what would you like to know about EZ?

posted 4 months ago by a killer wombat

So I had to kinda rearrange my schedule for interviews (sorry chris) but I am moving Kyle from Electric Zombie up the line up to coincide with his new line coming out on the 13th... I promise though, sandlin next.

So lets have at it, what do you want to know about kyle?... we have already kinda chatted about some stuff that will make a very good read but we wanna know what you wanna know!

deadline: June 6th 2008
update: talked with kyle and he is down for a contest... and in attempt to get 5 questions for the interview he is going to hook the person with the best question up with a shirt from the new line, and the 4 runner ups will get button packs.

Either way, its going to be a great 13th at I drank your tee.

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a killer wombat said 4 months ago

you can see a lot of it here
Tender Branson said 4 months ago

a killer wombat said: you can see a lot of it here

Thanks for pointing that out, I never noticed the link at the bottom of his site until now.
LitoQ said 4 months ago

yeah EZ's pretty much the shit
jimmyheartcore said 4 months ago

"Is it hard to tuck it back, always?"
MadeByMAS said 4 months ago

jimmyheartcore said: "Is it hard to tuck it back, always?"

ha!
explodingtoes said 4 months ago

if the movie "Grumpy Old Men" was loosely based around his personality
Jon Kruse said 4 months ago

Is it hard being a jerk 24/7, or do you save your rage for the internets?
kyleisez said 4 months ago

this is gonna be good
explodingtoes said 4 months ago

is it his fault equal vision stopped putting out good records a long time ago?
AndrewOliv said 4 months ago

what was the 'eureka' moment where he knew this is what he would be doing design for the rest of his life.
thebutcher said 4 months ago

do they make condoms that small?
kyleisez said 4 months ago

if you guys want to bash me, do it in a seperate thread. dont let your personal hatred or dislike ruin KW's thread for his site

thanks
Jon Kruse said 4 months ago

What is your favorite project you've worked on?
Ouchless said 4 months ago

Was it worth moving from Florida to NY?
explodingtoes said 4 months ago

is it true that there is, in fact, no need to argue...that parents just dont understand?
AndrewOliv said 4 months ago

how does it make you feel to know you have helped create a tee-shirt subculture for zombie fans?
Robby-brightglasses said 4 months ago

the famous rockett story what happen and how did u get that job
Sonne said 4 months ago

how did you start getting jobs for all the big name bands you've worked with?

and

do you wake up in the morning and piss excellence, or is there something you have to do in your morning routine to obtain it?
kyleisez said 4 months ago

Robby-brightglasses said: the famous rockett story what happen and how did u get that job

uhhhh ohhhh
MykeCatastrophic said 4 months ago

Sonne said: how did you start getting jobs for all the big name bands you've worked with?

+ a billion and a half!
Please EZ we're all dying to know.
a killer wombat said 4 months ago

kyleisez said:
Robby-brightglasses said: the famous rockett story what happen and how did u get that job

uhhhh ohhhh

haha... one of the questions I have been nagging him about for a while, its already listed for the interview.

no need to be a dick in this thread... something he says on here are pretty brash but if you chat with him outside of a message board hes a chill dude. I'm just trying to get some good questions to ask for the interview because even if you love or hate him he is a very good designer.
heroes said 4 months ago

1. do you enjoy working on your own line more or less than working for other individuals

2.who inspire you music wise and artist influence wise
mitchbones said 4 months ago

What are your influences? How do you think they have affected your work and life?

edit: i hate heroes1985 for posting it a few minutes before me.

What would you do for a Klondike bar?

Words of wisdom for a person looking to go into design?
MykeCatastrophic said 4 months ago

a killer wombat said: no need to be a dick in this thread... something he says on here are pretty brash but if you chat with him outside of a message board hes a chill dude. I'm just trying to get some good questions to ask for the interview because even if you love or hate him he is a very good designer.

I have to agree. EZ can be very blunt and doesn't beat around the bush, but most of the time he's right and knows what he's talking about. People may not always see it as 'constructive' but you should to take what he says and run with it. I mean, just look at this dude's portfolio. I think that should speak for itself.

And wow, a lot of these questions are really good. I can't wait to read this interview!
thebutcher said 4 months ago

kyleisez said: if you guys want to bash me, do it in a seperate thread. dont let your personal hatred or dislike ruin KW's thread for his site
thanks

haha i was kidding dude. my apologizes to killer wombat too for not being constructive.
a killer wombat said 4 months ago

thomcat said:
kyleisez said: if you guys want to bash me, do it in a seperate thread. dont let your personal hatred or dislike ruin KW's thread for his site
thanks

haha i was kidding dude, sorry. my apologizes to killer wombat too for not being constructive.

haha, its all good... i kinda read it as an oxymoron like jumbo shrimp. Everyone was calling him a huge dick but you said that small. Struck me as funny.
Ouchless said 4 months ago

Would you give up your job as a designer, never to design again, to be in a single zombie movie?
MykeCatastrophic said 4 months ago

Ouchless said: Would you give up your job as a designer, never to design again, to be in a single zombie movie?

