Welcome to Artistiblog!
Website Development
One of my main focuses for this blog is in promoting my up-and-coming website showcasing my artwork and creative endeavours. In these digital pages, I’ll keep you apprised of my progress on buidling my first website. While I have dedicated the last 30 plus years of my life to creative pursuits, such as writing, digital media development, and traditional art skills in drawing, sculpting, and creative design, I’ve only just jumped into the realm of web development (and me at a ripe old age of 36… go figure). If anyone has any comments or suggestions as I fumble my way through the process, please feel free to drop me a comment. And by all means, jump over to my website, ArtisticConceptions.net, and let me know what you think.
Media and New Media Reviews
Also, the other main focus is in reviewing media (books, movies, television) and new media (podcasts, podio books, etc.). Take a look at my posts, see what I think, and comment if it strikes your fancy.
For each review, I use the following categories:
STORY: This is a rating on the overall logic and complexity of the story or topic presented, along with how well the story drives the characters and entertains in the process.
ACTION: This rating covers the amount of action in the overall story or topic presented, whether it is of the traditional combat and physical conflist variety or of a more subtle emotional vein.
INTELLECTUALITY: This rating deals with the amount of brainpower needed to understand the finer nuances or overriding information dealt with in the story or the topics presented. A higher score here indicates a better blend of simple and complex/brainy concepts in such a way that an average adult (age 25 to 126) can easily pick up and understand without using that encyclopedia set collecting dust on your bookshelf. A lower score in this indicates either an over-the-top usage of transcendental or highly technical jargon or a work that is seriously simplified and lacks average intelligent concepts.
BELIEVABILITY: This rating covers just what it says… how believable is the story, the adventure or story hooks, and the characters (or cast) of the story or the topic being discussed.
CHARACTERS: This final rating covers how interesting the characters (or cast) of the story or topic being discussed are, including how easily it is for the average reader, viewer, or listener to relate to and get caught up in the characters’ (or casts’) actions, feelings, and the resulting story/topic.
For each of my review categories, I use the following scale of 1 to 10:
1. Absolute Crap: Not worth your time, NOT recommended (don’t bother)
2. Not Very Good: A few redeeming qaulities… but maybe not be enough to waste your time on, not really recommended
3. Interesting: There are a few things that may be worth your time, slightly recommended
4. Pretty Good: Worth taking a look at, if there isn’t anything better available, somewhat recommended
5. Average: Worth taking a look at it, recommended
6. Better than Average: Give it some consideration, recommended
7. Very Good: Some unique or interesting points, strongly recommended
8. Well Worth It: Worth the time and your consideration, very strongly recommended
9. Fantastic: Up there with the greats, make some time to give this a chance, highly recommended
10. Simply the Best: What more can I say, take a look at this now! Maximum recommendation
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