My wife is going to be sworn in as a citizen later this month. I’m pretty proud of her in so many ways. When I think about it she’s accomplished so much. She’s well accepted by everyone at her workplace, she can now understand all the funky accents she hears over here including Pidgin English, she’s been a successful new mom and now...
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I was surprised to stumble across a Boing Boing post about ElfQuest today. I may be dating myself, but I know friends around my age really got into this set of indie comics back in our intermediate school days. I know it wasn’t totally original (I assume the likes of Tolkien heavily influenced these stories), but for me, it was one of my own fantasy...
Read MorePaper Miniatures
Here are some paper miniatures I stumbled on today that I found really impressive. Again, proving that there are people out there way more talented and patient than I am. The color, detail, and compositions are really inspirational. (Here I am talking like an instructor again) (via DesignBoom) Good old Elvis here looks awesome. I’m not sure if those...
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So I’m turning the big FOUR ZERO this year. So I’m officially what I would have considered really old back when I was in my teens. What’s odd is that the picture I still have of my parents in my dreams is when they were in their early 30’s…so in some odd way of thinking I’m older than my parents? No you don’t have to...
Read MoreCar shopping
So we went to this auto car show yesterday. This time we were actually on a mission. Our current far lease comes up this Summer so were on the market for the next car. Figured this car show to be a good opportunity to scope out all the potential cars we like before we hit the dealers. I think I might be hitting an early mid life crisis because I really...
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Been caught up the past week reading (yes, reading), the Ozzy autobiography called “I am Ozzy”. I can’t put it down. I’m actually spending whatever break I have reading the darn thing…which is great. I can’t remember the last time I’ve been engrossed in a good book just to take my mind off of things. Don’t ask me...
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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.