tomorrow it begins. I order the brand new Electric Zombie line and I am beyond excited about it. This is really going to put to the test the future of the company. Right now I am a little up in the air about it. For some time now every body has been zombying something. I’m tired of seeing it. It’s like peanut butter and jelly’s. Boy do I love them, but when I and everyone around me is eating them every day, it almost makes you want to gag.

Everyone uses the same exact people. I get it they do great work. But it’s literally the same. It might not be a zombie or some kind of monster. But it’s the same people working for the same people.

I did a lot of the new stuff myself and used 3 people I have never used before and went back to some old friends. I am beyond excited just to see the first strike off of the designs. Doing some new things as well. I don’t want to give it all away just now, as I am looking to do this every Monday until the new line comes out, which is in 67 days.

I plan on showing some previews of some stuff as well, as it gets printed and try and get more video stuff going. This is all wishful thinking and I hope that I can actually live up to it.

Work has been calming down a little bit. Or maybe it’s the fact that I am gettiing it done faster or that I have a little more time to get some stuff done. Who knows. All I know is that October I won’t be doing too much. I have my dad flying out for a wrestling pay per view in jersey we got ringside seats to. So he’ll be down for a few days and then I am flying out to San Diego for the EZ shoot. and then getting ready for the Launch. I am hoping to get a book done for all my friends and family as well. Again, this is all wishful thinking and hoping.

I am also going to start answering peoples questions every week as well, in case I run out of things to talk about, HAHA… so if there’s any questions you like to know / ask feel free to email me kyleisez@gmail.com

that being said, let’s get crackin’

I’m just going to go for the first 3 questions that were asked….

What was the hardest part in your life as a designer?

I would say the hardest part was trying to make time for it. For a good 4 years I was working 3 jobs, always. I was either working at Pizza Hut, Or Chilis, or Hollywood Video, or Pac Sun, or Hot Topic, or Fueled By Ramen, or a Record Store, or Einsteins. Constantly working. So finding time was hard. I think in different parts of my life there’s the hard parts. Not really specifically 1 thing or 1 instance. There’s always the getting paid part. I would say right now the hardest part is getting ideas. I mean it’s getting really bad. I’m not sure if it’s me being burnt out or getting older or what. But I am finding it harder and harder to come up with ideas for designs anymore. I find it super annoying that bands can write music and songs but they have absolutely NO VISION for designs. They just say “Do your thing” and they’ll reject it. Getting direction is getting harder and harder. But I would have to say to actually answer your question is “TIME”. Having enough to complete a design, having it to experiment, to research. I take on so much work and do way too much that the time I do have, I just sleep and eat.

If you could do graphic work for a horror film, which would you choose?

I would have to say, that if it was a film that I was dying to do. It would be anything Freddy Kruger related. But if it was a film to fit the style that I do and can do. I think working on the Saw series would be pretty ideal/awesome.

Freddy is my all time favorite character. I’ve always had this attachment to him as a character. It’s like I grew up with him. Plus I lived on a house on Elm street for 5 years right when the movie came out.

I think with my textures and my style and my clean yet gritty style the SAW series would be awesome. I think that’s something I could nail.

I am dying to do some movie stuff. I feel like I have done almost all I can do with the band merch / music scene.

The TMNT line seemed to be a big success. Do you have plans to release another line based on another beloved toy/cartoon/T.V. show/movie from your childhood?

I’m not entirely sure. I feel like the whole, let’s spoof this and that is way over done. I feel like everyone at some point has done it. Even with band stuff it’s getting a little ridiculous. I feel like I did it once and did it well. I’d be fine not to do it. I haven’t figured out if me doing it again or continuing might be too predictable or out of style. It’s really hard to say. The new line comes out in November. I pretty much plan on doing 2 lines now instead of 4 so that I can put out better product and conserve ideas and my brain. It gets a little grueling when you’re just 1 person making sure everything works and happens. After November, I guess the next forecasted line wouldn’t come out until around April-June. But in all honesty, I might not even do another one after this one. I’m tired of lurking and babysitting people/companies. I’m tired of taking it to a point and then right when I get something that works,it gets duplicated. I know thats the nature of the beast, but I am too busy to deal with it. It hurts my head. So to answer your question, I can’t answer your question. The line in the fall could be it. I don’t see that happening, but it’s a possibility. If I had it my way, the stuff thats coming out in the fall would be the direction I’d like to go. I just hope people will be into like I am