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NEWS...
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NEWS: Kristen Stuart, Adjunct
college faculty appointment. Here
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NEWS: New
visitor
and client comments on Kristen
Stuart's work. Comments
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New paper sculptures by Kristen:
www.paper-sculpture.com
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NEWS: Newer
membership, 2010,
Painesville Area Chamber of Commerce
News, Announcement: Professional
Exhibition
Now past: Several of Kristen's paper sculptures
were on display in
Cleveland as entered in
"True Colors," the Annual Exhibition of the
NORTHERN OHIO ILLUSTRATORS SOCIETY
JURIED ANNUAL MEMBER'S EXHIBITION
View paper sculpture
images:
Gallery - 1- Also, Gallery II now open...
(opens in a new browser window)
News: Adjunct
college faculty
appointment
Kristen E. Stuart has accepted an appointment as an Adjunct Faculty Member
of Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, Ohio, in graphic design and
illustration.
"I'm just thrilled. I absolutely love teaching and
working with students in design and illustration, my passions."
Note: this began in 2006 and continues in 2010 and 2010
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2005 - 2006 - 2007 Above and Beyond books
pu blished,
Publications of Lake Hospital System
This book: all
original illustrations by Kristen Stuart, book design and layout, design of
the
display, response cards, display plan and production
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graphic design and illustration? How did you start?
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QUESTION: What is
a lodestar?

Lodestar:
noun (also loadstar)
1. a star that
a ship, etc., is steered by, especially the pole star.
2. a guiding principle.
3. an object of pursuit. e.g., in the northern hemisphere, Polaris.
A lodestar helps you
navigate from point A to point B.
Begin your journey,
for example, with
a vision of where you want to go with your
business, organization, or enterprise, or with key aspects of either your
products or services. Your objectives and your destination should rule.
Where are you now? Where you want to be is your
Lodestar, and this is what
guides you. (more - scroll down)
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QUESTION:
Do you take credit cards?
Yes, we now take
all major credit cards - ONLY on our website. We've added this feature
some time ago to serve our clients here and abroad who prefer to use credit cards for speed,
for deposits, and for purchases. Most major foreign currency can be
exchanged. Please click on the images to go to our
SECURE payment pages - more information.

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QUESTION: How did you first
come to get interested in graphic
design and illustration? How did you start?
It starts
with a story: “It all started with
a pencil...”
As destiny would have it, I was sitting at my desk in
6th grade, bored out of my mind in history class, when I ventured into
sketching out new logos for Buick and Pontiac, driving me to create my
own personal logo by combining the initials of my name. Thus came the
answer to that well worn and familiar question, “What do you want to be
when you grow up?”
When I was young, nothing was more delightful than
when my grandmother, whom I called Gam, would come and visit each
weekend. She would engage me in playing games with pencil and paper.
These drawing games were fun and had an air of mystery and discovery
about them. When the weekend was over she’d return to William-Smith
College where she was an instructor.
Decades
later, 2 years after Gam had passed away, I was doing an exercise in a
Life Drawing class when I became aware I had done this same exercise
before. To my utter astonishment and near inability to speak, I realized
that my grandmother, an instructor of drawing and painting, had been
teaching me college level drawing exercises when I was 10 years old! I
had no idea what she was up to—until that moment.
So, here’s to you, Gam. In your honor, I raise my
pencil high! For THIS, I thank you.
Bio Brief:
Kristen Stuart is a degreed, freelance, graphic designer and illustrator
owing much of her talents and experience to the #2 thing in life... the
yellow pencil. In juried exhibitions at Lakeland Community College, her
awards include: 1999, 3rd Place and Honorable Mention for Illustration;
2000, Best in Show for Graphic Design; 2001, Best in Show for
Illustration.
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Lodestar
Vision's services applications summary
Lodestar
Vision's services are applied to our clients in all of the following areas
or in selected areas, as needed:
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Custom, 3D
Illustrations
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Brochures
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Book
illustration
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Sales
materials, flyers
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Product or
Service Sheets
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Newsletters
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Line cards
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Advertising, multi-media, campaigns
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Sales
presentations, printed, interactive, electronic
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Corporate
Identity: logos, icons, business cards, letterhead, envelopes,
etc.
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Branding
and identity concepts, company materials, campaigns
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Unique and
original logos and icons
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Corporate
or organizational image management services
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Images,
icons, signs, etc., for trade show booths and displays, websites
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Signs and
signage, external or internal, posters
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Convention,
trade show, and meeting materials
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Presentation folders
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Labels,
decals, tags
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