Yosemite Time-Lapse
Gorgeous, gorgeous photography, HDR, time-lapse work coming out these days. I’m both inspired yet envious of the skill that these photographers exhibit sometimes. Not to mention a bit jealous that they’re able to visit some of these beautiful places in the world. Add more things to my bucket list! (via Gizmodo; Sean Reeder)
read moreCaine’s Arcade
This little shirt film gave me joy & hope. Joy that this world isn’t all just about terrorism, capitalism, dirty politics and taxes. Joy that there are good dads out there who care as much as I do about the lives of their children. Joy that there are simply good people out there who will go out of their way to make someone’s day a little happier. Hope…that Kingston grows up to use his imagination as well as little Caine. King is growing up to be a pretty smart little guy too. But he’s very fixated on his iDevices...
read morePixelated Crayons
Call me crazy, but I kinda want this crazy pixel crayons. It’s a little gimmicky yes, but it looks like with some practice, they could be used to do some nice finishing touches on shading effects like in those cupcakes. I want!! (via Gizmodo; AssistOn)
read moreObliteration Room
What fun! Who didn’t, at some point in their young lives, like to use stickers on things? My boy hasn’t really gotten the idea of using stickers to decorate an object permanently…but he still enjoys the actual practice of sticking. So I got a bit envious of the folks here who had the chance to walk tinto Yayoi Kusama’s art installation where they were allowed to stick these colored dot stickers anywhere they wanted in the room. Interesting observation how most of the stickers were stuck on the walls and only a small...
read moreAndreas Amador
I find temporary art like this pretty inspirational sometimes. The fact some artist somewhere can feel the need to create something beautiful that just lasts for an hour or two and then late nature wipe it away…is amazing to me, and at least provides me a little bit of thought the next time I feel depressed a website I struggled months to achieve gets obsolete in just 1 year. Artist Andreas Amador’s website demonstrates more of his work and some fun videos about how he gets up at some ungodly hour of the morning to accomplish...
read moreNew Role
Amidst all my efforts to simplify my life and make things less stressful…I’m one step closer to that goal this week. I’ll officially become the head web developer for Kapiolani Community College. Technically everyone’ there’s still calling me “webmaster” but there’s something about that title that makes me feel like I should be growing out my hair and rolling 20-sided dice. So I’m giving myself my own title “Developer”, “Designer”, “Head Honcho”...
read moreFace Pillows
I think I found my next gift idea with these head pillows. Too bad Valentines just passed…I think these would have been perfect for my wife in case she misses me on those cold evenings alone. Or if she wants something to throw around every once in a while? (via Toxel)
read moreRedesigning the Windows logo
I continue being more fascinated reading or looking at an artist’s process then seeing the actual result. Give me a finished Michelangelo painting I’d be amazed sure…but show me his rough sketches in his notebook I’m even more impressed. So this article about the thought process behind the new “Windows 8” logo design caught my attention this morning. With Windows 8, we approached the logo redesign with a few key goals on mind. 1. We wanted the new logo to be both modern and classic by echoing the...
read moreWhat kind of sorcery is this?
Man, Photoshop CS6 will work miracles to photos. What used to mean complicated rubber stamping, layering, and a good amount of luck will possibly end up just taking seconds.
read moreGoing ons
If you’ve been following up on my post all these years (I think there’s a small handful who have; why? don’t know), you may have been wondering how things are these days. I post less and less of my own personal shit online these days…I don’t know, maybe I just feel like my life isn’t so exciting I have to post everything about it. But every once in a while I remind myself I didn’t start this blogging habit for anyone other than myself. A way to dump out ideas and thoughts. I think once in a while it...
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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