Five Questions with Nicholas Da Silva

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Five Questions with Nicholas Da Silva

Web Designer #162

Nicholas Da Silva is the founder and creative director of ZOOLOOK, a San Francisco-based new media agency established in 1996 that develops entertainment properties for the web, video, television, film and wireless entertainment. Nicholas is also an award-winning graphic designer, music producer and published author. He has developed projects for TechTV, the Beastie Boys, Charles Schwab, Wyclef Jean, Front 242, to name a few.

Web Designer #143 Masterclass

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Web Designer’s #143 Masterclass

Web Designer #143


Da Silva Masterclass: Comic Book Animations

When Nicholas Da Silva bought his first iPod, he didn’t exactly download content for it. He created his own…

When I first began working on HITLESS, I wanted to do something different with the production and the delivery of the series. I had already ruled out printing the series as an option and instead decided to embrace the web to deliver the series. Then in 2005, I had an epiphany. Having bought my first PSP and iPod, I was so amazed by their impressive screen display that a light suddenly went on in my head.Why not produce the series to viewed on these devices? There was only problem that I faced. How do I create one set of comic book panels to fit on devices that have different screen formats?