One thing I discovered about having my own business in the midst of a personal crisis — the advantage of being my own boss allowed me to respond to my son’s situation really quick. From the time I got the call he was hurt till I was standing there next to the ambulance by his side wasn’t more than 4 minutes. Precious minutes I’m...
Read MoreI’m good enough, I’m smart enough…
I’m feeling a little bit of a loss of confidence today. Long time readers will probably recognize this happens to me once in a while. Who knows what triggers this feeling….I might see another designer do some great work that I wish I did? I might have done work that I wasn’t too happy with? I might have lost a bid on a contract I really...
Read MoreHow Little Do Users Read?
Stumbled across a tweet that led me to this older study “How Little Do Users Read?” (via Jakob Neilsen’s Alertbox) Apparently, not very much. In summary, (even though this article is 3 years old) people were already only reading at most 28% of your words on an average visit, spending maybe 4.4 seconds on each 100 words. I’d wager a...
Read Moree-Newsletters
I got my newsletter out last week. I’ve been trying to get out one of these each quarter, but I keep missing my own deadlines lately. So terrible! But it’s out…I like how it turned out. The responses have been good so far. Each time I send one of these out, I generally see at least 1 or 2 clients come out of the blue and need new work....
Read MoreChamber of Commerce Hawaii luncheon
I attended the Chamber of Commerce Hawaii annual luncheon today ready to get my schmooze on with roughly 800 other business people in attendance. Lowe Studio Inc seemed to have been well represented as I knew at least 2 clients there (BackOffice Solutions and Consumer Service Analysis) there with my logo and work proudly displayed. I did get to see old...
Read MoreBrochure Design
As I prep for my upcoming client newsletter, I figure I’d put up a sample of some recent print brochure work I did lately for a home remodeling client. We’re currently working on a matching website…that’s coming on pretty strong and I’d be excited to show that off as soon as it’s done. The brochure itself turned out...
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.