OFFICIAL
77.8
pretty good |
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Content
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| Quality : |
16.0 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
11.5 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
12.5 / 15 |
| Updates : |
6.5 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
5.0 / 05 |
| Download : |
3.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
55.0 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
8.0 / 10 |
| Features : |
3.5 / 05 |
| Design : |
3.5 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
15.0 / 20 |
| Other |
| Temp Fill : |
7.8 / 10 |
| sub-total : |
7.8 / 10 |
Scoring Criteria
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1. Good quality photos.
2. Interesting content.
1. Not a huge collection.
2. Growth isn't coming too quickly.
"A sexy trip to the darker side of erotica; though the site could use some growth." |
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Ariel X is an adult supermodel with a fetish flair. Her looks are quite striking and very different from those of a stereotypical pornstar (when she slicks her black hair back she kind of has a Matrix Trinity thing going on). Her tour is nicely designed and offers up some intriguing sample pics. The site is pretty new and I've not heard of Ariel before this but I'd say she's off to a good start.
Ariel currently has 118 galleries online for a total of just under 7,000 pictures. A new gallery is posted every Monday. Her pictures are very different from those on most porn sites. No soft focus airbrushed galleries here! Many of her sets include unusual lighting choices while others play around with the color and contrast of the photos. They're very interesting, and high quality, too. These are clearly professionally shot. My only complaint is that they're a bit too small for my liking. 440x590 is well below today's standard. The pics look so good it's really a shame they aren't larger.
There is also a collection of 19 videos with a new one added every Wednesday. The videos range in length from one to sixteen minutes long and vary in quality from 250k to 680k. They look good, definitely better than what are on most solo-model sites. Most of the videos have funky club music in the background and feature Ariel stripping or making out with a girlfriend. There are some videos that are filmed behind the scenes during photoshoots and some that feature a nude Ariel answering an interviewer's questions. It's a good collection and I look forward to seeing it grow.
Despite the look of the site and the fetish feel, this is actually a very softcore website. Most of the galleries simply feature Ariel stripping or naked striking interesting poses shot at unconventional camera angels. She has a few girl-girl scenes but they don't usually go any further than kissing and caressing. Her fetish scenes include latex, foot worship, light bondage, and sometimes toys. Everything is kept very tasteful. This is definitely more of a glamour-fetish than a freaky-fetish site.
You really get to know Ariel on her site, particularly through some of her bonus features. She keeps a blog that she updates every Tuesday and Friday and she performs a webcam show every Thursday and Saturday. On Sundays she adds a girlfriend gallery so, for those keeping track, that means every day something new is added to the site. There's also a semi-active forum. All in all the site is very well-rounded and offers all of the features I feel a single-model site should have.
Ariel X is off to a very good start. The one area of the site that needs work is the size, and I mean that both in regards to the content count and the image size. Everything else is on the right track. I feel $20 a month is a reasonable price for this site, especially as it grows. The bonus features are great and I appreciate having something new every day. This site is a good join for glamour fetish fans.
| 1st Follow-Up Review |
Review: 01-04-07 |
With two years since our last look at Ariel X, it was definitely time for a follow-up. As you'd expect, the site has grown somewhat in that time. She now has around 12,000 photos and 45 videos (up from 7,000 and 19 respectively). That's not quite the growth I'd hope for, and it does appear that updates have slowed since our last look, now averaging one a week (although the list of upcoming updates with the next one dated two months from now worries me). One thing that has grown a good bit are the actual photos, now offered at 1150x864. That's a big improvement. She's still writing in her journal (although now it's just once a week instead of twice). Unfortunently, it looks like camshows have stopped. All in all, it's a mixed bag. The pictures still look very good and they're really different and interesting. I just wish the rest of the site was a bit stronger.
Score increased from 77.2 to 77.8.
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