The Pornstars' Rack: Happy Anniversary!

Wake me up when September ends. Actually, a little earlier, I have a party to go to. The one for the anniversary of...

SL Connoisseur



One year of SL Connoisseur! It's great to see publications make it that far, because in Second life, a year is A FRIGGING LIFETIME! And as the founder, owner, publisher of the mag Edvard Taurion says in his intro, "It was a long and bumpy road, but also full of so much fun and surprises. I am glad we all made it". 
Speaking of someone who looks like they have been through a long and bumpy road...One year of Connoisseur means also a year of memorable centerfold shoot by the wonderful Cream Release.

And a year of interviews and more!

You know, in one year of coverage of this magazine, never once (well, except the time when I had the honor to be on the cover myself) I had the chance to know in advance who the pin-up for the coming issue was going to be.
This time I thought I had a bit of juicy gossip when chatting with Cream she told me that the cover girl of this month was "a pain in the butt to work with". Well...duhhhh. You fooled me, Cream!
I should have known better. The staff of this magazine, beginning with the committment they take when they accept to have their work exclusive to SL Connoisseur, have shown absolute diligence, dedication to their work and professionalism. Credit to Ed for shaping his magazine this way.

...Also a year of  erotic stories. Laura brings her debaucherous sensuality and  the punchline of this issue is hers again.

But first and foremost credit to the staff members, who again did beautifully this month, for their thickest, most polished and well thought out issue to day. As it always should, the next issue being better than the previous! This issue brings us more of the active contribution from Onisa Lundquist, who does the photography for Edvard's interview, plus interviews and shoots with other 2 designers (including one of my favourite jewelry stores, damn!!), not to mention the 'Pet of the Month' spread, this month with a beauty out of this world, Monique LeFry!

Sideboob, 3/4 arse, high heels, and Pluto in Pisces. Yes, I think I stargazed enough today.

The latest addition to the team this issue is Court Faith, a name you read A LOT in the porn world lately. Nobody is as active as she is now with her photography. In this issue she interviews and photographs a content creator very familiar to our readers as well as a group member and already covergirl in a past issue of Busted, Akira Kira.

Fashion designers, sim owners and obviously furniture creators on this issue. 13 issues of original content!

And SL Connoisseur doubles on the erotic stories this time AND on the Cream, because together with Laura Richards' contribution with a story perfect for this issue that leads to Halloween, we also are treated with erotica featuring Cream herself and one of the cutest models on the scene, the lovely Lara Dieterle.

Cream and Lara drawing a crowd!

Speaking of the Halloween mood and binary occurences, Kayla Bombastic for this second appearance on the mag shows us as well a great pair. No, you pervs, I mean the location reports SL Connoisseur has brought us from day one and that the Bombastic one has debuted covering in the previous issue. The dramatization of her visit to Ironwood Hills is a great read even for those who already know the sim by heart. Which you won't anyway, since it's an ever-changing one , that Kayla's narration will compel you to visit again, trace her steps, or make it your own experience!

Kayla's photography and writing are definitely inviting. This month, Ironwood Hills and  Byrd Island

Finally, a mention to Kristina Deschanel's work putting all the pieces together as the Technical Editor of the mag. Over 200 pages not easy to compile, and with a presentation that gets slicker - really pleasant splash pages presenting most articles this month, I really liked it. Plus, she happens to do the party photos that open the issue, which is a bonus since she got some reaaaaally nice action shots...

Mooned by Moonie, at the previous Connoisseur Party!

What's to add to close this post? Obviously a shoutout to this upcoming party, today Thursday 29th, at 11 AM SLT!

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/BDSM/231/67/24

Come to the party, have your photo taken, meet and greet Ed, the staff, perhaps get a chance to be in an upcoming issue...but hey, first and foremost get this new issue, as it's pretty good! In fact, don't wait for the party and do your homework: get Connoisseur from the marketplace store!

To schedule a post on the Pornstars blog, simply contacting me, Katina Cazalet, inworld, is enough! Let me know when you are avalaible!

The Pornstars' Rack: An Even Hotter Summer !

Two posts in a row with my partner in it? Heck , I am so...

Shameless



...XXX.

Nah, seriously! I TOLD you yesterday, that Aroused! is gonna be monthly now, but also that Marika has still been working extra hard. And that is what she had in store. A new publication! I would love to yap about it lots, but to properly introduce what Shameless XXX is, here you have her own words.

Without futher ado, here's Marika!

One of the models in this issue, on a first magazine appearance, steady partigoer Mags

- First question: Why a second magazine?

" Two reasons. One, Aroused! is a quite well established brand, with an amazing group of dedicated photographers. It works well, and I am sure with new Head Editor it will become even better. Reason two, I know there are many tgirls in porn community, but why not have some sort of central point for them? The place people's eyes focus at when it comes to show ladies with extra beautifulness.

Marika probably would need even more magazines to fit all the great hotties she has worked with. 
Look at Akira Kira, in this issue as well !

...There's a third reason, quite silly though: I love making magazine layouts, and it was good excuse to work on it."

- Off the record....I think that was the main reason.

" Well, I won't create a third magazine very soon, don't worry."

- So, t-girls are the central point of the new magazine. Tell us a bit more about what the readers can expect to see there, and how it is different from Aroused!.

" As you mentioned: tgirls are the focus. Main difference is, it's going to be a model oriented magazine. Aroused! tends to feature photographers rather than models, Shameless' gonna be the opposite."

Uh-oh! Has Marika been focusing too much on a particular photographer! Check out the magazine to find out, in this sex and sexy shoot from Nicasio Ansar, featuring Erika Thorkveld!

