Here’s a cool collection of 40 photoshop lighting effects that I had bookmarked for a few months intending to post at some point. While I’ve been quite eager to use one or two of these techniques at some point in time, I haven’t really found any commercial uses for them….yet. But they’re really easy ways to elicit some...
Read MoreStraight out of Minority Report…
La Vitrine – Montreal from steven bulhoes on Vimeo. To be filed under the “Cool stuff we never see here in Hawaii” category. These LEDs will react to movement from Passerbys. Looks like we’re getting to the point where those billboards from Blade Runner and Minority Report are entirely possible. You know because of Hawaii’s...
Read MoreSpider Lighting
Hard to imagine these days that people have enough disposable income to buy a lighting fixture just for looks like this, but I still think it looks neat anyway. If I had this I’d put it up right next to my desk and stare at it numbly all day long. (I do that sometimes, I get fixated at laundry spinning round and round and I can stare at it for a...
Read MoreLogos & Lamps oh my
Toxel.com has a listing of their 20 most famous logos. Or should I say “IN-famous” logos? What does that mean, in-famous?….In-famous is when you’re MORE then famous – Three Amigos I’m not sure I agree with this list. Some of these are downright ugly in my opinion but they’re well known simply by popularity. ...
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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.