Tom Hunter link: http://www.tomhunter.org/blog/
Little Brown Mushroom link: https://littlebrownmushroom.com/blog/
Comparing Little Brown Mushroom Blog and the Blog section on the Tom Hunter website.
The Little Brown Mushroom blog has a function where if you click on an image it enlarges the image and you are able to look through all the photos. However you can’t see the text that accompanied the image in the blog, this is useful so that you can get a better look at the images.
The most recent post on the Little Brown Mushroom blog was 29th November 2017, and the second most recent post was published 19th July 2016. Whereas the most recent post on the Tom Hunter blog was 8th April 2021 and in the year 2020 there where 10 blog post published. So the Tom Hunter blog is kept up to date, whereas the Little Brown Mushroom blog for now has been left, this could be the reason why the blog is found in the ‘past projects’ heading on the website.
Tom Hunter’s blogs have a read more function so that you can read the first few sentences to see if the blog will interest you, if it does then you can read the full blog. Hunter’s blog posts on average tend to be around the same size, around 250 words or less. Most of the posts involve sharing links to galleries Hunter is a part of, articles talking abut Hunter and his work and information/updates around his work. These are professional topics that help people keep up to date about where they can see his artwork and learn more, but there isn’t any insight into the process or blogs talking about the thinking, in progress information or anything personal. There is also a lack of continuity within Hunter’s posts as some of them are in 3rd person (or is written by someone who is not Tom Hunter) and some are in first, this can cause some confusion, as you don’t know who is writing the blog. The Little Brown Mushroom blog posts vary in length as some are short updates where links are provided to help and support and some posts are longer and more anecdotal and you get a real sense of personality. I enjoyed reading the Little Brown Mushroom blogs more than Hunter’s blog posts, this is because I tend to be interested in learning about how artists talk about their work and their process rather than just lots of updates.
Hunter has a section to the side that advertises his book, and if you click on the image of his book it takes you to an amazon webpage to buy his book, making it easy for people who come across his blog to look into and potentially buy this book. There is also a function to the side where I am able to see his latest tweets, however he hasn’t included a link to his twitter, but there is a link to his Facebook page. Even though he has an Instagram he hasn’t used this opportunity to promote his Instagram. Although I like the use of the recent tweets as it gives you a quick glimpse into how frequently he posts and what he posts about, I think it would be a good idea to include a link to his twitter and Instagram accounts to make it easy and clear and keeps all of his social media accounts together. You can click on the ‘9 days ago’ part of the recent tweet and it will take you to the twitter post, but it’s not obvious. The Little Brown Mushroom blog hasn’t included any social media information, even though there is an Instagram account by the same person. The Little Brown Mushroom blog is also not utilising the opportunity to promote their social media.
