Exactly 15 years ago.
What was SG like?
Let's find out together.
Putting The Cunt in Country right out of the gates was the enormously-endowed @suri .
It's hard for me to not give this set a perfect rating.
Suri looks awesome.
But the concept and photography are not as epic as the model.
Even so, breast men should check this out fo sho.
Let me interpolate an early caveat.
It makes a difference whether one is viewing SG on a phone or on a computer with a much bigger screen.
On a phone, viewers of photo sets are likely to do a quick glance at the thumbnails (a contact sheet of sorts) to see if they wanna take the time to blow any of these photos up.
Let me be perfectly clear: ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS I AM WRITING THIS SERIES IS TO HELP MODELS MAKE MORE MONEY.
So here's the thing models: you gotta be eye-catching at the postage stamp size.
How?
Smart use of colors.
A liberal application of the close-up.
Re: colors.
You probably are not going to want to just throw a rainbow of vomit into your set.
Using EVERY SINGLE COLOR THAT EXISTS may not be the best tactic.
Pick a color you want to emphasize.
Familiarize yourself with a color wheel.
If you want have a nice, two-color composition (very effective), find a complement for your main color.
Here's some combos I find work well together:
-pink and green
-orange and blue
-purple and yellow
But you need not necessarily operate with such colors in the forefront.
Remember that you may well indeed be nude for much of (if not all of) the set.
Your skin color will be the primary element in the composition.
Fair-skinned people seem to do well by accentuating their pale complexion with the color white.
A "white" person surrounded by items or a background that is actually the color white becomes a sort of pink or beige colored person.
Another tactic would be to offset pale skin with black.
Let's talk about black models.
They are, like white people, not literally black.
They are dark brown.
Actually, many different shades of brown.
Dark brown is a wonderful constituent of the fall colors (brown, red, orange, and yellow).
Just as a white person can benefit from being in a photographic composition which employs the actual color white, so I believe a black person can benefit from being in a photographic composition which employs the actual color black.
Against the actual color black, our eyes see that black people are technically not black.
And against the actual color white, our eyes see that white people are technically not white.
Then we have the beautiful Latina ladies.
And Asian ladies.
Let's focus on the first.
Many of our wonderful models from such places as Brazil have a skin tone much like honey.
But is it exactly like honey?
Almost certainly not.
So I think models from South and Central America (or of Hispanic heritage) can benefit from being in photographic compositions which prominently employ a gold color.
Likewise, if you want to offset gold (a sort of yellow), perhaps offset it with purple.
Some Latina models have a wonderful, natural tan.
They are born with a golden-brown skin tone.
To offset this golden-brown (a sort of orange), try the color blue.
Again, having a color wheel at your disposal lets you know exactly which shades you should perhaps be aiming for in forming a harmonious (or even interesting) composition.
As for close-ups, get a good nipple shot.
Maybe a shot of your lips.
Use your imagination.
Maybe a naughtier, erogenous zone of focus.
CLOSE-UPS!
Make the viewer say, "Damn...she gets all up on that camera??? Hol up...I gotta see this. Blow that shit up!!!"
We have many wonderful female members here on SG, but if you wanna make money, you gotta think like a man (to a certain extent).
If my informal research is accurate, about 90% of SG members are men.
Get CLOSE-UPS of your tits.
Every time.
Every set.
Unless that is not your best feature.
Get CLOSE-UPS of your ass.
Every time.
Every set.
Unless that is not your best feature.
Don't waste shots accentuating something that is not really your strength.
Get CLOSE-UPS of your beautiful face.
Every time.
Every set.
Unless that is not your best feature.
Few of us are born with a 10/10 rack, a 10/10 booty, and a 10/10 visage.
If you meet those qualifications (as subjective as judging that is), you are probably an A-list Hollywood actress.
Or porn STAR.
Ok, back to the sets.
One gal who had some nice nipples and a fetching bum was @bexi .
Unleashed has some nice photography.
I particularly appreciate the areola close-up.
And the excellent contrast-lighting on her butt cheeks in picture number 6.
And she shot this herself!
Great work!!
Another gal with great tits and ass was @lottey .
Get in her Flight Path here.
Also looking hot as fuck in November 2008 was @vesta in Monsters Under the Bed .
Go check this set out and leave her a nice tip.
Let's reward the models who have stuck around and remain ACTIVE on SG.
Respect!
If you need some candied ginger to brighten your day, look no further than Hopeful @andyvandy in her set Homewrecker .
This is a really cute, eye-catching set from a Hopeful who sadly never went Pink.
You can't tip it, but you can enjoy it.
Ok, let me tell you about a semi-androgynous model named @astell .
I don't know about you, but I find the boyish haircut on gals HOT AS FUCK.
And here she is--looking like a crisp and clean pixie in Lazy Days .
The "coolness" of this set is, in my opinion, largely attributable to her excellent choice of color to accentuate: sea-foam green.
This set makes me wanna say daddy-o ad nauseam.
I really dig this set tremendously!
And don't underestimate the zesty ebullience of bright blond hair.
