I Actually Got Paid to Do This

This is pretty random. But I think it's worth mentioning because I am thrilled with the results. What you are about to see, is actually something that I did at work-and got paid to do. I guess you can add random photoshop work for a stuffed buffalo to my resume on top of all of the financial stuff that I am responsible for. I would love to see that on a resume- complete with a picture for back up. A few months ago, my boss commissioned me to do a job for him. He is really involveded in the Springtime Tallahassee organization and wanted to do something funny/special for this year's incoming new Andrew Jackson. The new AJ's name is Dave and he used to be a ski instructor. And Dave decided that he wanted his mascot to be a buffalo (I told you this is random stuff today!). So as a joke, Randy wanted to get Dave a "little Dave" aka the buffalo and have the buffalo on a set of skis in honor of Big Dave. So, Randy got a pair of Dave's favorite pair of skis and brought them into the office. One day he lugs those skis into my office and asked me to help him with this project. He had ordered a stuffed buffalo and had come up with the exact size the skis need to be in order to fit and be to scale on Little Dave. Randy wanted to the skis to be an EXACT replica of Dave's skis, right down to the sticker that Dave had put on the skis himself. So, Ashley had to get to work. Here is a picture of the skis I had to replicate (although this picture is the only one I could find online, and the skis are slightly different than Big Dave's actual skis).

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I had a task to complete. So I got to work. Here is what I came up with:

All of the logos and stuff I was able to find online, but things like the stripes, and that weird purple and green triangle thing, I had to design myself. You don't even want to know how long it took me to make this ski! Randy finally got the skis printed up on some thick material of some kind and made Little Dave his skis. He brought Little Dave in yesterday, so I could admire my masterpiece. I think it turned out pretty cute!

What do you think? Ha! You ever get paid to do something at work that is definitely not in your job description? I would love to hear all about it!