The DU Lounge

So, you know - catalogs. The things you get in the mail showing you items to buy. All around ones, or dedicated to clothing, jewelry, home goods, electronics, computers etc.

I worked for a small catalog house with an in studio set up, and photography dept. I mostly set up jewelry and watches in a small room to the side; puting togther the designed display from the Art Dept in the front. On occasion helped with buying design items, or with setting up hard goods in the main room, helping the photographer adjust the set up I'd be looking through the 8 x 10 inch camera, even designed one small catalog when the Art Director was away (they knew I'd been a graphic designer).

Anyway, we had an annual Holiday Party for our clients, suppliers. One year's theme was generally winter. There was always a set up to photograph the guests.
My boss came up with a cut out Santa's reindeer bobbing on a light stand, with a jingle bell strap around it's neck. It'd be against a winter landscapre scene.

Well, guess who got to do all that?!
•Found a great reindeer drawing at the library.
•Traced it, and we blew up close to life size, put onto foam core ( strong papers sandwiching a foam "core" of various widths. This was ? 3/4" inch).
•Cut out, painted! Attached to light stand.
•Then painted a 8 ft x ? 10 ft winter scene of which I was on a wooden board held up by ?hobby horses to do the top half. I wish I'd been able to paint it better.

Through much of this, I was thinking: "I can't believe I'm getting paid for this!!!

It wasn't always easy, but mostly quite fun!