So word is getting around my friend’s circle lately that I’m really feeling a resurgence into building LEGO as my new hobby. I don’t really make it a secret, I’ve been posting pictures in all my social media accounts. So it’s gotten to the point I have friends and family sending me news of LEGO whenever they hear something....
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“What is it with guys and legos?” a colleague of mine asks. I don’t have an answer for that. Suffice to say this is only a recently discovered hobby of mine. I spent a good many years between my intermediate school days all the way through adulthood looking at Lego from afar. I appreciated it, but it was never something that justified the...
Read MoreYou know, I’m going to REAAAALLY look forward to having a little boy. Among the many fun times we’ll have watching him grow, I’ll have a bonifide excuse for purchasing toys. Hotwheels, Legos, Action Figures…oh I’m he’s giddy with excitement. Talking about LEGO, here’s a personal project that supposedly took...
Read MoreOK, my hypothesis is somewhat vindicated…. we’re not the only country that does amazingly pointless activities, costing a heck of a lot of money & resources, qualifying for the “Why-Do-They-Hate-Us” list. Apparently Vienna people have a lot of time on their hands as well. A Guiness World Record was broken with this 96.73 feet...
Read MoreWhile I was searching around for good material I could use in class to teach Illustrator, I came across this illustration that has all these cool cars from various movies, TV shows, and video games. I don’t recognize them all, but there are more then a few that bring back old memories for me. Excitebike, the Starsky and Hutch car, James Bond’s...
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LoweStudio Inc was founded by me, Raphael Lowe, a Honolulu based illustrator and web designer. I presently design and manage a few dozen commercial websites, but my main focus these days is acting as the head developer for Kapiolani Community College and teaching New Media Arts.