About

Nicholas Da Silva founded ZOOLOOK back in 1996 with one vision in mind… to create original and compelling brands that offered the end user a truly immersive experience. To this day, he has lived by that motto, turning out such intellectual properties like FlashTV, Cavedudez and ReelTV to name a few. In 2008, Nicholas was 1 of 100 designers picked by Adobe out of 6 million worldwide to be called the Adobe Chosen One. He proudly wears that title as he continues to push the boundaries of his imagination using the only tools he swears by, Adobe’s Creative Suite.

Nicholas was recently nominated for the 2011 Glyph Awards in the Rising Star category for his work on Dread & Alive. He’s also been featured in Riddim Magazine (Germany) and is the only 4-time recipient of Web Designer Magazine’s HOT 100 honors (2008-2011). Before launching Dread & Alive, Nicholas was hired to create the graphic novel for the screenplay, Black Jesus, a story written by Jimmy Blondell and David Kintzman that’s slated to be made into a film. He is currently working on his next big comic book project, HITLESS, a spy-thriller/tragic love story that meshes fact with fiction.

When Nicholas is not being creative, you can find him, an avid snowboarder, traveling around the world, looking for the perfect snow with his family. He also enjoys sampling cuisine from around the world, reading comic books, playing soccer and watching movies that don’t suck.

Favorite Quotations:

I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world. – Albert Einstein, Oct 26, 1929

Put me in a room with a pad and a pencil and set me up against a hundred people with a hundred computers — I’ll outcreate every goddamn sonofabitch in the room. – Ray Bradbury, Oct 1998