Nov 17, 2014 / Community Pool

Community Pool

The place for advice, feedback, and friendly blogging chatter.

Have you just published a new post and are dying for some feedback? Did you recently start your blog and could use some layout or design advice from your more seasoned peers?

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  1. Hey everyone! I’m in my mid teens and would love to get my blog going a bit faster,
    My blog is all about my art, my influences in art and how I create it all:) I would love any feedback from anyone on my artwork as I’m looking to become a better artist all of the time!
    Any questions or queries on my art I will answer as well! 🙂
    Bensinclairart.wordpress.com

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    1. Fantastic artwork, for someone like myself whose complete lack of artistic ability means I struggle to draw a simple stickman drawing then your talent leaves me astounded!

      The Slash portrait is a superbly detailed picture of the man and displays an incredible amount of talent. Also the colorful Florian Nicole inspired portraits are fantastic and that sort of colour composition looks excellent on your blog when displayed on a computer screen unlike some art which can lose some of its power when seen on screen. I would suggest that perhaps you might consider therefore including some more related artworks to your blog perhaps with other bold or neon streaked designs.

      Very interesting to hear about the influences behind each artwork as well and look forward to future posts. Keep up the great work!

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      1. Thankyou so much! It’s great to hear encouragement like that and it inspires me to create more! I will also take your suggestion into account as well thankyou! 🙂

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      2. Thankyou so much! It’s great to hear such encouraging support, and it inspires me to create more! I will also take into account your suggestion of the colours, thankyou! 🙂

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    2. First of all, I am in awe. Your talent is masterful and incredibly well-rounded for someone still in their teens. I was thinking how your blog could be like a frame for your artwork. Assuming you’re friends with Photoshop, some ideas you could consider are (1) editing your images prior to publishing, as in, just sharpening and lightening them, so they’re clearer (2) resizing them so they’re consistent, reinforces the idea of a portfolio (3) design your own social media buttons? I hope you don’t mind my suggestions, you’re so gifted, it doesn’t make sense to not create a platform wherein your pieces can shine even brighter 🙂 p/s I lived in Singapore for close to 12 years and was blessed to visit FZD several times for work purposes.

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      1. Thankyou! It means a lot to get comments like that:) i will definitely take your suggestions into account and I think they are great ideas, seeing as I do use photoshop:) I am also very jealous of your visit to FZD! But thankyou for the comment, it is much appreciated. 🙂

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  2. Two pronged question: I hit 100 postings on my Christian-focused job seeking blog. Readers send LinkedIn responses, but I have very few followers. Blog: wordsmatterblogspot.wordpress. Please help with:
    1. Any good, bad, etc. feedback (we can swap reviews).
    2. Advice on using a blog as a business growth tool.

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  4. Hey everyone, just taken my first foray into blogging with my site http://www.thebestteamlost.com where I am trying to write entertaining and lighthearted football satire articles in the style of mini mock news briefings.

    I would really welcome your feedback on the stories and it would be great to hear if anybody else beside myself actually finds them remotely amusing! Any suggestions for improvement or general advice would be very gratefully received.

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  5. Hi Everyone! I just wrote a new post and would love some feedback. I would love some feedback on the post itself but would love general feedback on the look / layout design of my page as well. Thanks!

    About

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  12. My blog is brand spanking new and I could use feedback as well as tips to enhancing my blogs look. If anyone is willing to help me learn how to add menu tabs and such I’d appreciate it.
    My blog is Stacey’slifeblog.wordpress.com

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  15. If anyone has a spare moment could you pop over to my blog(s) and check things out? If you feel the need to give searing feedback I’m a sitting duck! Thanks.

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  18. Hey guys!
    I’m new to this site and I just posted my first official blog! Please read it and tell me what you think! I’d love some feedback with your thoughts and also tips! Thank you!

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    1. Hi! I left a comment for you on your blog, and am interested to see how your blog will progress 🙂

      I am new to WP too, so please also have a look at my blog, any feedback would be greatly appreciated

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  24. Hi all..

    I’ve been posting for a little while. I’ve no prior experience with writing except here & on twitter.

    I hope to talk a course at the local college in writing so £ may do so properly.

    Any suggestions would be most appreciated.

    Thank you

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  25. Hi all..

    I’ve been posting for a little while. I’ve no prior experience with writing except here & on twitter.

    I hope to take a course at the local college in writing so £ may do so properly.

    Any suggestions would be most appreciated.

    Thank you

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    1. Absolutely loved it! Your style is great and I can feel the emotion in your words and structure. I couldn’t help but press the follow button (:

      p.s.
      Loved the black and white theme of the images. It fits the feel so well.

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  26. Hey fellow bloggers! I recently started my blog called V’S WURLD and I was wondering if you wouldn’t mind giving it a quick glance over and tell me what you think! I’m especially fond of my most recent post “You’re A Gem” and it would be fantastic if you could read it over and tell me what you think! Also, any comments on my blog in general, plus follows are always welcome as well! Welp, here’s my link! http://vswurld.wordpress.com

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    1. I do appreciate the way you write, very descriptive and filled with emotion. I would suggest breaking up long posts with images though. And tweaking your layout, so you show previews of posts with featured images, rather than the entire piece. That allows you to display more posts per page, and your readers need not scroll all the way down to read the next post. As you continue to write, you may also wish to consider creating categories, so it makes for ease of navigation. Last words – you need to teach me how to create those animated GIFs 🙂

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      1. Thanks for the feedback and I will defintely work on tweaking the template of my blog to fit those requests! Also, I have a tumblr blog and all the animated GIFs are from there, however I know there are GIF generators and I’ve been wanting to create a few of my own that way too!

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  29. Well I’ve been working on my blog for quite sometime now and i am pretty straight forward and i just be myself….i would love feedback and comments!!!!!

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