How do colors affect purchases?
I’ve always had difficulties with color…not to say I don’t use it, nor use it well. But it’s always been a detail in my own artwork that I’ve had to consciously push…otherwise, I end up with end-products that are always just in red, black, and white. Now both in teaching students and talking to clients, I find myself trying to explain how important it is to put some thought into using more color in a project. Check out this info-graphic that demonstrates how colors affect shopping purchases...
read more40 Photoshop Lighting Tutorials
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 “Ooohs” and “Aaahs” from random viewers. (via Vandelay Design)
read moreHe’s home.
Kingston is back home again. Aside from the big gash across the top of his head and the weak hand that he has to work on….he looks as if he no worse off for wear. It’s a pretty surreal feeling for me….having seen him just 26 days ago lying on a giant adult sized ICU bed with IVs on every limb and a breathing tube stuffed down his throat. When we went out for a bite to eat last night, we looked very much like a normal family again, and I had almost a weird urge to tell folks that it was almost a miracle we were even there at...
read moreThe 10 Most Important Business Lessons I’ve Learned
Found this great little article, “The 10 most important business lessons I’ve learned”. I think the biggest thing I’ll take away from that writing is that you must work with, or hire, people that are better than you at their jobs. I still have that dream in my head where I want this business to be….now if only I can tackle the rest of my life this systematically, it’d be great!
read moreDay 25
Just a quick update for anybody out there following Kingston’s recovery. He’s actually doing amazingly well for a boy who literally had to be resuscitated on the surgery table to where he is today. All his tubes has been pulled out (well, he ended up pulling out his own tube the other day) with the exception of just one last IV in one arm that he hardly notices. He IS walking, laughing, crying….and yes, still watching his favorite movie “Cars” for what might be his 70th time since this incident. The DVD player...
read moreIllustration demo….via Photoshop?
This sketch work/scribble caught my attention the other day. At first glance it truly looks like just a bunch of random doodling (which is cool enough it its own right) but once you see the process, there was an amazing amount of detail, time, and attention put into this thing. And all done with Photoshop none-the-less. (OwaikeO via Abduzeedo)
read moreFestival Trailer
Now in the midst of chaos going on in my life right now, I’m ever more in need of inspiration…not just for work, but just the spark to want to get up each morning to deal with the new day’s challenges. I know, that sounds bleak right? Well, I do what I can to keep going I guess….I have to! Anyway, I revisited an old post I made a couple years back and stumbled across this creative little festival trailer made by this group Strukt. Extra little trivia I liked was that it was all shot using a Canon 7D.
read moreTen Laws to Design By
Here’s a collection of some great design rules that should be considered when doing web-design. But a few of these are good rules for any artwork in general. A few of these we’re even going to cover in class… (via 3.7 Designs)
read moreAdvice to design students
Today’s 1st day of instruction went well. I dusted off a year’s worth of teaching absence and got through it relatively unscathed. There were some false starts in the early part of my first class but got rolling fairly well after the 1st hour. I think by the end of my 2nd class I started to feel my voice start leaving me… I think I’ll need to bring a jug of coffee with me to class. To the students of Art 112 (if any of you are reading this) thanks for coming to class today and I hope to see many of your faces again...
read moreDay 16
Kingston’s doing very well from a neurological standpoint. He’s walking on his own, albeit very weak and wobbly still. He’s eating and talking. He’s doing age-appropriate tasks. His weak right arm is showing little signs of improvement each day. He’s got a fever that’s coming from a mystery source to doctors right now, which is preventing him from coming home still. All we can do is stay by his side and trust in the docs to try figure out the issue. From a parent’s perspective, anytime they draw...
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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