Such a pretty gal.
Coming in with some lovely coral areolae was @alessia in Heaven .
This one is shot really well!
Check out the languid poses.
Some excellent photographic composition at work in that one.
But then perfection comes in like an atom bomb.
Put on your sunglasses and stare into the epic awesomeness of @clio in Destroy .
Good gawd, y'all!!!
Ok, let me regain my composure after that one.
If you wanna see a HIGH-QUALITY set, check out the luscious @holley in Holleyday .
Definitely a powerdery, jelly-donut vibe at work here.
Antique lace.
[insert non sequitur here]
Ok, next for a girl who should have gone Pink.
A quintessential Suicide Girl.
Passed over for some reason.
In a month that, while an improvement, is certainly not chock full of excellence.
I speak of @talie and her set Canine Cupcakes .
Skin like sour milk.
Tats like bold fuck-yous.
No tits.
That's alright.
Proving a point.
Tits ain't everything (even for an uber-breast-man like myself).
[sorry no umlaut...American computer...user error]
Talie chose her tats wisely.
INK is her best feature.
[and it doesn't hurt to have a darling face]
Picking tattoos that complement your skin tone is important.
She's pale as fuck.
Her tattoos are dark.
CONTRAST.
It's artful.
She is artful.
She has made herself an even greater work of art than how she was when she was born.
Tattoos IMPROVED her (aesthetically).
I find this to rarely be the case.
I love girls with tats.
But few gals put in the effort and research to get it right.
Few gals really nail it when it comes to ink.
This one does.
Let's examine.
Mostly a left sleeve.
Right arm looks clean.
But this gal was also very savvy with wardrobe.
I say "quintessential" Suicide Girl.
How does she manage such a compliment?
The black hair.
Black hair vs. pale skin.
CONTRAST.
Artful.
Black top.
Heavy on the black eye makeup.
Art.
The art of contrast.
Also doesn't hurt that she's fit as fuck.
And has a nice bottom.
She doesn't have a ton of ink.
And none of it is particularly special in and of itself.
It's more how it looks ON HER.
Get a tattoo artist who is sexy.
Get a tattoo artist who looks cool.
I mean really cool.
If you see someone in your city with a bad-ass tattoo, find out exactly where they had it inked.
And by whom.
Track that artist down.
Do that kind of legwork and you won't end up with shite tattoos.
As a Suicide Girl (and/or Hopeful), your tattoos are an investment.
What Talie did really well to make up for the hackneyed design of her tattoos was having an excellent feel for PLACEMENT.
I could take or leave the ankle tat.
And the bow on the back of her neck.
But everything else is in its right place.
If you're completely covered in ink, you have committed to maximalism.
Talie is employing a sort of minimalism regarding her tattoos.
Perhaps it's because she's young.
And tats are expensive.
Boobs ain't everything (as much as it pains me to say that).
I said earlier that this month was an improvement over the prior three months at SG.
I might have been a bit premature with that assessment.
Cause things start draggin' like a MOTHAFUCKA around mid-month.
So thank Christ for @mantaraye bringing the goods.
Sadly, she was another Hopeful who never went Pink.
I mean...Little Bridge is a damn-near-perfect set.
It ain't perfect, but she is.
But alas, she was not inked enough.
Or she didn't suck the right person off.
Or something.
Anyhow.
She got some all-star jugs.
Worth a look!!
Thankfully, @malloreigh was holding up the Pink side with a quite-exquisite spread called The Monkey Set .
Alright.
SG members are connoisseurs.
It's not just about tits and ass.
We want some fucking CREATIVITY.
We want some Cyndi Lauper.
Some Laurie Anderson.
Some Kate Bush.
Some Bjork.
[sorry, still no umlauts...my computer is xenophobic]
To the rescue comes @dice with Shock Me .
This set took WORK.
Effort!
AND IT WAS WORTH IT!!
I think members respect this kind of creativity.
We want UNIQUE.
Dice delivered BIG TIME with this one.
You might say, "What's the big deal? It's just a bunch of fucking wires!"
True.
BUT...she EXECUTED on a strong idea.
She didn't reinvent the wheel.
Other models had used wires before.
But not often.
And this one has more of an OK Computer vibe than perhaps any other electronics set I've seen up to this point in SG history.
But again.
She didn't have to consult Albert fucking Einstein to dream this up.
The effort is in MAKING IT HAPPEN.
And she should be applauded for making it happen in such a way that IT WORKS.
As art.
This set could be in MoMA.
But they are so far up their own asses that they could never see how this relates to (and is on par with) Jeff Koons and Marina Abramovic.
[no diacritical marks either...beginning to suspect my computer is a white supremacist]
Dice's set is fucking great not least due to the superb photography of @tmronin .
Check it out.
Ok, here's a set I tipped just now [sic].
It's a perfect set.
And it is by a gal who actually doesn't have gargantuan mammaries (surprised?).
She has really nice boobs.
And they are enough.
Together with pristine photography.
To equal a perfect set.
The model is @loksy .
