I’m not gonna blow smoke up your asses.
July 2010 at SG wasn’t “all that”.
HOWEVER, I’m gonna try* and keep it positive and direct you to those sets THAT WERE (and still are!) good.
Join me, won’t you?
First up we have a great set by @temper entitled No Vag No Love .
Whenever a person enters the public realm (by doing such things as getting naked in front of a camera for a pin-up website), they are bound to encounter detractors.
Trolls.
Assholes.
What Temper did so stunningly was TURN THE CANNONS AROUND on the battlefield.
She titled her set after a particularly crude tag or comment which someone must have left on one of her previous sets.
And in so doing, she achieves a sort of communications judo of which Marshall McLuhan would have surely been proud.
You can see a whole load of tasteless shit with which wankers must have peppered her comments.
Peep the mirror and the bits written in lipstick.
#NoVagNoLove
#ShowPink
#WantPussy
#AnotherCuntlessSG
What an uncouth lot.
Yes, being an entertainer (includes pin-up models) is thankless.
Models have feelings.
And the overwhelming majority of models on SG put their hearts and souls into their work.
But once you enter the public sphere—the arena—it’s BRUTAL.
Temper made a masterpiece here.
Check out the shot eight from the end.
In a nod to meat-flap crudity, she deftly trots out two slices of prosciutto.
That is fucking ART.
God damn.
What a way to start.
It’s gonna be a great month, right?
Well, we’ll see…
Next we got @ashly in her swan song (?) Stud .
This one should have gotten much more love.
What a tremendous rack!!
But then things went real silent…
Uh oh.
We don’t detect a pulse again until @squee dropped Fifth .
Shot brilliantly by Levazzaro (?), this set shows off a smokin’-hot, leggy gal with perfect little breasts and rosy nipples.
That’s three great sets.
Amongst a plethora of uninspiring fare.
Keeping us alive was @succor in Overcast Past .
This busty babe was looking fantastic in front of the ever-talented lens of @alissa .
Also good was @tera in her swan song (?) Playful .
Once again, it was Alissa capturing the magic.
Tera was packing a MESMERIZING rear end.
Holy hell!
And we can actually appreciate it because there are CLOSE-UPS (thank you, Alissa!).
Rounding out the first week or so was @tiffini in Silent Whispers .
Photographed by “Cherry Vega” (is that @cherry ?), this set employs a genius usage of cool color timing.
Everything has a cool, blue tint.
And this is particularly effective in relation to Tiffani’s beautiful, brown skin.
Sadly, it was indeed Tiffini’s last set for SG.
[so one thing we are seeing here is a lot of turnover—perhaps this month (and the previous month) were a “lull” due to a changing of the guard? Lots of models leaving, new models coming in??]
One thing’s certain, things came roaring back with @macismycrack in Private Afterparty .
It looks to have been her final Hopeful set.
Those are some special jugs!!
Also good was @king in Kittens Inspired by Kittens .
Not only was King breaking out the catnip (while licking her paws every now and then), the masks give it a cool, spooky David Lynch vibe.
Kinda creepy, but very engaging!
Kicking it up a notch was @belena in a great set called Good Day Sunshine .
This artful set deserved to do MUCH better.
I love the way she uses that frame to focus the viewer’s attention!
Not to mention, she has FANTASTIC legs!!
Hubba hubba.
Then we come to a set that I think is perfect.
It’s @riae in My Sunset .
This lady had a stellar pair of knockers!!!
One of the very few (three) perfect sets in the months.
You want high-quality, GREAT work, look no further than the angelic @vesta in Feeling This .
This one was definitely shot by @cherry .
I mean…Vesta is just a dream come true!!
What a smile!
And what a pure beauty!!
<3
Things kept rollin’ with @nekrofelia in Kamasutra Dreams .
Best thing about this set is that potlatched final shot: the book over her face.
Such a beautiful face!
And something positively-naughty about having it (and only it) disappear in the final frame.
ART!
Also good was @dice in Silver Beams (likewise shot by @cherry ).
Dice was IN SHAPE.
How about that rock-hard ass with natural backlighting flowing in through the Venetian blinds???
It works QUITE well!
But better was @nimby in her only Hopeful set Asian Zing .
Nice boobs!!
Then we come to another one of those RARE perfect sets from July 2010.
It’s @liu in Alphaville .
