twitter with only 500 followers. Her tweet took off to have over 100,000 RTs and 400,000 likes and then everyone gravitated towards my Instagram. It’s funny because I’ve been doing this series for over a year and it’s not like I’m just trying to hop on the scene and just caught a wave.
Your art is a visual representation of a life lived and a life lost—What goes through your mind when you’re drawing victims who are younger than you are? When I drew Aiyana Jones, who was seven years old, I’m thinking back to what I was doing at seven and how I was doing the same thing she was doing. How much that could have been me is such an active conversation I’m having with this. It’s weird because seeing victims so close to my age is absolutely terrifying, but we’re also so desensitized by seeing so many Black bodies literally being murdered. It’s scary to think about how I’ve seen terrible things now and now I’m drawing this here.
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