How I Made My Blog Look Better

In order to make the blog look nicer, I used the four principles of design: contrast, repetition, alignment, and proximity.

Following the rules of contrast and repetition, I used the same font, size, and color for all of my posts so it wouldn't look messy or overwhelmed. This also shows unity of my overall design instead of each post having a different identity. The only thing that is highlighted is the title of the blog, which has an image of the ocean behind it. 

In the blog theme I picked, everything is already nicely aligned and shows a connection between each element. The date is right under the title and before the content of the post, connecting this two information to when it was written. The color is bit lighter because it is not the most important text of that page.

Lastly, I added some gadgets such as the Translation button, Archives, Labels, and Report Abuse. Because they are all extra features, I put them all on the left side on the screen, after you click on the side bar. Under the blog title, I created a menu bar so you can click "Home" to stay on the blog or "More About Me" which links directly to my Instagram page.