Fat Eyes Client Reviews

Hollywood Food Coalition

“The Hollywood Food Coalition is a non-profit that needed a huge upgrade from their previous site. I was volunteering as HoFoCo’s lead on this project. Our organization had grown so much that we were having trouble even describing ourselves. Fat Eyes lead us through a process that brought clarity. With patience and empathy, Fat Eyes really listened to us and understood our needs, aesthetics, and passion. They translated these conversations into a beautiful site that truly captured our ethos, clearly represents what we do, and elegantly services our diverse population of users. It was an heroic feat. The Hollywood Food Coalition is grateful to FatEyes and proud of our site. Working with them is not just a pleasure, but a joy.”

Molly Hagan, Actress, Former Board Member
Hollywood Food Coalition 

Working with Doug and Gina was fantastic. They are such an incredible team! Gina worked carefully with us on content creation, crafting clear and elegant language, and she kindly educated us on best website practices. Doug, too, was patient and wonderful, and he designed a top-notch site. We loved collaborating with them! Since publishing the site, we’ve received great feedback on it. We would highly recommend working with the responsive, collaborative, and excellent Fat Eyes!”

Patrick Hudnut, Executive Associate
Hollywood Food Coalition

National List Of Attorneys

1. This boutique web developer is truly unique.
2. “Why”, you ask? Because they listen.
3. “What else”, you say? Because they listen.
4. What else? Is there anything else you want from a creative vendor besides the fact that they are incredibly talented? Don’t take my word for it, just check their portfolio. They listen and then they make it happen.
5. Yeah, yeah, you have heard all of this before. If that is what you are thinking, then think again.
6. “Why” you ask? Because this firm understands the human element of working with you and what your customers will be attracted to.
7. Why? Because they have the experience, the ears, the talent and the passion to get it right.
8. Is there anything else?

Jeffrey Zuck, Owner, National List of Attorneys, Bismarck, ND

Sea Smoke Estate Vineyards

“This is a wholehearted recommendation for Fat Eyes. The Sea Smoke website – designed by Fat Eyes – has become our most important marketing tool. Over 75% of our sales occur, via our website, to List members each year. They were extremely creative, a joy to work with, and delivered on time and within budget. I can offer no higher praise than to say that I would hire them again in a heartbeat.”

Victor Gallegos, V.P./GM/Director of Winemaking,
Sea Smoke Cellars, Santa Barbara County, CA

Pancreatic Cancer Action Network

“I was extremely pleased from day one with Fat Eyes. Our project was a massive undertaking and they were on top of everything every step of the way. They redesigned our organization’s website from top to bottom. It was a herculean project because of the amount of pages our old site had (1400) culled down to about 400. They are amazingly thorough, completely organized and detail oriented, very creative and talented. They are responsive and very respectful of deadlines and budgets. Every design element, every layout, every communication strategy is well thought out, discussed and reviewed and nothing gets done unless we, as the client are completely satisfied. I have the utmost respect for what they do. They are total professionals and really two of the kindest people I have ever worked with. We are so pleased with the work they did and the continued involvement they have with our organization. It’s been several years and we now need to move to the next level and would never consider going anywhere else. They are really the only choice in my book.”

Lisa Gilmour, Director of Marketing and Communications 
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network, El Segundo, CA

Hollistic Health & Fitness

I absolutely loved collaborating with Fat Eyes!  As a first time business owner, I was told I would need to have a website that is functional, engaging, and fun for the user. After many months of stalling, trying to do it myself, and asking others, I was told about Fat Eyes. First of all, what a cool name. They sound creative, and I was not disappointed. The folks at Fat Eyes sat down with me, listened to everything I wanted in a website and told me everything else I would need to make it successful.

You know when you meet folks and you know they want the best for you? Well, that is just how I felt. They held my hand ever step of the way and created the website I was envisioning.

Last minute tweaks, no problem. I forgot to put something in, no problem. It didn’t matter what questions I had or what I asked for Fat Eyes never said no, and they took care of it with ease and speed.

I am thrilled with my website. It is everything and more than I asked for.

David Fresilli, Owner, Hollistic Health & Fitness, Ashland, OR

Collegebound Santa Barbara

I picked Fat Eyes after seeing its’ beautiful portfolio. Each website had its’ own character and design, making it clear that Doug and Gina understand how to market each client.  When my business partner and I began the process, we had no idea what our website would look like.

