James Mejia (a.k.a. Mejia Design) : artist, illustrator and graduate of The Department of Visual Studies of The University of Toronto, three time JUNO Award nominee for Package Design of The Year, REELWORLD Film Festival Award Winner for Outstanding Canadian Music Video of the Year. Over 15-years-experience operating in the Music Industry as a Graphic Designer and over twelve years as Founder and A&R of Toronto based indie music label Hand Drawn Dracula.
LOGO DESIGN | DIGITAL + SCREEN PRINT | MIXED MEDIA I sometimes create a logo or title fonts for an album design that end up being used for various marketing assets throughout a project’s campaign… from the posters, the banners, and t shirts, to the social media posts and videos. Some favourites include Tallies’ “pill” […]
?A SELECTION OF POSTER DESIGN | DIGITAL + SCREEN PRINT | MIXED MEDIA Here’s a small selection of poster designs I’ve worked on throughout the years. Working with various mediums including illustration, collage, photography, digital art and screen print design, these posters have appeared in various publications and public spaces. The NXNE 2013 poster features […]
CLIENT: SIX SHOOTER RECORDS | ARTWORK, MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE Ensign Broderick’s “BloodMyth/BloodCrush” was Nominated for a 2020 JUNO Award for Package Design Of The Year and was my third JUNO Nomination. The cover artwork was painted by Kris Knight, the photography was by Stefanie Schneider and Morgan Coates, with layout and design by Chris Peters. […]
CLIENT: SIX SHOOTER RECORDS | BRANDING & MARKETING DESIGN From Beck to Rhiannon Giddens, Wilco to Whitehorse, Tanya Tagaq to St. Vincent to Sharon Van Etten, Courtney Barnett, Father John Misty, and Perfume Genius, Interstellar Rodeo was a one-of-a-kind music festival founded by Six Shooter Records’ Shauna de Cartier and Helen Britton. This was a […]
CLIENT: HAND DRAWN DRACULA RECORDS | ILLUSTRATIONS & GRAPHIC DESIGN By Divine Right’s “Mutant Message” was Nominated for a 2011 JUNO Award for Package Design Of The Year. It was the first JUNO AWARD nomination for my record label (Hand Drawn Dracula Records) and my second JUNO Nomination. I started the album artwork with pencil […]
CLIENT: YOUNG – XL RECORDINGS | PHOTOGRAPHY & GRAPHIC DESIGN Having worked with Brian Borcherdt on some of his early projects, Trephines and The Remains of Brian Borcherdt, I started working with him on his new electronic project that saw Brian experiment with sound using an old film editing machine he acquired from the set […]
CLIENT: DEPENDENT MUSIC | ARTWORK COLLAGES Wintersleep’s “Untitled” album was nominated for a 2006 JUNO Award for Package Design Of The Year and was my first JUNO nomination. The music video for “Jaws of Life” (directed by Sean Wainsteim in collaboration with myself) also won the 2007 REELWORLD Film Festival Award for Best Music Video. […]
CLIENT: UNIVERSAL PICTURES | FILM: THE PERFECT MAN | HERO PROPS, COMIC ILLUSTRATIONS, ARTWORK While I was still in school I had gig painting 12 x 20 feet murals for a dance-club stage that changed monthly by theme. I also dabbled in live performance painting in the entertainment district of Toronto around that time. Soon […]
