firsts

The first blog post is always a strange and slightly awkward one. There is the nudging obligation to spell out in rigid practiced verses of who exactly you are, why you have made this blog and why someone should read it. There are too many purposes for the first post, too many expectations. It is meant to serve as a charming and captivating introduction, but is also somewhat of a ‘birthing’ (excuse the visual) into the World Wide Web.

Yikes.

If only the first blog post could be like the pilot of a tv show. In which case, I would nominate the team behind Breaking Bad to take the cake on that. It has everything you need for firsts. Enough realism to be convincing. Enough quirkiness to be different. Enough of a cliff hanger to keep you hooked. 

I suppose there are little to few similarities between a cancer inflicted school teacher turned drug lord to typography, but still, you get my point.

Does the first post determine your success into the blogsphere? Will it highlight your failures as a writer, your weaknesses to cover interesting news, or even worse,, be so completely boring that your vision crumbles before your eyes?

Goodness! I am getting ahead of myself.

My name is Irene. I am a designer and illustrator in Sydney, Australia.

Drawn from Type is my chronicled obsession for illustration and typography.

Nice to meet you. And remember:

"We dont want to scare your children" Self made type poster. Hand drawn then treated in Photoshop.