I heard the Internet needed another art blog, so I set one up on Tumblr.
I kept reading on other artists’ blog how pretty and easy it is, so I gave it a try.

I had some doubt as to why one should have more than one blog, then I spent a couple of minutes browsing random tumblr posts and I understood why.
First of all, it’s simple. Even simpler than Wordfast. So simple, in fact, that setting the whole thing up, selecting a kick-ass theme and uploading a bunch of images took me no more than half an hour.

People use Tumblr it’s a lot more casual than the average WordPress blog. Sometimes readers don’t have the time to read big walls of text (damn you, Internet low attention-span), and just want to look at some pretty pictures and move on with their life. Which is why many artists just keep Tumblr as a support blog, posting there just their artwork, most times even without comments.

Tumblr gives readers the chance to “like” a post or to share it, making it a bit more similar to Twitter or Pinterest. If the occasional passer-by would like to know more about you, they can still click on your images, be led to your primary blog and enjoy your rants.

So far I’m loving it, it’s really fast, easy and with a nice and friendly feeling. Just little things, like when you input your age it reads “39 years Young” (aww) and when someone follows you you’re notified “Someone is following you! Win!”.
I’m easy to please, I know, but I do appreciate this kind of details.

Anyway, I’m particularly happy about the theme I’ve been recommended (which by the way, is called Narnia and can be found on ThemeCloud).
It places all the images in the same page, and it rearranges them in a pleasant way without any need to bother about layout and stuff.
So, well, feel free to stop by and say hello:)

by Paolo Puggioni