tobia.tumblr.com by Toyin Odutola
- Posts works in progress.
- Keeps us interested with behind the scenes material.
- Tells us the story or narrative behind her work through personal anecdotes.
A Note On Tagging
- Organize all posts with any relevant tags so your content can be easily searched and sifted through later (i.e. painting, acrylic, brush strokes; or installation, lights, Reference Art Gallery). This is how people will find you who weren’t already looking for you.
- Clearly distinguish between the personal and the professional. This can be done through tagging as well.
- For important tags, make Pages to distinguish your content. Link out to any other sources for your work (portfolio sites or a Carbon Made account, etc).
9-eyes.com by Jon Rafman
- Project specific.
- Totally digital as well as universal.
- Well displayed.
brandspirit.tumblr.com by Andrew Miller
- Memetic.
- Simple side project.
- Beautifully displayed.
A Note On Secondary/Group Blogs
- You can have as many Secondary Blogs under one account as you like.
- Only Secondary Blogs can be Group Blogs (or blogs with multiple authors/Tumblr contributors).
- Group blogs are great for collaborative projects.
- Secondary blogs are great for one-off side projects. Nobody has to know…
phonearts.net
- Collaborative project.
- Simple restrictions for content — a low barrier of entry.
- Updates frequently.
bedbughotels.tumblr.com
- Live action nature of Tumblr is great for documenting street and public art.
hypergeography.tumblr.com by Joe Hamilton
- Plays with the core conventions of Tumblr as a network.
- Created a new theme all his own.
A Note On Net Art
- Here is the Tumblr API.
- Run with it.
dvdp.tumblr.com by David Dope
- GIFs were reborn on Tumblr because of artists like David Dope.
- Constnatly stretches the medium.
- If there were ever a perfect medium for Tumblr, the GIF would be it.
