Viv Thomas review

Viv Thomas review | Mr. Pink's Porn Reviews
MrPinks.com review date - 03/04/2012

Overview:
You're obviously someone who loves women. After all, why else would you be here? With love comes dedication. You see, Viv Thomas loved women so much he made them his career, his art, his life's calling, his one true passion. Don't take my word for it, though, take his. At Viv Thomas dot com sits a rather swankily designed adult website catering to the discerning gentleman in the market for some sophisticated erotic photography and films. With a 28 year career and accolades too numerous to mention behind him, Viv Thomas has managed to become one of the world's premiere pornographic artists. His official website (which he named after himself, naturally) offers aficionados of the female form and sexual function to observe dozens of comely ladies as they enjoy what Viv calls "Sex with passion, sex with love in it and feeling," rendered in the highest possible video and photo quality. In order to experience the Viv Thomas touch, you are required to make a $24.95 monthly tribute to the master. Who, really, could deserve it more?

Pros:
Viv Thomas isn't just known for his photographic excellence and visual flair, he's known for casting the most gob-smackingly beautiful young pro adult models Europe has to offer. There are 751 such models already featured on this website and it's a straightforward but very enjoyable wander through the ranks, as shown by the pictorial model index.

Now we get to the best part of a Viv Thomas membership: the visuals. Taking his cue from fashion and glamour photography, Thomas creates a high-end look to his work that always focuses on making the woman look as appealing as possible. This can wander a bit too far from naturalism to match le grande déclaration de artiste Thomas made on the tour pages, but generally delivers the exciting range of glamorous softcore and fiery hardcore beautifully.

What good are perfect images if they're delivered in shoddily encoded videos and low-res photos? Thankfully, Viv Thomas is a man who knows his way around MS Paint and the content hosted here reaches impressive and sumptuous formats and sizes. Videos make it to 1280x720 pixels in HD WMV and MP4 formats while photos can be viewed or downloaded at either 800x533 or 2400x1600 pixels; all look great.

Last time Mr. Pink's published a review of Viv Thomas' work and website, it was noted that the models' profile pages lacked a decent amount of personal and biographical information, information most fans are at least interested, if not invested in. Logging in and hitting a profile page this time around was a much more pleasant experience thanks to the inclusion of some personal stats and a short biography of each woman.

Not only does Viv Thomas seem like a prolific producer of photos and videos, amassing a collection of nearly 3,000 image galleries and 1,250 erotic movies and adding one or the other item on alternating days throughout the week, he's an active blogger and webmaster who really seems to care about his audience. So much so does he care that, with a little help from Mr. Pink's, you can now access Viv Thomas' site for only $19.95 for the first month.

Cons:
There aren't many advertisements on Viv's site, but those that are present go to substantial lengths to make themselves known. There's a row of three rotating images sitting above each page of the model index that advertises a Viv Thomas / Live Cam collaboration that will end up costing you a ton even though it's "free". With each spin, your eye is pulled upwards while the women you want (and have access to) are sitting right below.

Someone had a makeover and, boy, is it a change! Although I'm not averse to change in a general sense, the design changes Viv Thomas recently made make the site look more like a blog than anything else. Combine that layout with a purple, pink, grey, and white color scheme and it soon starts looking like a parenting advice blog made by a stay-at-home 32-year-old mother of twins from Kentucky.

Some of Viv Thomas' video content has been ported over from his other site, Viv Thomas Video, and is therefore not as exclusive as it was made out to be. While it could be seen as a neat bonus that gets you into both (well, one-and-a-quarter) websites for the price of one, it could also be viewed as trickery and false advertising.

Conclusion:
Having had a good twelve months pass between reviews of Viv Thomas' work and website, it now seems that things have slowed down a little since last Mr. Pink's was here. Updates are still coming at the same daily alternating rate, the videos haven't reached 1080p, the photos are still pushing 2500px, and Viv and the models are still, well, being Viv and the models. The site has been recently redesigned and looks very clean, although a little too blog-like for a highly professional endeavor, and Thomas is as active as ever on his shutter and keyboard, bringing more solid, if a little uninspired and old fashioned, softcore, lesbian, and hardcore porn to his fans. I can't suggest, however, that Thomas and co. simply continue to sit back and enjoy their success. As I said earlier, legends are legends for a reason and Viv Thomas could stand to announce his supreme photographic artistry to the rest of the world a little louder, preferably by amping up the quality of his content once more.