Week 1B: Blogs I Commented On

For the second part of this week's assignment, I commented on the blogs on the students listed below. I enjoy seeing everyone's perspective on what they find to be inviting or eye catching. Some of us have very similar taste while other's it's very different. I'm starting to see how big of a role things like color scheme and text can play, especially on a website that's marketing something.

Here's the blogs I commented on:
1.) Taylor Bantle
2.) Vicki Mowery
3.) Mario Panousos

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