I’ve been visiting some Toastmasters meetings recently. It’s part of my commitment to spend at least a little time each year for personal development. I figure, being able to do better public speaking will always be helpful to me no matter what happens to Lowe Studio in the coming years. While I’m not a great orator (is that the right...
Read MoreBad robot
So my site has been down for about 24 hours. Did you miss me? (Sometimes I’d love to see the expressions on my reader’s faces, I bet there is more than one person out there rolling their eyes right now) The problem is that I had exceeded my bandwidth. Not that it was a big surprise, I had been monitoring the traffic to my site almost on a daily...
Read MoreRandom Thoughts
It’s been too hot to think lately. A couple of near storms around the Hawaiian islands this season has come by and blocked our tradewinds. If you’ve never been to Hawaii….basically all year round we have weather that is near ideallic. But the one-time you don’t want to come here is when we don’t have our tradewinds. The...
Read MoreThis isn’t the Stairway to Heaven…
…because climbing it was pure hell. Last week I grabbed my two best buds and my dad up for a climb up KokoHead. We had heard rumors of how much of a bitch this hike would be — athletic guys who run all the time and yet cry at the thought of this hike. We had to try. The view at the top is fantastic. But be prepared to have a med-evac at the top...
Read MoreBe Yourself
I’m going to tell you a little personal story today, one that I told to my business networking group today. Some of you may know I play music on the side every now and again. I’ve been in a billion bands. Started playing bass right around my Junior year of high school (What is that, 5 years ago now?). Right around the time I was 20 or 21 I was...
Read More“Simple”
One of the most overused words I hear when I talk to a client is the word “Simple” “I want my website to be real simple”. “This shouldn’t cost so much because I want it real simple”. “My illustration should just take you a few minutes because it’s really simple” AAAAAAgh. Folks, never approach a...
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.