2010 in review

This is a great WordPress feature, and it’s revving  my creative engine for 2011! It’s encouraging to see how well my blog did in it’s first full year. For this coming year, the goal is definitely to share more information to my fellow illustrators. Stay tuned!

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health:

The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow.

Crunchy numbers

A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 1,700 times in 2010. That’s about 4 full 747s.

In 2010, there were 23 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 36 posts. There were 47 pictures uploaded, taking up a total of 10mb. That’s about 4 pictures per month.

The busiest day of the year was September 6th with 77 views. The most popular post that day was Illustration Friday: “Dessert”.

Where did they come from?

The top referring sites in 2010 were illustrationfriday.com, auralesnjak.com, zero2illo.ning.com, clubhouse.zero2illo.com, and google.com.

Some visitors came searching, mostly for archaeopteryx, owl illustration, sketches of owls, hedgehog, and owl and the pussycat.

Attractions in 2010

These are the posts and pages that got the most views in 2010.

1

Illustration Friday: “Dessert” September 2010
12 comments and 1 Like on WordPress.com,

2

SCBWI Conference Part 1: Illustrator Tips August 2010
6 comments

3

Illustration Friday: “Drifting” June 2009
10 comments

4

About May 2009
4 comments

5

Illustration Friday: “Clumsy” January 2010
11 comments

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