About Me

Jim Jamesson

I have been designing graphics for print and web professionally since 1996 as soon as I finished high school.

I run several websites in partnership with my brother Steve, who together with we own and operate Jamesson Creative LLC, a creative web company that knows no bounds. We strive to produce websites, graphics and development of the utmost quality and highest caliper.

Our sites…

Apollo Creed Travels

Apollo Creed Travels is probably my favorite website of our portfolio. I’ve met more people and gained more perspective with this website than any other project I’ve ever worked on. Apollo Creed has been an amazing creative outlet for Jamesson Creative, and it could not have been possible without the help of my brother Steve and our great friend Tom, who worked with us for some time. Steve bought me a Rocky V DVD ‘just because’ and we have laughed about it ever since. There’s no real meaning in it, other than the fact that its Rocky V. Since Tom used to work with us, he quickly picked up on some of the Jamesson Creative office traditions, which were essentially non-traditions that have zero meaning other than to just exist for something to do for sheer lack of nothing else to do. Recognizing this fact, Tom witnessed all of us guys on a vacation to Busch Gardens in Williamsburg who were stuck waiting for the girls to shop at the fucking outlet mall, wandered into the Kay Bee Toy Store and happened upon an Apollo Creed action figure.  As soon as we got back home, Apollo Creed Travels was born.
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Groovy Web Design

Perhaps the most famous of all our websites, Groovy Web Design was the culprit of my frustrations over the current gross-ness state of web design as the world knew it. It seemed at the time that only a select handful of web designers really ‘got’ the high-end spectrum of website design… nearly all web designers were stuck doing something in a certain way that ultimately led to websites quickly becoming out of date.

Today, Groovy exists as a high-end website design outlet for persons and business entities who recognize the importance and impact that an ultra-high quality website can provide. Groovy websites are built as pieces of highly functional art, that conform to the latest and widest web standards, offer maximized ease-of-use and ingrained familiarity that web users demand and expect.

Groovy Web Design - Asheville, NC

Photoshop Tips & Tricks

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