Educated in more traditional media paired with the unique sensibilities and crispness of computer design, Don Paris Schlotman believes that the line between "art" and "design" does not need to be so heavily drawn. With firm belief that diversity of experience and knowledge is more strength than weakness, Schlotman Art & Design can create the custom solution to your design problem.

Armed with a degree in Fine Arts from Ohio State University and the self-motivation which came from working nights in an artisan bakery putting himself through school, Don set out in the world to create something fun and new. As a musician himself, Don had created many handbills advertising shows as well as the liner notes from bands' homemade cassette albums, bringing together his love of art and music. Eventually this lead to the desire to create logos and other branding and promotional items such as bag stuffers, brochures, T-shirts, posters and print ads.

Now keep in mind that in the mid-nineties, much of this was done with scissors, rubber cement, an Exacto knife, some markers, a liberal amount of sweat, and a light blue non-photo pencil. Drawing and painting, although enjoyable in their own right and for things such as murals and thumbnail sketching, have their limitations with certain layout and typography issues.

Enter stage left: the computer.

The desire to be able to self-publish and to 'cut and paste' instead of literally cutting and pasting, led Don to the path of the technological revolution. Initially eschewing traditional media for this marvel of light and speed, he began to delve into some of the unique design areas involved with the computer, such as web design, programming, and the ability to self-publish music, art, and literature. Since the old childhood Atari 400 and throughout his life, Don had been interested in computers, but until now, home computers had mostly been a diversion and a way to play text adventure games, lacking any real power, as well as quality of output.

After a few years of this, a sort of epiphany occurred. There is no reason to not utilize the traditional media along side of the new. If anything, this bridge between pencil drawing and vector graphics can be seen as something not everyone has the ability to do.