A good zombie movie? Or a crappy one?
I think he'll end up in some sort of zombie movie at some point in his life anyway.
M.Eureka said 4 months ago

EZ is god, your showcase gives me shivers
jimmyheartcore said 4 months ago

kyleisez said: if you guys want to bash me, do it in a seperate thread. dont let your personal hatred or dislike ruin KW's thread for his site
thanks

Dude we're just joking with you.

And fuck Thomas Bailey. I heard he tucks it back harder than anyone here.
a killer wombat said 4 months ago

jimmyheartcore said:
kyleisez said: if you guys want to bash me, do it in a seperate thread. dont let your personal hatred or dislike ruin KW's thread for his site
thanks

Dude we're just joking with you.

And fuck Thomas Bailey. I heard he tucks it back harder than anyone here.

ugh, its called the goat and it drives the ladies wild.
andrE w. said 4 months ago

MykeCATASTROPHIC said:
Ouchless said: Would you give up your job as a designer, never to design again, to be in a single zombie movie?

A good zombie movie? Or a crappy one?
I think he'll end up in some sort of zombie movie at some point in his life anyway.

of course he will be, ghostface was in the new ironman, cause he loves ironman, i know we will see him in a zombie movie sometime in the future.
nate gonz said 4 months ago

If you could only have one of the following for the rest of your life, what would it be? Ultimate Warrior, Design or Horror Films?
derekdeal said 4 months ago

kyle...(ahem)... its rumored that you do 5 designs a minute, how do you keep from getting burnt out?

(large mallow please)
M.Eureka said 4 months ago

derekdeal said: kyle...(ahem)... its rumored that you do 5 designs a minute, how do you keep from getting burnt out?
(large mallow please)

I...want..to.. know.. this.. man .. ..man..MAN! you did the band tees that I loved the most.. tell me you didn't do it in 12 seconds..
Incarnadine said 4 months ago

boxers or briefs?
Birdie3431 said 4 months ago

paper or plastic? (condoms)
collisiontheory said 4 months ago

1) Have you ever gotten in trouble for using/referencing famous copyrighted images for your line? If so, how did you handle that?

2)You've worked with some designers over here for your line, do you accept submissions or do you just ask specific people to work for you?
Randomentity said 4 months ago

collisiontheory said: 1) Have you ever gotten in trouble for using/referencing famous copyrighted images for your line? If so, how did you handle that?
2)You've worked with some designers over here for your line, do you accept submissions or do you just ask specific people to work for you?

+1
i wanna do an EZ design, some day, some day
Kolby said 4 months ago

collisiontheory said: 1) Have you ever gotten in trouble for using/referencing famous copyrighted images for your line? If so, how did you handle that?
2)You've worked with some designers over here for your line, do you accept submissions or do you just ask specific people to work for you?

both of those
sittingduck said 4 months ago

just do designs for him. I learned a ton by getting shut down by him haha.

question for the interview: kyle, if you were on a deserted island, how long would it take for you to die from lack of horror movies? that us what keeps you alive right?

second question: I think people would love to know this ... are you trying to weed out the weak by being so harshly critical of people's artwork? or is it that you really want everyone to do better and you've found this method works best? explain.
MykeCatastrophic said 4 months ago

sittingduck said: just do designs for him. I learned a ton by getting shut down by him haha.
question for the interview: kyle, if you were on a deserted island, how long would it take for you to die from lack of horror movies? that us what keeps you alive right?

second question: I think people would love to know this ... are you trying to weed out the weak by being so harshly critical of people's artwork? or is it that you really want everyone to do better and you've found this method works best? explain.

