on blogging: transitions and flow

this is a little orphaned post that pertains directly to my tumblr, and as such cannot be published on my tumblr (that's just how I work, shoo).

If anyone views my tumblr blog these days (and when I say these days I mean anytime in the last year or so), I'm hoping very dearly that they see smooth transitions between the many posts. I know the common method is to post a certain category of posts in blocks, so you get a plethora of [insert X fandom] posts one afternoon and many [insert Y genre] posts in the night. Despite enjoying this style of blogging from others, I have the tendency to go in a different direction when I post: I pick colour as the main element in my visual hierarchy.

To elaborate: I feel like most bloggers, whether consciously or not, usually produce some form of transitioning on their blogs; their blogs, when viewed, flow post-to-post without the reader really noticing it. There is a smoothness that posts need, especially short ones (i.e. the one-picture ones). In most cases, when there is a whole continuous chunk of, say, SnK spam, because the subject matter ties it all together, it matters less that the colours and forms don't match from one post to the next.

Mine, however, is a multifandom and mixed blog, meaning that a random sample of three consecutive posts could be something like this: Hirunaka no Ryuusei mangacaps, photos of the sea, and a selca from Lee Jungshin. Because I rarely post the same subject matter for more than five or six consecutive posts, I can't work towards the more effective form of visuals - I have to find a different bow to wrap my blog in. What I go with: colour.

I don't reblog something if the colour and gradient clash too violently with the post I just reblogged. I won't post a photo that starts dark on the upper half  and fades to lighter shades below if I've just posted a dark one. I don't mix warm tones with cool ones except where the transition is kind and doesn't jar the eyes. The one thing I've always been particular about, in writing and in other things, is flow. I get very fussy about transitions, which is a shame because it's not something you would notice; because you only notice bad transitioning. But you know, it takes effort all the same, so I wanted to get it out just because.

Disclaimer: I'm not trying to sound all hipstery and "oh I do something unique and different" because I know I don't, but I wanted to just... say something that might make it clear that I spend just as much time worrying about the flow of my posts as anyone, despite the broad, rapid variation of my content (that I think might give the impression of haphazard reblogging).

I should really go to bed.