SPLICED Magazine Issue 02 Dec/Jan 2014 | Page 31

SPLICED LIFE / CREATIVE PROFILE / SKULLBOY ISSUE 02 As an artist and graphic designer, where do you draw the boundary (if any) between the two? Designers like to think that we’re ‘artists’ but the fact is that we’re a visual service provider. Art is pointless and completely self-indulgent whereas design has a very specific function with very specific outcomes in mind. Obviously I’d love to flitter my days away in an art studio somewhere but there’s bills to pay and I genuinely love what I’m doing. I work at an awesome agency called Modern Museum in Durban which keeps me very happy and very busy. My art spills over into my design and vice versa – it’s all the same motion, you know. It’s like with a Bengal tiger: those same jaws that kill and maim are also used to pick up cubs without leaving a scratch. So during the day, I do my work and it’s fun and it’s got some sort of purpose in the world, but at night, I’m fuckin’ tearing out throats, man. You’re based in KZN. How do you feel it fares creatively with Joburg or Cape Town? We’ve got the talent but we’ll never (ever) have the infrastructure. I’m slowly learning this. I love Durban and it’s an awesome place to live but if you want any form of ‘alternative’ career, you’re fucked homie. Where do you draw your inspiration from? Late nights, sexual misadventures, friends making the most of their youth, dying. Where can people see more of what you do? www.Skullboy.co.za  31