I won’t say it. NO! I won’t say how jealous I am that there are amazing giant futuristic mysterious water jet displays out there in the world, and I never get to see it because I’m stuck on an island. I’m going to get the inevitable, “Well why don’t you just move then” remark. “Bitch, get me some cash to go...
Read MoreDesign is everywhere
In the late 70’s my father had a crazy job over in the 1 year we spent in Australia. I think he spent MONTHs behind one of those giant desktop magnifying glasses, hand-engraving a seamless texture pattern that was eventually applied on the handles of a ski pole. Think about that…one tiny random pattern at a time was custom hand-engraved one...
Read MorePicture orders
Ordered Kingston’s photos last week? It came back looking pretty sweet. I might end up doing the full set of 12 of these and have them hung down one wall of my living room. Hmm…then again, I think having these picture tiles within reach of a 2 year old will mean I’ll get little cubes pulled off the walls and tossed at my head whenever he...
Read MoreForce of the Universe
It has to happen. There’s some invisible force in the Universe that dictates as soon as you stop pursuing something it happens. This Summer it got really busy for me with work opportunities. Now the new college semester started and I’ve picked up teaching again too. (new upper level class this year). Now all of a sudden clients that I’ve...
Read MoreZombie Picnic
When you think about it…why aren’t more wedding/engagement photos more creative like this series done by photog Amanda Rynda? I think my wife would have been game to doing something like this back in the day if we had considered this an option. Then again, I’m not sure our Chinese relatives would have understood the humor in bringing dead...
Read MoreHere we go…time to teach again.
I start teaching again this week. I’m a bit nervous this time around because I have a new upper-level web design course to teach. It’s supposed to be “easy” to teach because by this time around the students are well-trained and self-motivated so I’m really acting as more of a guide than a lecturer. But without having...
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.