Had a new experience today sitting down with 3 other independent graphic designers today for a lunch meal. I tried organizing this way before Christmas last year when I had met these other designers across other networking groups. I figured it’d be fun just to swap horror stories or get inspiration from other like-minded folks. Ended up we always had...
Read MorePoker Chip
Here’s a fun project I completed for a couple friends of mine who wanted to use poker chips to act as their unique business cards. Turned out rather good actually, the chips themselves have a good heft to them and feel very genuine. Here’s the look I was originally intending, but alas (I like using that word “alas” I don’t...
Read MoreCSS3 techniques
With so much possible these days in the area of online design, about the only thing holding a developer back is time, budget, and the ever-present browser compatibility. It’s still neat to look at demos of what’s possible though. Like this great collection of tutorials and examples of what you can do with CSS3. There are a lot of examples where...
Read More7 Personality Types of Designers Today
Got a link to this article about the “7 Personality Types of Designers Today”. (via WebDesignerDepot) I see a bit of myself in almost every one of these…good stuff, bad stuff, things I’m glad I got over, and things I’d want to be. A little food for thought.
Read MorejQuery
Stumbled across this site recently which lists some pretty fun jQuery tutorials including some of the tricks I see a lot on some of the trendier sites out there. It’s definitely got me inspired with a couple of these techniques. Continuing on this discussion floating around on the Web these days…jQuery (Javascript) has long been an alternative...
Read MoreDear Apple and Adobe…
A friend of mine and infrequent commentator to my site here, Philip Hutchison, wrote a “letter to apple and adobe” recently that I thought was well written: I’m a long-time customer and have spent more money on your products than I have on just about any other aspect of my life. I’ve spent more money on your products than I’ve spent on my...
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.