Yay, the design I did for HTSB close to 2 years ago if finally up. Why take so long? Well, I’m not going to get into the details but I was working with their chosen developer at the time and he went sour with my client sometime back. All this legal stuff ensued and it got messy. Suffice to say I never got my full pay on this job, but it got to the...
Read MoreBackOffice Business Cards
My clients were happy with their cards today. Which is always a good thing…happy clients with good business cards are like tiny little advertisements for me! Yippee. I had fun with this one. We printed them with this nice high-quality silk cardstock and I’m not sure you can tell from this shabby photo, but there’s a gloss ink treatment on...
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Here’s another font-related issue for your type purists out there. This was brought to my attention by a friend (and occasional reader) of mine who signed a petition on the issue that IKEA changed the design of their marketing material to use the Verdana font as opposed to some of their offshoot Futura fonts they’ve been using these many years....
Read MoreBackOffice Solutions Hawaii
Finished a new logo brand this week. BackOffice Solutions Hawaii is a business designed to help support other new businesses and non-profit organizations. Say you need help with alternate financing, accounting, payroll, taxes, marketing, branding, etc, they’ll act as the backbone for you. I kind of wish I had access to support like this 5 years ago...
Read MoreNew shwag
Well well well…my new cards came in today. I was so nervous about these cards…they cost me almost a dollar each and if they came out bad, I think I’d dig a hole in the ground and shove my head in. All week long I don’t couldn’t think of much else (so sad huh?) You know what? I don’t think they’re too bad. If you...
Read MoreKapiolani Community College
I guess I officially finished my project for a brochure for Kapiolani Community College today. I figured I might as well show it off a little. I don’t get to show off much work lately….not because I don’t have any – it seems I have a few projects in eternal limbo. For example, I have one project that has gotten to the point even the...
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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.