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Mad Men Poster

Jim MacLeod — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 23:44:30 +0000

This is another poster that I designed for fun (the first one was my LOST poster). This time I chose to commemorate another of my favorite shows: Mad Men. If you are not watching this show, you really need to start. The season finale of the most recent season showed exactly how TV shows should [...]

Sentinel Benefits Website

Jim MacLeod — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:08:45 +0000

This past fall I spent a lot of time designing, developing and building an updated website for Sentinel Benefits and Financial Group. They were going through a re-branding and it seemed like the perfect time to update their website. Their previous website had become bloated with too much information, making it hard for customers or [...]

Jim MacLeod Q&A for A Penny’s Worth

Jim MacLeod — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:09:17 +0000

A couple of months ago Wayne from A Penny’s Worth contacted me with the intention of asking me some questions about my time as a baseball cap designer at Twins Enterprise. He has interviewed people from all walks of life. It was a fun exercise to reminisce about my time at Twins. A great time [...]

JB Sash & Door Website

Jim MacLeod — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 02:51:07 +0000

For nearly 70 years, JB Sash & Door has been selling quality windows and doors in Massachusetts. After participating in the Single Source Marketing Model, it was evident that JB Sash needed to refresh their online presence. Since one of their primary products is windows, we needed to ensure that this would be a clean, bright [...]

LOST poster

Jim MacLeod — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:10:44 +0000

First off, this obviously has nothing to do with the Lost posters that are currently coming out to promote the final season. This was something that I started while the fifth season was still going on. I’ve been spending a lot of time admiring poster art, and I wanted to design something that might be [...]

Sialia Photography Website

Jim MacLeod — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:07:49 +0000

A few months back I was able to re-connect with a college friend, Jessica Higgins on Facebook. I saw that she was starting to take her photography more serious and was looking to branch out. She already had a blogspot site, but I assumed that she might want something more professional. I shot her a [...]

Sialia Photography Logo

Jim MacLeod — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:00:46 +0000

In Progress: X-Men 150 - Part 5

Jim MacLeod — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:01:32 +0000

This is part five in a series showing the progress of a recreation of an X-Men cover.To see the previous posts, view: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. Since we last saw our heroes and villian, a lot of work has been done. The first step was adding in the background color. [...]

Lowell.org

Jim MacLeod — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 16:56:43 +0000

A while back our agency was selected as the Agency of Record for Lowell, Massachusetts. After a long exploratory process and rebranding, it came to me to redesign the website that would be used for the City’s marketing initiatives. After the new logo and colors were chosen, I set about designing a site that would appeal [...]

LowellFive.com

Jim MacLeod — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 02:56:32 +0000

A few months back I finished developing the new lowellfive.com I won’t get into the whole write up about the creation of this website because I actually kept a running “Twitter diary” of the process. You can see the step-by-step process at my agency’s Twitter page. The page was left as a generic-looking account because I [...]

Dunkin’ Donuts Franchisee Kit

Jim MacLeod — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:53:52 +0000

This was a project from 9 months ago, but I apparently forgot to include it on the new site. So, I’m going to recap this project now. The original premise for this project was to give new Dunkin’ Donuts Franchisees a packet of information welcoming them to the Dunkin’ Donuts fold and giving them the [...]

Envision Radio website

Jim MacLeod — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 20:40:26 +0000

About a month ago, I was able to launch a new website for Envision Radio Networks, a company that distributes radio shows and content to stations across the country. Since they are rapidly growing they were looking for a modern look, as well as a site to project the size of their company. Envision’s previous site [...]

New Lowell Spinners Logo

Jim MacLeod — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:17:10 +0000

A few months ago my agency won the job to re-design the branding for the Lowell Spinners, Single-A affiliate for the Boston Red Sox. The idea was to take the existing branding and update it. After spending 2 1/2 years working at Twins Enterprise (now Twins ‘47) as a sports headwear designer, I had the [...]

New JimMacLeod.com Layout

Jim MacLeod — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 16:44:43 +0000

After a few weeks of tweaking this site, I’ve (mostly) finished a new layout for JimMacLeod.com. The idea behind the last version of the site was to create a portfolio site that would be easy to update. Many of my recent projects have been big, so I haven’t been able to add a lot of content [...]

In Progress: X-Men 150 - Part 4

Jim MacLeod — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 19:28:32 +0000

This is part four in a series showing the progress of a recreation of an X-Men cover. To see the previous posts, view: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3. So far I finished inking all four characters, plus the head shots in the spotlight box. My next step was to place the text and logos on the cover. [...]

Kaspersky Lab Retail Portal

Jim MacLeod — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:48:01 +0000

A few months ago, Kaspersky Lab contracted my agency to build a series of websites that would allow retail sales reps to learn about Kaspersky’s new products and upon completion of a quiz, download and use their new software. Kaspersky wanted us to set up a different website for each of the seven retailers that were [...]

In Progress: X-Men 150 - Part 3

Jim MacLeod — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:25:17 +0000

Click here for Part 1 Click here for Part 2 So far I’ve recreated an X-Men cover using a pencil in my sketchbook. Then I scanned it in and started recreating the drawing digitally while still getting comfortable with my Wacom Tablet. On the computer, I redrew Cyclops, Storm and Kitty Pryde, and then it was [...]

In Progress: X-Men 150 - Part 2

Jim MacLeod — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:03:26 +0000

Click here for Part 1 After I finished the pencilled drawing, I wanted to try to color it in Photoshop. I had done this once before with a different X-Men drawing. As I was scanning in the drawing, I was able to really see the illustration from afar. When I looked at it from a new [...]

In Progress: X-Men 150 - Part 1

Jim MacLeod — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 23:24:30 +0000

This is going to be the first in a series of posts that shows the progression of a project that I have been working on for a little while. My biggest fear about posting about this project while it’s still in progress, is that I might get busy with real work and not finish the [...]

Fund to Prevent Homelessness Website

Jim MacLeod — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:41:17 +0000

The Fund to Prevent Homelessness is a non-profit organization that helps families along Massachusetts’ north shore. This group looked to Single Source to develop a logo and website to help promote their organization. They were looking for a simple static website. Single Source donated all of the creative work, along with two years of hosting. I [...]