Kristen E. Stuart

 Reviewed:  9-2-2010


FAQs and news of Kristen Stuart, professional freelance graphic designer and  illustrator, paper sculpture artist, located Lake County, Ohio (Cleveland area) copyright, all rights reserved.
 

 

 

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  • NEWS:  Kristen Stuart, Adjunct college faculty appointment. Here

  • NEWS:  New visitor and client comments on Kristen Stuart's work. Comments

  • New paper sculptures by Kristen:  www.paper-sculpture.com

  • 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...
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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 published,
                   

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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  • What is a "Lodestar" anyway, and what does this mean? > answer

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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.Secure, online payment using PayPal, Verified
 

 

 

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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 Visions is located in the Cleveland Area, Painesville Twp., Ohio, U.S.
logo designer - illustrator - commercial artist - drawing - freelance graphic designer professional

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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:

  • Custom, 3D Illustrations

  • Brochures

  • Book illustration

  • Sales materials, flyers

  • Product or Service Sheets

  • Newsletters

  • Line cards

  • Advertising, multi-media, campaigns

  • Sales presentations, printed, interactive, electronic

  • Corporate Identity:  logos, icons, business cards, letterhead, envelopes, etc.

  • Branding and identity concepts, company materials, campaigns

  • Unique and original logos and icons

  • Corporate or organizational image management services

  • Images, icons, signs, etc., for trade show booths and displays, websites

  • Signs and signage, external or internal, posters

  • Convention, trade show, and meeting materials

  • Presentation folders

  • Labels, decals, tags

     

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CURRENT:
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