Tyler B. Murphy writes about doing hand poked tattoos on Tattoo Artist Magazine.

Tyler B Murphy’s Sins of Style are moving to 22 Hope Street, Gardens, Cape Town, from March this year and will no longer be in their old space in Bree Street. For richly finished tattoos by Tyler B Murphy, David Chaston or Lee Herbert, stop on by…

If you’re going to the Cape Town Tattoo Convention this weekend, be sure to stop in at Tyler B Murphy’s, Sins of Style, and pick up some fresh Killer ts and hoods! More info on the convention HERE.

Body of Work is an exhibition of customised hands and tattoo-inspired artwork by numerous South African artists, including Tyler B Murphy. The exhibition will be launching on Tuesday 25 January at the A Word of Art Gallery at the Woodstock Industrial Centre in Cape Town.

This is the second in the two-part interview with Sins of Style tattoo artist, Tyler B Murphy.

Have you been taking photos and drawing and painting just as long as you’ve been tattooing, or longer?
I started doing graffiti first in 1994. I only got into taking photos later. Having a fulltime job to pay for processing and printing made all the difference. Photography started when I finished school I guess

What makes you psyched on being creative on so many levels?
As soon as human minds could imagine a future, they began making art. Thinking ahead, manifesting a beautiful future… that’s my background music.

You’ve seen a fair bit of planet earth, what were some of the best spots to skate and take photos of?
The city of New York, Barcelona, Dortmund and Santa Monica have made for some good photos. On my American holliday I must have taken 50 odd fairy photos. I didn’t load any film in my Minolta with the fisheye. The counter is broken so you can’t tell, until 3 weeks, 20 thousand miles and 5 cities later.

How do you feel about skateboarding?
I realised from the last question that I had nothing to say about foreign skate spots. I skated my best when I was 16. I won a few little comps, got flowed some stuff. But then work took over, raising my son from 17 also changes your skate schedule. I still skate to work every day. I’m getting into my first 8-ince at the moment. 20 years of skating this year. I’m busy teaching my son to foot break. We live up a hill so he has to.

What sort of work are you going to be exhibiting?
I’m putting up some photos I shot with my lomo in 2005. A step by step sequence of a guy tattooing himself, prison style.

Any last words, check outs or thanks?
I wish that I could have written it first. Chris Garver wrote one short sentence, that was so humble and sincere. He wrote… “To everyone that I have tattooed, thank you for allowing me to make a living doing what I love.” In the same book other people wrote about themselves and all kinds of things. But he just said thanks.

Visit www.sinsofstyle.com and www.killerltd.com for more.

You can now buy a huge variety of Killer gear with the brand new Revolution online skate store, www.revolutiononline.co.za!

- Wide range of products and sizes
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- Accepts credit cards, debit cards, and EFT through payfast
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- Free shipping on orders over R500.00 anywhere in South Africa
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Check out the site HERE and specials HERE.

Check out Tyler B Murphy’s tattoo flash poster in the new issue of Vice, complete with mad skills and Killer props!

Check out a really good interview with tattoo artist Tyler B Murphy HERE.

Found this great portrait of Tyler B Murphy taken by John Smith as part of his Cape Town Creatives project. Check out more HERE.