Archive for category I Design Your Eyes

Recently our own Mark Stetson, Creative Director for Features, sat down to discuss this year’s Academy Award nominees for Best VFX. Check out the video below!

Mark Stetson discusses the Academy Award nominees for best VFX

Zoic’s accountant Frederick Dechow talks about the music that has inspired him in this February playlist of the month:
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It’s difficult to articulate why you like certain types of music, obviously, but with that qualification out of the way I would say that I guess I developed a taste for indie rock during my college years and never really grew out of it. Bands like the Pixies, Pavement, Husker Du, and The Minutemen always held such a strong attraction for me – their lyrics, style of singing, even the way they played their instruments seemed so much more intimate that what was being played on the radio at the time. The love of writing and performing music, the authenticity of it, shined through, and the raw need – to just put lyrics on paper, to just pick up an instrument and play – seemed stronger for them than satisfying any critical or commercial interest. Read the rest of this entry »

Dan Sarto of AWN.com said it best regarding this year’s Superbowl commercials, “I am not impressed.” I too was not a fan of this year’s crop of commercials and had wished that we had taped the Superbowl so that we could have hit fast forward on the DVR to escape having to watch them. Most years I look forward to checking out the commercials and it is usually a highlight especially if the game, like this year’s first half, is boring. I would agree with Sardo on his assessment and check out his article below to see if you agree.
Sorry State of the Superbowl