|
From Kristen...
The
beginning 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.
Professional Memberships, Kristen Stuart, Lodestar
Visions
Northern Ohio Illustrators Society
National Association of Photoshop Professionals
Cleveland Digital Publishing Users Group


|

Bio Brief:
Kristen E. Stuart is a degreed,
professional, 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.
A sample of clients of Lodestar Visions:
- Cincinnati
Magazine, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Lake Hospital System,
Painesville, Ohio
- Titan Tubulars, Nigeria, Africa;
- Adept Pest Solutions, Seattle,
Washington.
- Page to Stage Productions (Ray McNiece),
Willoughby, Ohio
- River Oaks Homes, Lake County, Ohio
- Prime Source
Manufacturing, Chardon, Ohio
- OurPets Company, Fairport Harbor,
Ohio
- American Radio Network, Northfield,
Ohio
- Offset System
Service Corp., Harvard, Illinois;
- The Security Source,
Inc., Parma, Ohio
- Value Pages Magazine, Lake Co., Ohio
- Regency Insurance, Mentor, Ohio
- Township
110 Land Company, Montana
- Family Fun Directory, Solon, Ohio
- Gymboree, Mentor, Ohio
- St. Anthony Transport, Inc., Warren,
Ohio
- Loss Prevention Recruiters, Concord,
Ohio
|