+100
Robby-brightglasses said 4 months ago

kyleisez said:
Robby-brightglasses said: the famous rockett story what happen and how did u get that job

uhhhh ohhhh

hahahahahah
andrE w. said 4 months ago

Robby-brightglasses said:
kyleisez said:
Robby-brightglasses said: the famous rockett story what happen and how did u get that job

uhhhh ohhhh

hahahahahah

we all wanna hear it
itcamefromthesky! said 4 months ago

My question would be: Is it hard being a pimp in every aspect of the word?
Randomentity said 4 months ago

sittingduck said: just do designs for him. I learned a ton by getting shut down by him haha.
second question: I think people would love to know this ... are you trying to weed out the weak by being so harshly critical of people's artwork? or is it that you really want everyone to do better and you've found this method works best? explain.

yeah, what is the motivation behind the cruelty? although it's usually hilarious cruelty.

and i'd love to do a design, like i said before, maybe i should holla at him later and see what i can do.
kyleisez said 4 months ago

SD's questions are really good
Robmcbride said 4 months ago

EZ's work gives me a hard on.
Tender Branson said 4 months ago

What is more important to you, the subject of your work, or the way it is executed?
benwatson said 4 months ago

What is the process you take to over come being to overly critical with your work when it is supplying product for your business.
thebutcher said 4 months ago

Do you care about the kids?

Let me rephrase that, are you "for the kids"?
sittingduck said 4 months ago

kyleisez said: SD's questions are really good

! thanks daddy.
kyleisez said 4 months ago

bumping seeing how theres 5 days left. shucksss
jaynajaynajayna said 4 months ago

I think I really just want to see every Halloween costume he had from ages 4-11.

Also a/s/l
Cole said 4 months ago

noodz?
jaynajaynajayna said 4 months ago

Byeline said: noodz?
Dave!PTS said 4 months ago

collisiontheory said: Have you ever gotten in trouble for using/referencing famous copyrighted images for your line? If so, how did you handle that?

I'd be interested to hear about that, I recently scrapped a design with a picture of Dolph Lundgren on it for a Rocky IV themed shirt fearing i'd a) be sued massively, b) punched in the throat by Dolph Lundgren and Sylvester Stallon or c) both. I can't imagine the WWF for example giving clearance on that Ultimate Warrior tee as they clamp down on things as small as fan videos on YouTube.
seibei said 4 months ago

there's already a lot of questions here -

1. is there ever a time when you're not thinking about design/EZ/etc? I know it's hard for a lot of us to "shut it off" when you're working for yourself, so that's awesome if you can manage it.

2. do you ultimately wanna be doing EZ full time, or are you happy with equal vision/freelance too?

3. what trends in t-shirt design are you tired of/are there particular things you're tired of clients requesting?
kyleisez said 4 months ago

damn seibei and SD have way good questions
Terror said 4 months ago

Byeline said: noodz?

-1
kyleisez said 4 months ago

oh no today is the last dayyyy ahhhhh!
seibei said 4 months ago

uhhhhhhh what is the EZ equivalent of snuggling up with footie pajamas and a big bowl of ice cream watching cartoons in bed? ie, what is your happy place/thing you do when you just need some EZ TIME?
MickyMays said 4 months ago

seibei said: uhhhhhhh what is the EZ equivalent of snuggling up with footie pajamas and a big bowl of ice cream watching cartoons in bed? ie, what is your happy place/thing you do when you just need some EZ TIME?

kill people
sittingduck said 4 months ago

hehe,here's a good one:

we all know you're a huge horror fan .... what's your favorite comedy and why?
seibei said 4 months ago

If your death was destined to be totally violent and horrific, and you knew you somehow wouldn't feel pain as it happened, how would you like to die? Not something I'm super eager to know but I bet you have a fucking great answer in the bank already.
andrE w. said 4 months ago

wu tang or NWA?

and why
thebutcher said 4 months ago

Warning, not safe for work!have you ever smelled a grown man's dick before?
gonehoggin84 said 4 months ago

Geez What the hell did you do to yourself?
gonehoggin84 said 4 months ago

And will you ever make a michael myers design, i sleep with a life size doll of him every nite
jelly said 4 months ago

I've got one.

When are you going to update your website?

It still has Christmas shit all over it.
kyleisez said 4 months ago

jelly said: I've got one.
When are you going to update your website?

It still has Christmas shit all over it.

when the work stops coming in
kyleisez said 4 months ago

thomcat said: Warning, not safe for work!have you ever smelled a grown man's dick before?

I seriously laughed so loud and scared the shit out of my dog
kyleisez said 4 months ago

gonehoggin84 said: And will you ever make a michael myers design, i sleep with a life size doll of him every nite

not a fan of michael myers
DCAY said 4 months ago

totally jackin' this thread, but with an EZ question: you get my email, dickface?
kyleisez said 4 months ago

yes but i can only read those msgs and not respond, my new email is kyleisez@gmail.com
DCAY said 4 months ago

gotcha... used the email from your profile here, so might want to update it... or not. thanks.
OhioLeslie said 4 months ago

kyleisez said:
thomcat said: Warning, not safe for work!have you ever smelled a grown man's dick before?

