OFFICIAL
77.2
pretty good |
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Content
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| Quality : |
16.0 / 20 |
| Quantity : |
11.5 / 15 |
| Entertain : |
12.5 / 15 |
| Updates : |
7.0 / 10 |
| Exclusive : |
5.0 / 05 |
| Download : |
3.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
55.0 / 70 |
| Navigation |
| Easy : |
8.0 / 10 |
| Features : |
3.5 / 05 |
| Design : |
3.0 / 05 |
| sub-total : |
14.5 / 20 |
| Other |
| Temp Fill : |
7.7 / 10 |
| sub-total : |
7.7 / 10 |
Scoring Criteria
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1. Sexy content/exclusive.
2. Great photography.
1. Slow growing.
2. Video quality could be improved.
3. No cam shows.
"Fun & flirty fetish content in it's most artistic form with improvements needed." |
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ArielX.com is the home of adult Supermodel, Ariel X, who prides herself on being just the kind-of girl that you "can't take home to moms". Whether it is your nasty little kinky desires, true erotica, fetish images, or some good ol' bi-sexual action, Ariel's site has got just the thing, with over 7,000+ images and 19+ videos as well as a member’s forum, an online journal, cam shows and more. The design of the tour is clearly professional as is the member’s area which features a plethora of creatively photographed fetish content. From the looks of things here you can expect to get a new, exclusive photoset and video added weekly, along with 2 web cam shows and journal entries, along with an additional "girlfriend" photoset for the amateur average of $19.95 per month.
Even from the tour it's clear that Arial's site is more than just a porn site. Her look is eccentric and her style is striking and artsy. Her photos are broken down into 4 categories: fetish, girl-on-girl, girlfriends, and nudes. While her content may be flirty and fun, they are by no means hardcore or sexually provoking. Many of her shoots bare quite a bit of contrasting colors and plays with light/shadows, body parts, etc. The quality is usually good but images can often be as small as 590x442 pixels and smaller, while others can be as large as 1152x864 pixels. A nice feature, though, is that all set are available for download, which is an extra special bonus for an individual site. The girlfriends category features about 121+ extra photosets with the same type of artistic and fetish content, bright, contrasting colors, and even a little girl-girl action, but not much. While I'm overall pleased with the content here and the style of photography, I would like to see more consistently large image sizes as well as some actual porn! Much of what you will find here is stylish-type fetish content but highly softcore in nature. Same goes with the videos here which are decent quality and size, though your only option to viewing them is Windows Media Player.
Other things to check out here include a web cam with chat, a member’s forum, a short-entry journal/blog (updated often), wallpapers and more. From the looks of things here you can expect to see a web cam show twice weekly (Tuesdays and Saturdays) and overall expect a little something or other pretty much every day of the week. I like the layout and design of things here but I would like to see consistently large images being added, more videos, and maybe a little somethin-somethin' in the way of slightly harder pornographic material (other than the truly erotic girl-on-girl stuff here, of course. I really like the style of images, the photography and the quality of the content, though, but there definitely is a "style" of things here so many of you might either love it or hate it, though I think most will appreciate it either way. The girls on the site, including Ariel herself, are simply gorgeous creatures and seeing them shot with such artistic style is always refreshing! Overall, $19.95 per month is not a bad deal for all that you'll find here.
| 1st Follow-Up Review |
Review: 01-05-07 |
It's been over 2 years since the last time we were here, so one can only imagine that a lot has changed in that time; both within the industry and ArielX.com itself. First off, let me start by giving you the raw numbers in terms of growth. Based on our last count, it looks as though they have managed to add about 3,790+ images and 26+ short video shoots in 2 years time. That's not a whole lot of growth overall, considering. Based on the schedule you can still expect about 2 updates per week and 1 new journal entry, although the site doesn't seem to be actually following suit. I have to admit, I'm finding the site design to be somewhat confusing this time around but I'm still enjoying the image quality and style of photography. Images are looking larger as well, at around 1152x864 pixels. The video quality, however, has actually fallen behind with streams only as high as 512k and cam shows have been dropped all together. If this follow-up feels disconnected to you at all, it's purely a reflection of Ariel X's member's area, as I am feeling a strong sense of disconnection from it, too. MY numbers will likely be going down a bit this time, which I think is a reflection of Ariel X not keeping up with the times. I don't think her heart is in it anymore, unfortunately.
Score decreased from 79.4 to 77.2.
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