My Blog(#1)

Template: The template I chose for my blog is very simple and straightforward, but at the same time also retains a very nice surface to use and appreciate all that the page has to offer. I liked the way it was easy to look at and everything popped out very nicely. It is very organized and am able to clearly modify things from now on. The background was chosen not only because I enjoyed the picture of the book in a close-up, but also because I like to read and love having books.

Title: After a good amount of time deciding how I should use the name of my title to elaborate both the primary subject of the blog, but also have a nice phrasing, I chose to The Arts and Man at Penn State. This title was not all my doing, but was inspired by the title of a book entitled God and Man at Yale by William F. Buckley Jr. For some time, I have appreciated the concise way Buckley used to tell you what the book was about. I thought by changing some of the words around for my purpose, I could use the conciseness to my advantage

Color: My blog has primarily dark colors with some the splashes of green in the font that clearly jump out from the background. My favorite color since I was a child was green, so I thought by getting green into the color mix, I was injecting some of my personality onto the blog.

Font: I'm not the kind of person who would go looking for the craziest types of fonts. I'm more of person who appreciates the easy to read fonts that are clear to the reader. However, in order to take away some of the sternness of the font, I used the Luckiest Guy font for the title to be easily readable and to compliment the page. I think it keeps the straightforward style, but also shows that it isn't all about business.

Pages: I chose to use pages because I thought it would be easier for the reader and to myself. With these pages, everything can have a place, and I am able to add things without interfering with the blog posts. I also wanted something like "About Me" so that I could easily go in and add or change things around and have no limit on what I would want to write.

I believe this page compliments me well. It was created by me and I didn't just simply throw a few things together. I searched for the best template, background, font, and color that I liked the best. It shows my tastes and shows some of my personality.