To my Art 112 classes today…sorry I’m sick. Spent the last day and night trying not to hurl anything I ate. We had a lot to do in class today which makes it especially painful that I can’t come in, but we’ll do what we can to catch up next week. Sorry for the inconvenience.
Read MoreBest site of 2010?
Here’s a revisit to one of the sites I really loved last year, The Wilderness Downtown. It was apparently considered the best site of 2010. No shock to me. Just a brilliant collaboration of talent. I only wish I could have been involved with a project like this! The making of the Wilderness Downtown. from B-Reel & B-Reel Films on Vimeo....
Read MoreShould I work for free
I like info-graphics. Especially one that makes a whole lot of sense. Should I work for free? Good advice from designer Jessica Hische. Great type work! Check her out!
Read MoreMore iPhone talk? Like another hole in the head…
Here we go again, a lot of iPhone hoopla going around this week with Verizon announcing it’ll carry the Iphones within the coming month. This news is only of interest to me because my wife had been considering switching us to Verizon because it’s the only carrier that seems to pick up reception at her hospital workplace. Which means I may have...
Read MoreRio 2016 Logo
Check out the new logo they unveiled for the Rio 2016 Olympics. What do you think? I like it. At first it looked like a baby pacifier to me but it only bears a small resemblance to that. Otherwise it’s very fresh & spirited…everything I feel like that culture entails. The more I stare at it the more I appreciate it in fact. The letters of...
Read MoreType quick tips
This is a great collection of tips of web typography tips. Some of these I actually wasn’t aware of. Hard to keep track of the growing flexibility of web type these days. While my interest in typography has been steadily increasing for both online work and in print, I’ve had a love/hate relationship with it for web work. Good typography is like...
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.