Yesterday, Thursday March 31, I job shadowed a graphic design business, Canham Graphics. Canham Graphics, headed by Bill and Doug Canham, is a sign, vinyl, and car graphics business. They often do business with various companies in need of a unique sign or logo. Although they specialize in this area, they also work on graphics for cars, such as vinyl stripes, pinstripes, window art, etc. Bill and Doug adequately displayed their job with honesty and originality. The experience, misleading in a positive and negative way, allowed me to understand the business and formulate an opinion on the graphic design industry.
When I arrived, I was skeptical of the performance or expectations that Bill and Doug had. Bill showed me various software programs and ideas for upcoming projects. He also allowed me to understand the significance of the sign industry and how it does not thrive in a poor economy. Although it was made clear that their specific job was not the choice for me, it still allowed me to evoke an interest in a broader career choice.
After much sitting around, we were finally informed of a project that needed to be done on that particular day. A customer of Isringhausen was to bring in his 2007 Porsche 911. Me being quite the car enthusiast, I pretty much flipped at the idea of this. The car was black with green accents. I did not like the green accents whatsoever but the car was quite attractive. The customer wanted one green stripe going across the surface of the passenger side. The customer wanted a green vinyl stripe, as opposed to a painted stripe itself. This confused everyone, but they did the job anyway. Once completed, Doug asked if either of us wanted to drive it back into the parking lot. I was able to drive it and I pretty much freaked out. It was amazing!
Because of the rush of projects that needed to be done, we did not get to do that many hands on tasks. We saw vinyl being placed on a motor home and we also got to cut out vinyl designs. The software was interesting as well. Although I quite enjoyed the experience, I would have enjoyed something with a little more art and design involved. Possibly a graphic designer who did advertisements would be a little more fitted to my expectations. After everything, I am glad I was able to shadow something in that field of work. It was interesting and allowed me to better decide on my career choice in the near future.
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