First of all, if the premise of your set is a Jean-Luc Godard movie, I am giving you a perfect score.
Film noir, but in color.
Again, very David Lynch.
Mulholland Dr. comes to mind.
Here we have a prototypical femme fatale…smoking her cigarette in long, languorous drags…
The color scheme is ON-POINT.
The nighthawks are at the diner.
Bathed in neon.
Blue, blue: electric blue.
Offset by a red right out of Truffaut’s Fahrenheit 451.
And there is DRAMA.
¡ACTION!
13 from the end.
Looks like she is giving hea…oh, no: that’s just a lamp…up to which she looks with doe eyes.
Naughty as fuck!
I love it!!
And then the shot eight from the end…eyes closed—painted fingernails covering her mouth.
A stylized gesture that Roy Lichtenstein would have understood.
BANG!
POP!
WHIZZ!
This is a perfect set.
Truly.
Gal has a decent ass.
And really no tits of which to speak.
Which proves the point.
Get an ARTFUL photographer.
Make sure they also know their CRAFT (if possible).
But the winning formula is HAVE A FUCKING IDEA.
Don’t just get naked in front of the camera.
…UNLESS YOU ARE REALLY FUCKING HOT!
Have a vision.
Be creative.
Execute on your vision.
From your vision, craft a plan for your set.
Execute on the plan.
Bring your vision to life.
Do this, and the SG community will LOVE YOU.
Because they will see that you didn’t just “mail it in” with another lazy, bland set.
It’s hard to follow Alphaville, but I give credit to @samanie for her debut Hopeful set Relaxxx .
There’s no photographer credited here, but the poses are at once romantic and modern.
Very painterly!
Things kept rollin’ with @jaeci in her penultimate (?) set Be My Lover .
Music references are always appreciated.
How did she know my favorite Alice Cooper song?!?
Anyhow, this set is quite good.
Hard to say no to that scrumptious “ass lift” she does!
But taking it up a notch was @faithful in HER penultimate set [lots of models were leaving] Curvy .
This bra-busting, caramel-skinned gal SMACKED IT with this one.
Fucking great!!
Kudos as well to @ivonne in her ONLY Suicide Girls set Love Life .
This set is just so clean and clear.
And nice legs!
Ok, we come now to the third and final PERFECT set of this underwhelming month.
It’s @vladi in a Hopeful set which should have INSTANTLY turned her Pink: Go Big .
Jesus Humbert Christ!
Ginormous titties.
And they’re two-tone.
Dark-red nipple—rosy-pink areolæ.
Fucking hell!!!
It always bums me out to see a Hopeful come with THE GOODS (in a snoozer month) and not be rewarded.
Ugh.
But there were other things to be happy about.
Like the great set by @nixon entitled The Fishermans Wife .
If you’re an ink aficionado, check out Nixon’s POPPIN’, classic-green tats.
I love that chest piece.
I love classic-green tattoos.
This set really handles hentai MASTERFULLY.
Thing I love about Nixon is that she was always being ADVENTUROUS.
I’m not seeing that on SG in April 2024.
Too many models “playing it safe”.
Take a page from Nixon’s book.
Study her sets.
She has the GUTS to push the envelope.
And I really admire that!!
Ok, five more.
First is @etana in her Hopeful debut Tea By the Thames .
The winning shot to me is 25 from the end: a sharp-clawed ass grab.
DAMN!
I love it.
Also good was @quinne in Hands Down .
Big boobs.
Close-ups.
Nice!
A cut above was @kemper in Im Not Bad [sic].
If you like the pale-skinned gals like I do, you gotta check out Kemper here.
And dig that VIVID, stained-glass ink she’s rockin’ on her chest.
Great set!!
Two more.
First is @chayce in her only Hopeful set Gentle Strokes .
Super-fit gal with sculpted legs and butt.
Fuck…
Good shit!
And we end this month with…
Oh. Wait.
This just in.
We have an additional set to include.
Ok, this one and one more.
First is @ceci in Delicatesse .
If there’s a bunch of tulle in your set, chances are I’m gonna love it.
[big Degas fan here]
This set is both impressionist and BOLD AS FUCK.
Great set!!
And finally (for real this time), it’s @livion in what appears to be her final Hopeful effort Little Bird .
A two-tone breast in close-up?
Yes, please!!
—Pauly Deathwish