ZOOLOOK™ Stonefrenge™ When IRIE’s founder and editor-in-chief, Nicholas Da Silva, is not covering the reggae scene, you can rest assured he is busy working on one of his creative projects under his artist name, ZOOLOOK. A multi-artist who produces original music, writes and draws comic books, designs and develops immersive websites, and creates animations for […]
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Dread & Alive™ Nine Night™ A diehard comic book fan and an avid reader of fiction/sci-fi novels (Robert A. Heinlein) growing up in the U.S., Nicholas Da Silva (ZOOLOOK) was disappointed in the lack of black heroic characters in American culture and literature. Coming from a diverse background, he promised to change that by meshing […]
FlashTV™ The Future Now, Absolutely Wicked! When ZOOLOOK launched FlashTV on July 25, 2001, the site was relatively unknown to the flash community. However, it didn’t take long for the website to get noticed, receiving 3 million hits in just a few weeks. Under the URL, IWantMyFlashTV.com, FlashTV featured 18 genres of flash-animated movies to […]
HITLESS™ No Women. No Children. On July 6, 2007, Pocketgamer.com published a feature on the best digital comics for your PlayStation Portable (PSP), SONY’s multi-talented member of the handheld game console family. First released in Japan on December 12, 2004, it reached North America on March 24, 2005. ZOOLOOK scooped one up and soon discovered […]
Cavedudez™ TGSNT™ Miniball In the spring of 2004, ZOOLOOK teamed up with UK-based Naked Penguin Boy Ltd. to create a Flash-based foosball game as part of a viral marketing campaign to introduce the return of The Greatest Story Never Told Flash storytelling competition. TGSNT Miniball launched during Euro 2004, featuring the fun-loving Cavedudez, Kaya & […]
ReelTV™ Reel to Real The year was 2007, and ZOOLOOK, along with other emerging artists, was looking for a way to gain worldwide exposure online. When you’ve created a major masterpiece, you want to share it with the world. But, unfortunately, it can sometimes be difficult for people like animators, visual effects and motion graphics […]
IRIE™ Roots Rock Reggae Music On December 26, 2013, ZOOLOOK launched IRIE™ Magazine, a new reggae publication dedicated to Roots, Rock, Reggae music. Published in digital format, the inaugural issue of IRIE featured Reggae Ambassadors, Third World, on the cover in illustrated form. In addition, the issue celebrated the band’s 40-year presence in the reggae […]
Zoe Mazah On Top of the World IRIE’s October 2021 edition of RELEASES is here featuring Zoe Mazah and her newest release, ‘On Top of the World’ along with IRIE Trax from ZOOLOOK, Christos DC, Asher-E, Razteria, Upper Cut Band + Xana Romeo, Jay Thomas, Melodican, Chiney Kiki + Evie Pukupoo, David Cairol + Rik […]
The Chronicles of ZOOLOOK™ 25 Years of ZOOLOOK™ On April 21, 2001, ZOOLOOK set up a coming soon landing page for FlashTV. The one-pager invited Animators, Flash-Media Developers, Filmmakers, Students, and fans of animation to sign up for the official launch of FlashTV. On July 21, 2021, FlashTV premiered on the world wide web featuring […]
Stonefrenge™ Lo-fi Reggae Music Multi-artist ZOOLOOK is hard at work on his latest project, Stonefrenge, a nine-track lo-fi reggae album featuring 4k animated videos produced with Adobe Animate. Additionally, ZOOLOOK plans to include three additional lo-fi tracks that he will remix from other artists, including Zoe Mazah’s upcoming release, On top of the World. Multi-artist […]
Queen Omega Femin’ish Land In the first episode of FEMIN’ISH LAND, host and producer Lulu Solares, a.k.a. Miss Lulu, introduces legendary singer and songwriter Queen Omega as godmother of the podcast. The podcast includes the testimonies and opinions of the Mexican Reggae community, such as The Overlines (ska band) singers, Roberto de las Torres, DJ’s […]
Chiney Kiki Kushites Photography by: JDash There was never a time in Chiney Kiki’s life that she could remember where she wasn’t singing or dancing. This love for the arts ultimately led her to be a multifaceted singer, dancer, director, and overall creative. Her given name is Shaneak Whittingham. She was born in Hartford, Connecticut, […]