Check out this Romanian illustrator, Camelia Dobrin, over on her website. Really cool stuff and a pretty nice & simple website to boot. It’s a coincidence I’ve been seeing this type of retro Sgt. Peppery illustrative style a lot lately. I’ve been banging away at Beatles:Rockband lately and the style of the artwork in there is pretty...
Read MoreDown with the King
This weekend my wife will have to do some annual training thing at the hospital so there will be some father-son bonding time alone. I think I should be able to manage (Please Kingston no poop no poop). He’s actually doing quite well…in just a few short months he’s already 3 times bigger and heavier than he was when we first brought him...
Read MoreMarvel Wall Art
I’m really tempted to get some of this comic book wall-art. This company in the UK, called Surface View, sells wall murals or prints of classic or vintage Marvel comic artwork like the one above. This might be perfect for my “wall of inspiration” above my desk where I’ve begun collecting prints that I like to look at. I used to love...
Read MoreIKEA verdana
Here’s another font-related issue for your type purists out there. This was brought to my attention by a friend (and occasional reader) of mine who signed a petition on the issue that IKEA changed the design of their marketing material to use the Verdana font as opposed to some of their offshoot Futura fonts they’ve been using these many years....
Read MoreLight Art Photography
Stumbled across another photography site that focuses on Light Art Performance Photography. It would be fun to do this. One problem is I don’t know anybody to come out and try this with me. Second problem is I don’t want to get mugged walking around some of the more sketchy areas around town in the middle of the night. I can imagine the story...
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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.