Well, I’m home alone with an 8 week old Kingston this week. Mom returns to work. I’m not going to say this doesn’t fill me with a little bit of fear & trepidation. I mean, as good as the little guy is…he’s still a little toddler with a one-sound vocabulary of “WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!” Interpretting what that sound...
Read MoreHDR tutorial
Remember I discussed wanting to do high-dynamic range photography once? Well, I still haven’t found the chance to try yet, but Gizmodo recently had a pretty good tutorial about how to do it. I still haven’t gotten a new camera yet. I think at this point I’m going for the record “Longest talk about getting a camera without ever...
Read MoreYou gotta see the baby!
I suppose every parent goes through this phase where they think their little kid is the most beautiful child in the world. I’m just punch-drunk over this little guy. I’m very aware that I could be just very bias. Remember that old Sienfeld episode with the Hamptons? “You gotta see the baby!” And then the baby turns out to be...
Read MoreState of my Union.
Everyone around the world is so pessimistic these days. I’m kinda sick of the talk on the news. Sick of the depressing “advice” I get from family emails. I’d rather surround myself with people who just refuse to accept there’s anything wrong and just go on with life. Yeah, the economy is affecting a lot of people…if I...
Read MorePop-Ups
I thought this was a beautiful pop-up design demonstrated by a designer named Chanzhi Lee. Apparently it was just thrown together using left-over paper from his other school projects. I’m impressed. I’ve never done a pop-up before. I once visited the office of a fellow graphic design colleage in Downtown and I watched one of their designers...
Read MoreAbout Me
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.