I seriously laughed so loud and scared the shit out of my dog

so is that a yes?
kyleisez said 4 months ago

come on now I dont kiss and tell
jimmyheartcore said 4 months ago

I have pictures.
OhioLeslie said 4 months ago

kyleisez said: come on now I dont kiss and tell

apparently jimmy does.

jimmyheartcore said: I have pictures.
Birdie3431 said 4 months ago

is he really "easy"?
scapyyy said 4 months ago

it was a joke, i kid i kid.

didnt mean to bust a mom joke

i heart emptees
jimmyheartcore said 4 months ago

I'm just saying.

I made up all those questions for Shantz all by my little lonesome.
kyleisez said 4 months ago

cool
thebutcher said 4 months ago

i'm the fucking man, i need an interview.
Matt Rupp said 4 months ago

1) If you could be a horror movie character(Jason Vorhees, Freddy Kreuger, Michael Meyers..etc) who would you be?

2)If you were given the job to create your own horror movie character, what would it be like?
thebutcher said 4 months ago

ALL FOR LOVE said: 1) If you could be a horror movie character(Jason Vorhees, Freddy Kreuger, Michael Meyers..etc) who would you be?
2)If you were given the job to create your own horror movie character, what would it be like?

1. jason
2. it would be the fluffer on a gay porn set.
horsebites said 4 months ago

thomcat said: i'm the fucking man, i need an interview.

You need to interview yourself. That would be hilarious! It would be NAZZZTYYYY.
thebutcher said 4 months ago

horsebites said:
thomcat said: i'm the fucking man, i need an interview.

You need to interview yourself. That would be hilarious! It would be NAZZZTYYYY.

Actually I usually just sit in front of the mirror naked while I booze and just shoot the shit with myself. Basically just take it from there. You got beef HB?
sittingduck said 4 months ago

thomcat said:
horsebites said:
thomcat said: i'm the fucking man, i need an interview.

You need to interview yourself. That would be hilarious! It would be NAZZZTYYYY.

Actually I usually just sit in front of the mirror naked while I booze and just shoot the shit with myself. Basically just take it from there. You got beef HB?

i smell a tee off ... nope ... nevermind ....
thebutcher said 4 months ago

i smell an email coming your way... nope ... nevermind ....
sittingduck said 4 months ago

thomcat said: i smell an email coming your way... nope ... nevermind ....

aw ....
Matt Rupp said 4 months ago

thomcat said:
ALL FOR LOVE said: 1) If you could be a horror movie character(Jason Vorhees, Freddy Kreuger, Michael Meyers..etc) who would you be?
2)If you were given the job to create your own horror movie character, what would it be like?

1. jason
2. it would be the fluffer on a gay porn set.

Very good choice! Have you ever been to the campground in Jersey where Friday The 13th was filmed? I went there for my 6th grade camp. Shit it tightttttt.
thebutcher said 4 months ago

ALL FOR LOVE said:
thomcat said:
ALL FOR LOVE said: 1) If you could be a horror movie character(Jason Vorhees, Freddy Kreuger, Michael Meyers..etc) who would you be?
2)If you were given the job to create your own horror movie character, what would it be like?

1. jason
2. it would be the fluffer on a gay porn set.

Very good choice! Have you ever been to the campground in Jersey where Friday The 13th was filmed? I went there for my 6th grade camp. Shit it tightttttt.

haha I actually had to stay there for camp in grade school too. it was a ymca camp i remember.
LitoQ said 4 months ago

Who or what is your biggest influence (other than the obvoius brain dead creature feature people eaters), design-wise?

may have been posted already but i really wanna know
Matt Rupp said 4 months ago

thomcat said:
ALL FOR LOVE said:
thomcat said:
ALL FOR LOVE said: 1) If you could be a horror movie character(Jason Vorhees, Freddy Kreuger, Michael Meyers..etc) who would you be?
2)If you were given the job to create your own horror movie character, what would it be like?

1. jason
2. it would be the fluffer on a gay porn set.

Very good choice! Have you ever been to the campground in Jersey where Friday The 13th was filmed? I went there for my 6th grade camp. Shit it tightttttt.

haha I actually had to stay there for camp in grade school too. it was a ymca camp i remember.

I didn't see Jason when I was in the water and no horny teens got slaughtered...disappointment.
cajun metal said 3 months ago

collisiontheory said: 1) Have you ever gotten in trouble for using/referencing famous copyrighted images for your line? If so, how did you handle that?

