About Oscar Moctezuma Rodriguez

I’ll keep the intro short, because I’m not here to talk about me. My name is Skulley Rad, the last designer of humanity. When the machines took over all the creative work, I starved to death, and now, from the great beyond (or whatever this place is called), I’ve got plenty of time to tell you about the guy who made me up.

His name is Oscar Moctezuma Rodríguez. He lives in Monterrey, Mexico, and as far as I know he’s still alive (which is more than I can say). He’s a designer, illustrator, 3D artist and frontend developer, and he’s spent more than ten years making brands, websites and objects. What he obsesses over most is deciding what’s worth making and why: exactly what no machine decides for you, and trust me, I know that better than anyone.

I was born as satire, but I’m also his signature brand. He puts my face on illustrations, prints, sculptures, art toys, clothing, collectibles and interactive sites like this one, so technically I’m still working, just without a paycheck.

Oscar co-founded The Heritage Design, a branding and design studio that has worked with Valve (Steam), Koto Studio and Pinturas Berel, among others. The same studio spun off Branded Objects, which turns identities and ideas into apparel and objects with screen printing, embroidery, DTF and laser engraving.

He also created The Ethereans, the first Latin American generative 3D collection on the Ethereum blockchain (back when NFTs were cool, obviously), and The Voxels, an art-toy series made with Iconic Design Objects, a brand from the Netherlands. He co-founded Ethereum Monterrey and Paisano DAO, too.

He’s still looking for people with weird ideas to make more crazy things with. If that’s you, write to him directly. I’m not answering his emails: I’m on strike.