Today a client friend of mine told me, “you’re too old to rock n roll” He said this after I explained to him that I have some hearing problems this past week because I must have pushed some extra crap into my ear with all the ear plugs I’ve been wearing at my band shows. Gross yeah? I’m going to see the doctor today to flush...
Read MoreHypnotic Gadgets
Gizmodo had this great collection of “Hypnotic Gadgets” on their site yesterday. Pretty amazing stuff. I’m resisting the urge to launch into another “why can’t we have cool stuff like this in Hawaii” tirade. Think about this though, with all the talk our local politicians have about how we’re so IT friendly and how...
Read MoreReturn of the wife
So the wifey gets back on Monday. Honestly, as cheesy as it sounds, it’ll be great to see her. It was only 19 days but it sure sucked anyway. We used to spend up to 3 months apart between visits when we were dating, so I didn’t expect it to affect me as much. But it did. No I didn’t spend my nights crying like a panty. But sitting...
Read MoreLa la la, connect the dots
I’ve always had a thing for tats. I was once in a long waiting list to get a tat sleeve done by one of the best tattoo artists in town but had to cancel last minute to trade off for getting a plane ticket to see my wife. Unfortunately, our economy is in such a crapper these days I’m much more inclined to hoard my money now rather then to...
Read MoreLive Portraits
Here’s another exhibit that’s pretty cool. It’s an installation art piece called CUBE that uses tech to generate “portraits” on the fly. In other words, the CUBE is designed to collect thousands of live video snippets and then make its own decisions on how it would display it on the screens. It’s like live portraits....
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.