Another infographic demonstrating how your site’s loading time can affect your bottom line. It’s definitely food for thought. I mean, reducing a site’s load time has been something web designers have been doing since forever, but I did personally notice that around 2003 – 2006 that agenda seemed to have been temporarily brushed...
Read MoreNew tools for Illustrator?
I don’t have any background behind this video, so it might be all bullshit. But if it’s really a preview of what’s to come in an upcoming (non-halfassed) version of Illustrator, it’s pretty cool. Illustrator is just getting easier and easier to use. Which is somewhat of a minor nuisance to me only because I remember having to drag...
Read MoreAdobe CS5.5
A couple weeks ago a student pulled me over and asked me if the rumors he heard from a bookstore clerk was true…that he’d heard that Adobe was coming out with a new version of Creative Suite really soon. I told him “Pffffft, whoever told you that was an idiot”. No, I didn’t say it quite that harshly, but I did tell him it would be...
Read MorePhotoshop CS5 interaction with Tablets
Photoshop getting some new integration tools with devices like the iPad. Ooooh, I’m liking my iPad2 more and more each day!
Read MoreNeed a hug
I have to stop watching the news. Why? Don’t you think it’s just a shitstorm of tragedy everywhere these days? I’m inclined to think that we human beings can only have so much empathy for others in the world…these days, it’s just coming at us too much, too fast. I miss the days when news only came in 30 minute chunks each night on...
Read MoreStolen Scream
Just a little story about copyrights for all my designer friends and students. Makes you think a little bit. I’ve certainly accumulated my share of personal images I’ve posted online over the years. Nothing that I think would haunt me if I were to ever run for President or something, but certainly it’d be nice to think that if anyone were...
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.