The LA based artist is a rising talent

If there’s anything we’ve learned from covering hundreds of artists on this site, it’s that the creative world is a small place if you’re paying attention. With this is in mind, it didn’t surprise us that one of our favorite content pieces from 2015, and our favorite animations of late 2019 came from the same hand. In fact, if your music taste is up to par, he might’ve produced some of your favorite tunes as well. Pedro Fequiere Jr (Friends call him P, so P it is), is a multi hyphenated artist based in LA with a diverse portfolio of illustrations, character designs, animation and more. His work can at any point be funny, witty, socially conscious or sometimes all of the above. We took a shot in the dark and reached out to P, and as fate would have it, here we are.

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2. How would you compare your creative process as a musician vs a visual artist? Is there anything distinctive about the way you develop ideas?

It’s definitely the same creative process of having an idea, building on that idea, making something rough out of it, then polishing it up. I think that music has been more of my personal work while art has been my commercial work so that’s been the difference. But now I’ve been blending the two cause it really is the same muscle.

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3. What’s been the most rewarding thing you’ve done creatively, whether its been through music or animation?

The most rewarding thing for me is being able to create. I’ve got a lot of ideas and there’s only so much time in a day/week/month/year to make them. It lowkey sounds corny, but any time spent creating is a reward in itself. Also it’s dope that I’m able to pay some bills through the stuff I make. That’s rewarding too haha.

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“It lowkey sounds corny, but any time spent creating is a reward in itself.”

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4. 17 struggles all suburban black kids know too well was a personal favorite. What was the initial response that you received from that project? Any push back from Buzzfeed about creating it?

Thank you man, that’s one of my favorites too. It’s funny because four of those comics I came up with when I was in college. There was no pushback from BuzzFeed though, they were really supportive. it was kind of a flip of the Heben Nigatu’s “31 Things You Have To Deal With As The Only Black Person In The Office” post. The response was great though. I didn’t know that it was gonna go like it did, but a lot of black kids that grew up in the suburbs could relate to it.

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“I’d have to say The Weekender’s was the first cartoon that really had me looking at character design and background design”