If I'm blogging, then the fad is probably already over. I was brought into it via some illustration web boards (the ispot.com), and found it to be an interesting way to talk about my favorite subjects with like minded folks.
I somehow stumbled onto Drawger, which is a community of illustrator's blogs. It's like a gated community of illustrators where you can play in the playground, but you have to be invited in if you want a site there(more on that in a minute). For the most part, they're a supportive, interesting, diverse group with some thought provoking posts and good art. For me, it's addicting because I love illustration, and some of my favorites are there. It's fun to see the process behind some of the art we see in magazines, newspapers, and places we didn't know to look.
It's mostly artists posting their latest work (As this blog started out to be) and the rest of the crowd giving up a chorus of attaboys/girls. But on ocassion, you get a great Randall Enos story of illustration back in the day, an amazing Zina Saunders portrait, a surprisingly personal post about Tim O'Brien's childhood, the always thoughtful Marc Burkhardt, and the industry unto himself, Bob Staake. Steve Brodner is there, but he doesn't post much. I wish he would. Out of the whole crowd, he's by far the most fascinating. Maybe it all goes into his work and he's used up all he has to say in that.
There are many more, but when you see certain names, you either hit the next button, or you're suddenly committed to an hour or so of surfing the site.
Full disclosure: I was invited to join, did so, and then was disinvited. I compounded this humiliation by anonymously posting(never anything nasty) until I realized that this was a sport I was meant to watch, not play. I'm still not sure why I got booted so quickly. It usually takes me a bit longer to piss that many people off.
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