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Summer Por Vida: An Illustrated Interview with Melissa Enriquez

Alex KhatchadourianAugust 16, 2016

Melissa Enríquez’s favorite color changes day to day. Sometimes it will be yellow; not just any yellow, but the specific shade she saw on the flower she spotted growing from a cactus. It’s the colors, people, and things she bumps into during her day to day that relegate inspiration for the Long Beach-based artist’s instinctual doodles.

After growing weary of being a faceless artist as a graphic designer for a brand she worked for, Enríquez decided to create Summer Por Vida, a pseudonym and vibrant identity for her personal work. With Summer Por Vida, Enríquez is able to make her sketchbook – filled with weightlifting hamburgers, slobbering cactuses, and googley-eyed ice cream cones – come to life on pillows, in the form of pins, and printed zines.

The chronic doodler took some time to answer a few questions from us, but instead of using words she busted out the pens and markers and illustrated her answers.


What was the first thing you did today?
eggs    
What are your secret vices?
vices
What was the last thing you turned to for inspiration? (magazine? book? video? person? website? place? etc.)
cactus
What cartoon character do you relate to the most?
snoopy
Give us your best self portrait.
 me-(1)
For updates from Summer Por Vida head to their Instagram: @summerporvida.

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