James George is a professional web developer and graphic designer. James is an expert in design, and a professional web developer, with a special interest in WordPress. Founder of Design Crawl, James has been a professional designer since 2005.
James's articles
Learn how you can use value engineering to give your clients the most for their money. Value engineering adds extra value to your work with small tasks.
Learn how to make great choices with type to maximize your communication effectiveness. Making the right choices with type will make your work a success.
Read What Makes a Website Look Dated? and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
A look at envisioning what your dream client is and finding your dream client. Finding your dream client is possible, you just have to know where to look.
Learn 5 Things to Never Say to Clients. Find out 5 things that you should never say to clients so you can avoid extra work and keep you from losing money.
Learn how to create a vintage badge in Photoshop using shapes and retro-style type. Use this vintage badge to add a retro flair to your design work.
Learn the qualities that make up a great event flyer. Learn how to design your event flyer to maximize its impact using typography, colors & images.
Learn how to use Photoshop actions to save you a huge amount of time. Record your own Photoshop actions to perform repetitive tasks with a push of a button.
Read 8 CSS Properties Designers Can't Live Without and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
Read 10 Cost-Effective Ways to Delight Your Design Clients and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
Read 5 Colors, Shapes, and Techniques That Make Your Company Friendlier and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
Learn about handy css3 properties that are surprisingly not used that often. Learn bout different css3 properties and how to control them in your websites.
Learn what you can add to your invoices to help your clients and increase sales. Invoices can be valuable tools for promoting your products or services.
Design trends come and go, but the basics of visual design haven't changed a bit in 50 years. Technology improved exponentially, but old principles remain in place.
Learn how to create an icy text effect in Photoshop. Learn how to mix a few textures, filters, and layer styles to create an icy text effect in Photoshop.
Learn how to use popular blend mode tricks to save you a ton of time in Photoshop. Create dazzling effects and correct images using these blend mode tricks.
An essential guide to using blend modes in Photoshop. Learn how each of the blend modes work and the results you can expect when using them in Photoshop.
Decide if your landing page is too busy & find out what you can do to optimize your landing page to get a higher conversion rate & to get better results.
Learn to create a selective color image in Photoshop. Learn to color black & white images by using the selective color image technique in Photoshop.
Read 10 Easy Ways To Speed Up Your WordPress Site and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.
Learn to use grids in your print and web designs. Learn about grids, how they work and how they can make your work easier and your designs better.
A primer on Typography. Learn about the anatomy of typography, its classifications & how to use this information to improve your skills with typography.
Learn ways to make your business cards stand out. You will learn various ways to make your business cards stand out & get your business noticed over others.
This is a look at fonts that have very specific purposes. These fonts are great for their intended use, but wouldn't work well in other applications.
Learn how to design your own Christmas card in Photoshop. Learn to layout and design your own unique Christmas card design using Photoshop & custom shapes.
Learn how to create 3D candy cane text in Photoshop. Learn to create and apply textures to make 3D candy cane text in Photoshop, & add depth to your work.
A study on symmetry, what it is and when to use it. Learn about the different types of symmetry, asymmetry and how to use them in your design projects.
An in-depth look at drop shadows and how to create them in Photoshop. Learn what makes up a drop shadow & how each setting works in Photoshop & the web.
An article to help understand negative space and how it works. This article explains negative space in depth and why it is so effective in your design work.
Read 10 Ways to Rid Yourself of Designer's Block and learn with SitePoint. Our web development and design tutorials, courses, and books will teach you HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, Python, and more.