A truly”beautiful” work of typographic art by Jamie Smith Design. Notice the really nice 3D lift of each letter form? (via Abduzeedo)
Read MoreMr Hipp
Stumbled across this pop-culture illustrator Dan Hipp. Fun stuff…I know one of my best buddies will get a kick out of his superhero work. His work will also serve as good examples of color usage for my art students as well.
Read MoreStyrofoam
Shit I toss away styrofoam packing material all the time. Wish I had the imagination to shine some bright lights behind it to turn it into wall-art. (InfectedEye via Gizmodo)
Read MoreWall writing
If someone knows the source of this image let me know. It just caught my eye somewhere as a nice looking wall-pattern made up entirely with handwritten characters. Seems simple enough to do…I’m sure my 2 year old Kingston would love to give this a shot with my walls. But I’m not so sure I have the balls to do this with my walls just yet....
Read MoreKCC New Media Arts student work
The semester is just about over for this Fall. There have been some very talented individuals who came through my classes this time around… here are some of the best examples below. Part of my joy teaching these classes have been the fact that sometimes my own students inspire me! Illustrator This is typically the first project of the semester where...
Read MoreSophie Henson
Stumbled across some beautiful typography and illustration work by a London artist, Sophie Henson. The above infographic/chart is sort of fun. It hits home a bit for me given I met my wife online. Our experience wasn’t quite this convoluted though…. I think our chart would be like DATING SITE > EMAIL > SKYPE > EXPENSIVE PLANE TICKETS....
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.