Blogging About Blogs

  A Blog That Fits

I had my first lesson of photography a few weeks back which was pretty cool it consisted of covering the elements of  taking a good quality photo. While in class we were encouraged to set up a blog to record our work, which is how my blogger account exists now.

Our tutor Natalie stressed the importance having a blog that's fits you and what it communicates to the reader. I have had some experience blogging so i understand certain criteria such as the blog name, spacing, backdrop and font colour.

We have been given the assignment to cover five artist blogs writing our personal opinions on what was good and bad about it. 

Here are my thoughts.

Mike Giant

This blog is by illustrator Mike Giant, one of big my influences.This blog is draped in a black back drop that compliments the bold white Arial font he is using. Links have a good placement and images are crisp. His written content stands out as it is informative, fun and has great depth. This blog has no error that i can see,except some people not being able to read white lettering on a black background.
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Velo City Girl

This blog has a nice simple white backdrop and a stylish readable font that communicates the bloggers personality.This photographer has great quality images and visible links for easy access.

The let down of this blog is the sizing of the page in the fact that you have to scroll horizontally to read the rest of a sentence, also there are a lot of advertisement links that can be distracting at times.
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Girl And The Deer

Despite a some jumbled info to the left of the page the blog is very eye catching in the title and simplicity.

Not many words are expressed in this blog as the content is self explanatory.
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Jovove

Very sleek blog teaming with high quality illustrations, graphics and photography.It has a bold white backdrop with a stylish pink boarder. The blogs downfall is bad scrolling navigation, font size, font colour and placement of info and links. Very cool blog though.
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We Make Money Not Art

The blog title is literal in the sense as it is covered with advertisements and blog content showcasing a mixture of artists.The written content is great, but the letdown is tightly squeezed blog posts accompanied by a variation of different font colours.

Looking at what i have written is a guide in a sense. By doing research and forming opinions on other peoples blogs, we recognize the pros and cons in our own which allows us to build the blog that fits us.
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