During our first meeting with Doug and Gina, they expressed their goal of creating a website that my business partner and I would be thrilled with, a website that expressed who we are and what our company is about fully and accurately.  I remember thinking, how are they going to do that?  I got my answer as soon as Doug delivered his first design. I saw how he had taken all of our feedback, our goals, values, and abstract ideas of what we are about and what we do, and created a strong, elegant design that felt like our company.  By the time the entire website was complete, we were indeed thrilled with the results!

Thank you Doug and Gina for our wonderful website!  I strongly recommend Fat Eyes for anyone looking to have an exceptional website!

Anne Robinson, Co-Owner/Director of Academics & Creator of INNOVATE TEST PREP, Collegebound SB, Santa Barbara, CA

The Santa Barbara Company

As our website development and design team for our newly launched business endeavor, Doug and Gina of Fat Eyes, were invaluable partners and guides through our design and implementation process. We would absolutely have been lost without them. They are experienced, accommodating, talented and fun! Highly recommend.

Nancy Law, Owner, The Santa Barbara Company, Santa Barbara, CA

Berkshire Terrace Apartments, Goleta, CA

I found Doug and Gina from Fat Eyes easy and enjoyable to work with.  I am very happy with the way we worked together and the end product. We have a family business and they captured the look and feel that we wanted to project.  I am quite pleased with how the copy, photos and art complement each other.   Fat Eyes provided useful advice, suggestions and editing on our text content as well as supplying the photographer that took the beautiful photos of our complex.

New customer contact from the site began immediately.  And the site attracted the type of customers we wanted.  The whole site works!  Fat Eyes was the right choice for us.

Jim Colfax, Manager Berkshire Terrace Apartments, Goleta, CA

Shared Crossing Project, Santa Barbara, CA

Our feedback about your responsiveness is glowing.
And the product speaks for itself: Beautiful and functional!

I remember the first day we met in your office and I expressed our sensibility and what we wanted to convey. You got us and put it out to the Web.  You delivered and on time.

William Peters, Founder, MFT, M.Ed., marriage and family therapist at the Family Therapy Institute of Santa Barbara, CA

Hirsch Winery, Napa Valley, CA

“Fat Eyes is one of the finest design companies I have worked with over many years and jobs.

Fat Eyes brings a very high level of creative and business talent to their work. We were able to execute the project on budget and schedule. And the result speaks for itself. In the very competitive fine wine industry, our web site receives continued highly complimentary mention from consumers as well as members of the trade and media for its design, functionality, and focus..”

David Hirsch, Owner, Hirsch Winery, Napa Valley, CA

NS Ceramic, Inc.

“Fat Eyes not only created a web site, but a tile experience, that reflects the artistic beauty and design that are available to our clients. They took a sincere interest in what NS Ceramic had to offer and conveyed that message into a concise and professionally executed program. Fat Eyes worked within the budget and launched the site on time. They were a team that lead with confidence and produced a product with streamline efficiency. I am very pleased with the final product, as are my clients, and would highly suggest Fat Eyes to any potential client.”

Nola Shepard Stucky, CEO, NS Ceramic, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA

Real BodyWorks

“Most web development companies start with programming and think about design later on. At Fat Eyes, they are artists first, so everything they make has a feeling of beauty and inspiration, that connects to the emotions of the viewer. It was an amazing experience working with them, and the website that they made for us was better than anything I could have imagined!

They have a really good sense of balance between the being artistic, and coming to the project within budget and on time.

They led me confidently through each step of the process, and so we could discuss changes and adjustments along the way.

I have worked with many web developers and programmers, and Fat Eyes is really the most professional in their client handling, and inspirational in their final output, that I have worked with.”

Sean Riehl, Owner, Real Bodywork, Santa Barbara, CA

Storyteller Children’s Center

“Fat Eyes was fabulous in helping Storyteller Children’s Center develop its new website. They have continued to help us update and revise the site as our needs have changed. We have found them to be highly creative, knowledgeable and responsive. I would strongly recommend them to any organization seeking to develop an attractive and effective web design.”

Denise Hinckle, Director of Development, Storyteller Children’s Center, Santa Barbara, CA

Pathpoint, Inc.

When PathPoint launched a major rebranding effort due to our name change, we interviewed three or four firms to handle the design of our new website. As you can imagine, getting the website right was going to set the tone for the PathPoint brand for many years in the future.

Our PathPoint project team immediately felt that Fat Eyes connected with our mission and would be a good fit for guiding us through the process. In fact, their patience with our lack of website and marketing knowledge was a testament to our having chosen the right company! The result is a beautiful website that is easy to navigate and easy to maintain. We love it.

Cindy Burton, President/CEO, PathPoint, Santa Barbara, CA

Trinity Episcopal Church Santa Barbara