I took a look at Carlos’ website and blog today, and my first impressions were good. He’s an artist (always a plus in my book) and quite a good one as well. Other than his blog, Carlos features examples of his work, projects he’s finished, and contact information. The website in general has a good design, which is good considering he’s an artist; but I did notice some faults in the design when it was viewed through different browsers. An easy fix, if he chooses to.
Now, on to the blog itself. It’s powered by blogger, and that fact is pretty obvious. But it looks better than a normal blogger template because the design is original. He talks about three subjects in particular: His Faith, Illustrations, and Reuben (his dog).
There are a lot of pictures of Reuben, and the thing that Carlos does with his posts concerning his dog is quite interesting. He transposes thoughts and reflections through his dog Reuben, using him as a catalyst to open up his posts to a more universal context. In plain english: He derives his personal breakthroughs through his dog. It is sort of cute, and since I’ve seen this done personally among my friends who are pet owners, I understood what he was doing and thought it was funny as opposed to weird.
Carlos talks mostly about his faith, and Christianity in general. I think he’s also a seminary student, but I’m not quite sure. As an illustrative artist, he’s quite impressive. And if I didn’t have a brother who was a constant source of artwork, I would probably ask Carlos how much he charges for a portrait.
Wrapping this up, Carlos posts quite a few pictures, which is nice. The content of his posts however, are centered around God for the most part. Readers of his blog probably don’t get the diverse content that has become expected of a blog. But what he does write about, he writes very well and I commend him for it.
In conclusion, I gave Carlos a 3.5 as a score for my review; due to the lack of diverse content and design flaw. But don’t let that be a discouragement. His illustrative art is amazing, and I think his site deserves a good look-see. Good job.Art blog by Carlos Aleman