I decided upon this cap series I did for one eyed pirate (Candy) over at the Haven. Candy and I had traded back and forth, and even had a cap from Candy continue as a cap from me. Candy had replied continuing the now three part story, leaving the story in my hands to continue. I wanted to give her a good cap (and get her good!) and started searching for images when I came across this long series of photos (I had a subsciption to the site these came from, so I had all 100 or so images to choose from. While browsing through them, a story popped into my head of a tough cop getting transformed into a whore and getting used against his frustratingly futile attempts to stop.
The story resonated very well, so I decided to drop the back and forth, and make this up for Candy. I checked her preferences again just to make sure it hit her sweet spot, and only had to change a few things around to do so.
While I didn't select a final image, I did know the ending of the story. Jeff stuck in Candy The Whore mode getting rescued by the team, and then 'thanking' the team. The story rest of the story was simple enough story: Tough Cop uses body suit to become a whore, chases some criminals, gets caught and stuck in the whore mode, gets used (and used and used) while fighting it, and eventually gets rescued to late and remains stuck as a passenger to this new whore. So I started at the beginning filling out the details. The beginning was longer than I had intended, so I looked for another image of the model to use as a first image of Jeff in his suit. I think that first image sets up nicely the frustration of being in the suit.
The rest was just writing and occasionally taking a block of text, match it up with some images (tweaking what I had written to better fit the images) and then do a layout. I really liked the build up and the frustratingly futile attempts Jeff used to fight 'Candy' for control.
When I finished I was really satisfied with the story, and felt it matched the images very well. SWAT Whore still stands as one of my favorite cap series that I have created. To me it is just long enough to have all those delicious descriptions and details that I desire.
But it is also very specific. If you don't share the same preferences, then many of these details and descriptions will make you enjoy the series less (or make you dislike the series). So I figured it was the perfect cap to test out making a shorter version.
Before you comment on this, please read "SWAT Whore (short)" and let me know which you like better.
I enjoyed the long version better. It was like a well done 3 hour movie. :)
ReplyDeleteHallo Caitlyn,
ReplyDeleteFirst off I gotta say the blogs looking lovely and that ass is just to entising. :3 ~
All in all, I liked both versions but prefer this one (longer version) as far as the storyline since its works better.
Been enjoyable having our lil back n forth but the humiliation is far from over sweetie..
I just hope the bindings arent too tight for ya this time. :3 ~
Keep up the great work.
~One Eyed Pirate (Candy)
Do I even have to say it? Go long!
ReplyDeleteI liked the long one, but in part it was because I love the look of that model's amazing body and I could watch her all day... I also thought your longer story was really well written and much more engaging than the "summary" version.
ReplyDeleteI think the only real advantage to single panel caps is if you'd like people to copy them or to release them "into the wild" -- I've searched for cap images in the past and found one of a series, but not all of them. Compiling them into a PDF solves that, but the requires a PDF viewer... So there aren't always easy answers.
But, yes, please, long photo series over single caps any day for me.
Hi Caitlyn! Great caps!! I just wanted to put my two cents in on this single vs. multi frames debate. The multi-frame series here is clearly the better one. You are a wonderful writer and the longer series allows you to explore all of the smaller thoughts and emotional/sexual development of Jeff/Candy, which really bring the transformation to life. I love the way his actions and words get "translated" by the bodysuit, and the ending is super sexy.
ReplyDeleteIn a word, the longer is awesome. But I found the shorter one lacking. As gooddump says, it's more of a summary of the longer one than a cap all to itself. I disagree with him, though, that the shorter ones only work for publishing one's work out "into the wild." Single caps, when they are good, are good because they are written as single caps.
There are advantages and disadvantages to both methods. Single caps can feel underdeveloped or superficial. Series caps can get tedious, going on and on and on...and on. Both you and Smitty can write good series caps because you keep the talk and the action interesting. You're not just trying to get from point A to point B. You're both good at bringing out the details. Series caps are great for summoning up a whole world to get lost in, much like a novel. Single caps are great for summoning up a particular moment--the apex or "climax" of the story (which might actually be before the sexual/physiological climax). They hone in on a specific experience or idea, and I think, if done properly, they are often more intense than series caps because the mind can hold that experience much better than it can hold a series of experiences as in multi-caps. It's like the difference between reading a novel, where a whole universe is created, and listening to a riff in a song. The first lasts longer and is more of story to "live in." The second lasts only for a moment but can, for that moment, feel overwhelming, sexually and emotionally.
One look at my site and it's clear that I prefer to write shorter ones. One of my caps that I am most proud of is called "Great Men." It consists of only three short sentences, and, content-wise at least, it doesn't do much beyond the usual cliches. But I stumbled on a melody of words that I liked very much. And that melody, along with the image of course, cinched it for me. Of course, many people wouldn't agree. They would say that there is no story, no character development, etc., all of which is true. It's a matter of taste at that point. For me, that image and those three sentences say more than most of my longer ones.
Well, as I said, that's my two cents. Sorry for the lengthy post (rather ironic, isn't it?). I love your site. Keep writing great caps like this. I'll be reading them, long or short!
Thank you everyone for your comments.
ReplyDeleteConsidering the comments for the longer version, and no comments for the shorter (even though they have almost identical page views!), I guess I'll stick with my proven trade and not let the length worry me so much anymore.
I think after this experiment, I learned that my skills are just not suited for shorter caps. The good short caps are all about that one single moment. And I just can't focus on the moment, and delve into the past, and poke at the future.
My short caps (especially SWAT Whore (short)), are more of summaries as opposed to stand alone short caps.
@Candy
Hush you... I'll get out of those bindings and get you back soon enough! :)
@gooddump
I never even considered 'putting my caps out into the wild'. I didn't think there would be any interest in it. I wouldn't even know where to drop them off!
@Trisha
I think your comment hit me the best. You put into words what I had been thinking. I prefer the idea of creating that 'world' that you can get lost in, even if only for awhile. I have tried to make those great 'moment' caps, but they turn into a summary of what should have been a longer cap. I think as much as I want to create what people want to see, I also need to focus my energies on what I do well, and improve those skills. Instead of getting good at two types of caps, I would rather focus on being really good at one type of cap.
I wandered on over to Trisha's TG Caps and found "Great Men". I LOVE that cap! It got me all tingly in those 'special' places. Keep up the great work!