I hope this one got into the interview. I'd be interested to know EZ's motive for using those images despite copyrights.
kyleisez said 3 months ago

here you so it doesnt get into the interview because i feel like theres better questions

I dont care, all they can do is tell me to stop making it.. im a small fish in a big pond everything comes from somewhere... anytime you guys use google images or scan a book that isnt royalty free youre taking the same risk, it doesnt matter if it comes from a movie and dildo factory or a side of a bus... being a designer (unless youre some big time illustrator) is taking that risk
heroes said 3 months ago

isnt attitudes like that exactly why peoples steal things like ice creams and make them into stickers?
kyleisez said 3 months ago

if I look at your portfolio and i see 1 design with something i can pin point from somewhere thats not yours i will shit in your mouth
heroes said 3 months ago

kyleisez said: if I look at your portfolio and i see 1 design with something i can pin point from somewhere thats not yours i will shit in your mouth

im not starting an argument but your an inspiration to alot of people on here design wise so i think you should encourage these people to strive to learn new skills
Randomentity said 3 months ago

heroes1985 said:
kyleisez said: if I look at your portfolio and i see 1 design with something i can pin point from somewhere thats not yours i will shit in your mouth

im not starting an argument but your an inspiration to alot of people on here design wise so i think you should encourage these people to strive to learn new skills

i think what kyle's saying is that by using ANY reference material, that's not "open source", you're taking a risk. He's talking about photographs, not illustration.
heavyprints said 3 months ago

I guess we all have feelings on this subject, so I'm just going to quote mine from some previous comments. I have the other persons comments in quote for context. Yup.

Palehorse said: Yes, heavyprints, I often take things like Halloween masks and other corny shit to make line drawings. They usually make for rad graphics. I really don't see why this is an issue Dude. Do you really need me to post all my resource images along with a sketch so you don't have to Google around so much?...really what's wrong with using a mask to make a graphic? You just bummed that you didn't think of it?

Nah, bro. Did you ever stop to think that someone took the time to design that mask and you just yanked their work and plastered it on a shirt as your own? It's plagarism, and It's wrong.

I mean, as illustrators we all reference things. It helps us with proportion, spacing, perspective, etc. But there's a difference between looking at a photo to try and wrap your mind around a specific pose or nuance, and laying tracing paper over someone elses work, then calling it yours.
kyleisez said 3 months ago

hate to tell you this dude but what do you think a lot of illustrators do, why dont you get on the go media kids for their skull packs, its all google images vectorized.

everyone who wants to play police man can go fuck off, tracing a design or a drawing is one thing, but things out of the realistic realm I believe is ok. Unless you want me to start murdering people ( you if youd like) and bleaching their skulls just for the sake of being 100% true to my designs or maybe ill go to the zoo and kidnap a tiger and have a photoshoot and fingers crossed to me not getting my face mauled off

This argument or assumption is stupid, people can use images older than 20 years, last time I checked friday the 13ths are long over that now, so if I want to make a shitload of jason shirts until warner bros (no more new line comes to me) I'll fnd some way around seeing how I used to work for and with them

everything comes from somewhere

even if its stock, free royalty or what have you a piece of the puzzle known as design somewhere ISNT yours

so all you doodle bears are safe for now! keep onnnn drawwwwwwwwwing suckas
heavyprints said 3 months ago

That comic book cover was not 20 years old.

I understand it being a parody, but I've seen your art. You've got plenty of skills to draw a gnarly robocop. Why not do your own?
godmachine said 3 months ago

I use to own that very comic book!!!
Randi said 3 months ago

kyleisez said: if I look at your portfolio and i see 1 design with something i can pin point from somewhere thats not yours i will shit in your mouth

hot
jimmyheartcore said 3 months ago

kyleisez said: This argument or assumption is stupid, people can use images older than 20 years

That's not true.

That's for patents on products, not copyright for images.

Copyright law is way longer:

The Copyright Act of 1976, effective 1978, abolished common law copyright in the United States so that all works, published or unpublished, are now covered by federal statutory copyright. The claim that "pre-1923 works are in the public domain" is correct only for published works; unpublished works are under federal copyright for at least the life of the author plus 70 years.

For a work made for hire, the copyright in a work created before 1978, but not theretofore in the public domain or registered for copyright, subsists from January 1, 1978, and endures for a term of 95 years from the year of its first publication, or a term of 120 years from the year of its creation, whichever expires first.[8]

If the work was created before 1978 but first published on or before December 31, 2002, the work is covered by federal copyright until 2047.
Randomentity said 3 months ago

i had to take a course on copyright law for work. cuz it's a big deal and fedexkinkos[now fedex office??] can get sued if we copy anything protected. but i've forgotten most of it.
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