I saw this somewhere the other day. I was very impressed. Remember how I keep saying I’m a little type-challenged? Well, some artists are so good at it they can create an art piece like the one above using nothing BUT type! Apparently this tribute (?) to Steve Jobs was done using only the font-types that have been historically used in Apple...
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I’m still here. Surviving my week babysitting my 8-week old. He’s still got all his toes and fingers so I didn’t do half bad. I did have an awkward leaking poopy diaper incident once but let’s not get into the details of that shall we? I found the site above recently while surfing around looking at artist portfolios. Apparently...
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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...
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You know when I was a kid I distinctly remember being fascinated by new crayons. I mean they just looked so perfect and cool when they were sitting in a new box next to each other…everything so matched with the next color. I hated using them because then it just somehow spoiled the effect. Disturbed huh? Look, I daydreamed a lot as a kid. Anyway,...
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Concept artwork by Alex Broeckel. Neat stuff there. Reminds me I gotta get some prints like this up on my wall. (via AlexBroeckel.com)
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Yeah I know…I’ve been sort of remiss from posting up much lately. Sorry about that. For obvious reasons (below) I’ve been juggling being a new father and trying to finish up some major deadlines at the same time. Plus…it’s coming up to tax season which is always NOT fun. I dunno though…if all goes as originally...
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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 New Media Arts.