- That's a very important difference. I am asking the question that interests the blog readers and group members the most, probably: what do you do to be on the magazine? Are you open to collaborations with other photographers? Also, anything particular a model could/should do to help their chances to be in it? 

 " I am always open for photographers, and in general - people who want to collaborate. We got these two titles right now, so if the photographer can't appear in Shameless, Aroused! is always open for them. The fact that Shameless is tgirls oriented doesn't mean Aroused! gets rid of them, no. It's just a different approach.

Now about models... I know many people love to pose, and I hope it's one more extra opportunity for them to do so. Something that is more persistent than random casting call in groups. So, what to do? Spoil me with compliments, make sure you look angelic or hellish hot and we'll sort it out.

The opening splash page of  'The Three Poles' shoot. Why the name? read about it below...or use your imagination... :p

One more important thing: I hope it's been noticed I am open for models without experience too. Of course, well established Stars are the core of the community, we all admire and love them, but it's good to have some fresh blood too."

- So you made this new magazine, having already a lot of knowledge built up thanks to Aroused!. Walk us through this issue a bit, from the very moment you had the idea for a magazine, this new magazine, to the final product. What is it that you did first, what came in last, the website, what did you find the most difficult, etc. You present a rather unique case because you have your proprietary method to make a magazine that is not the Intellibook used by most, but still, i like to hear about your experience. 

" After running Aroused! for over one year it seems quite obvious I do many, magazine related, things better and way quicker than before. So, as the idea about having other magazine came to my mind, I basically started making its new, original layout, and that was funniest part. I used some of photographies I got in my flickr stream for that, but final version, of course, has got unique, not published anywhere content.
So, I started working on content, inviting models, poses, shooting - you know it very well how it works.

At first I've made SL version of magazine, and the last step was making the website to be ready to publish content from Issuu. Without false modesty I can tell you this: after making second brand of magazine I could make few another ones very quick, I mean technically. I won't, we don't need them more for now, but there are common things for magazines, so work is simpler and quicker.

One 'work in progress' test page for what became the original layout of Shameless. Look closely the photo, and you'll see that the magazine was set to have another name, before Marika came up with the clever play on words.

You mentioned my proprietary method of providing magazine inside SL. Yes, I've created those few scripts, put them into objects and made single engine that allows people view it like magazine. It is way simpler than Intellibook of course, but on the other hand, do we need sound of turning pages? I could add it, that's the easiest part, but come on! :) I hear no complaints about my own book script, so I assume it works good. Additionally, to be sure about the quality I double check every single issue using some dummy account. There's quite lot work with making magazine, but it's still fun. "

- Do you have any advice for people who want to make their own magazine? 

" Alright, I probably feed vipers that gonna eat me sooner or later *laughs*, but running magazine, like almost everything in this world, got its light and dark side. It's repetitive work, that can easily become another sort of not very well paid SL job you have to do every X weeks. But it gives fun and if you like challenges - you'll love it. Patience is the key for sure, and some spare time, and some money too, but in fact it's nothing so difficult as it seems. My last advice will be, make or buy good layout. What I dislike is inconsistent look, where one page look completely different to another. "

One more shot from Marika's work on the oomphalicious cover model Phoenix!

- So, who's on this issue, and any last word to invite our readers to get it?

" Phoenix on the cover, we know her well now, deserved to open the issue imho. Akira and Mags: Akira very, very active these days, Mags made lovely metamorphosis, so both worth featuring. The Guest Photographer, talented Nicasio in his first hardcore set (yay!) and finally some little sex stuff from me with my good friend Tami and Enzo - funny is, I was about to call that set "Three Poles", not only because there are 3 poles involved...
Also, I look forward to get some feedback from community and to work with those who want do something together. Especially, I already got my first model for another issue, so hurry up! I hope our lovely readers are going to enjoy new magazine, that is the best reward for me if they are."

Thank you SO much Marika for taking the time to answer my questions, and you heard her! 
Go get Shameless , AND Aroused of course, on Marketplace! In the group notices too, and there is the online version too, here ! And.....Tell me stuff about your magazine, I want to feature your projects RIGHT HERE!

Serials Clickers - Akira

Lots of series going on at the moment, as the imagination of The Sexiest® people in SL is boundless and inexhaustible.

Some ideas are challenging and wow you with the ingenuity of their execution, some others are just as ingenious with the simplicity of the idea at its foundation.

But today, we are dealing with part of the bountiful work of Akira (Yakumo23), which puts the Stars in Pornstars...or actually, the other way around.



Self explanatory theme for this series: she shot during July a great number of girls (album here) and t-girls (album there) from the world of porn and beyond, and here you have a little selection of what she did...just pertaining this series of modeling shots. Because on her flickr, you can find quite a lot of 'other' pics with some of these models and I am sure you'll love it.

Enjoy, and I hope Akira will keep being so inspired!



Partee



Miss Emily



Madame Sandra Palletier



Marika Blaisdale



Veronica Rachter



Meg Corral



Lillith Kelberry



PhOeNiXSpArKzZz



Throe Velle



Rachel Avro



Kaoru Kira



Angie Wild



Ivori Faith



Erika Thorkveld



Melina Jameson



TammyJones



Moon



Krystal Steal



Marika Blaisdale's partner



AJ Zimermann



Anita Dark


Which photographs extremely well , I must say.....






Just couldn't resist...Because, like I said, Akira does very nice modeling shoots....



....but also shoots her models pretty nicely? Yeah yeah, I couldn't resist the cheap joke either. Have a great day and look her flickr up for sex, tits, cock, etc, etc!