The set is Femme .
Give us details.
Goosebumps.
The French always do it cinematic.
Watch the French.
And this gal is as good as any.
A wonderful representative of Montreal.
[my racist computer still refusing to do diacritical marks]
French-Canadian masterpiece here.
If you need to see a stunningly-beautiful gal with a bottle of Maker's Mark between her tits, look no further than @rambo in Private Bar
God damn, her hair's looking good in this one.
That's a face that any model would kill to have.
What a dish!
More perfection would follow shortly with @athena in My Pad or Yours .
Go tip this set.
I just spent my last fiver on some Alpo.
Enjoying it now.
Yum!
Ok, now for some fucking art.
By a Hopeful.
Who never went Pink.
GOD DAMN IT!!!
Ok.
First, she chose a theme.
Ballet.
She got ahold of some shoes.
Then she fucked it up.
In a good way.
20 pictures from the end.
Smears silty dirt on her torso.
Soils herself (in a literal sense).
Sullies the pristine ballerina archetype.
That would have been enough to be notable.
But she takes it a pirouette further.
Dig the Muybridge photography in photos five and four from the end (respectively).
The model was @jique .
The set is On Pointe [sic].
Well-done, lady!!
Now for perfection.
From a Hopeful.
In a somewhat-mundane month.
Well, I should qualify that.
Without the Hopefuls (the best ones never went Pink), this month would have been as bad as the prior three.
So thank fuck for @kupkake .
[my computer really likes this model for some reason...might have to learn to code so I can reeducate this bigot!]
The perfect set is Summer Into Dust .
Why perfect?
Just because she has mind-bending jugs.
Few women are so blessed.
So she shit out this brick of perfection.
Didn't have to be creative.
Didn't have to think about colors.
BUT...you can't really build a career on just that.
Why didn't she go Pink?
I mean...she followed back half of her followers.
Or she followed SOMEONE (making it appear that way).
So that's a good start.
In other words, she wasn't putting on a front that she was hot shit.
For she was, indeed, actual hot shit.
Shit in this context being a very, very good thing.
The real deal.
The genuine article.
But it wasn't enough.
I would tip this set on sheer principle.
Except that I can't.
Q: at what point did Hopefuls become eligible for tips?
Q+: does the ability to tip Hopefuls "disappear" at a certain point in a model's run with SG?
Says she's from Austin.
Somebody give her my digits.
Actual Suicide Girls were making actual good sets.
But not a lot of them during this period.
One good one is Acid Party by @liu .
The set is great.
Looks like Wes Anderson making out with Tim Burton at Harrods department store.
But the model is FUCKING AWESOME.
She is SG since 2006.
She has about 25,000 followers.
Guess how many she's following back.
0? No.
20? No.
88? No.
200? No.
2000? No, but getting closer.
4000? No, keep going.
8000? So close.
She's following 9,000 people on here.
She isn't pretending to be hot shit (I'm so exclusive...I only follow 17 people and let my 20,000 followers eat cake).
She ACTUALLY IS hot shit.
Personality matters.
Being nice matters.
Members pay the bills.
Be nice to members.
Maybe they'll help you pay yours.
It's a full-time job.
Being a Suicide Girl.
It ain't just posing.
That's where it begins.
It ain't just "going Pink".
That's another beginning.
What are your goals?
What do you want to get out of SG?
What is your biggest dream?
Mad props to Liu for creating an engaging set with help from a great photographer (@prussia ).
And don't sleep on @khru in Classic .
Another Hopeful (who never went Pink) making the SGs of the time look bad.
Tell it like it is.
But here come the French again.
With a world-class photographer (the second great photographer in SG history...after the trailblazing master @missy ).
The models (yes, it's a multi...that medium whose message is usually laziness on the part of the models to make their own sets) are @noemie and @raia .
The photographer is @p_mod .
The set is Poupees de porcelaine .
Noemie is located in Paris (French).
Raia's metier is capricieuse (French).
P_Mod is a fan of Twin Peaks (cinema).
What makes the French special?
Cinema.
It's not just two bitches pretending to make out while crowding every frame with their mundane carcasses.
No.
It's much, much more than that.
How?
Show me someone not fully in frame.
Just her...
Focus.
Create a character.
Know the language of photography.
The language of art.
The language of cinema.
Show me candid.
Show me a smile.
You surprised her.
No one is that good an actor.
Close-up.
Show the naughty.
Artful.
Like Bardot in Contempt.
[given up on diacritics at this point...have the English]
Show me teeth and lips and biting.
Just that.
Focus.
Tell a story.
A beginning, a middle, and an end.
Not necessarily in that order.
Tell a story open to interpretation.
Art.
Show baby-blue hair tie in burgundy locks.
Dusty, barley...brown harvest hair.
Make a color decision.
This hair tie, not that one.
Have an eye.
There's only been one TV show that was cinema.
But Godard's Histoire(s) was made for TV.
The best movie of all time.
Everything is possible.
Show two deer in the headlights.
Caught.
--Pauly Deathwish
