Anyone else want more of this on A3D? (via erotic3dx.com)
Once you get past the dickgirls, most of the 3DX content that comes into A3D is, well, pretty vanilla. We do have some great monster sex content, of course, and some creators do mix in the occasional fetish outfit or kink (e.g. humiliation, cuckoldry) but what we get is like, a fraction of what kink and BDSM entail.
Granted, kink is kind of uncommon throughout all porn, almost by definition. There are many fetishes — that is, a sexual fixation on a specific thing — but these are generally more about specific actions (anal, vore, facials) or kinds of pairings (age & race difference, homosexual, step-parents). What’s kink? It’s a non-normative layer added to one or numerous sex acts that shapes the experience into a unconventional sexual experience.
Power dynamics is one kink that does come into some porn a fair bit, but it’s overwhelmingly humiliation/objectification, powerlessness, or coercion. That’s some legitimate kink fodder… yet still pretty one-note more often than not.
That’s pretty fucking hot (via erotic3dx.com)
Sadism and Masochism (beyond GETTING BIG DICKED) are largely absent, even though they make up a majority chunk of the kink scene. Bondage has some of the most dedicated enthusiasts and one of the largest groupings among the kink scene, and that’s barely present in mainstream porn beyond occasional wrist restraints.
But is more kink representation even justified? Maybe? Kink is kind of niche, but studies vary in what they report. Kinky perverts make up between 5% and 20% of people worldwide (unless you’re in the US, then the number apparently ~doubles) according to different metrics within studies, which is a rather large range to pin down. Splitting the difference as our wild guesstimate of the day, that’s only a little more common than 1 in 10 people.
Not exactly the largest audience to make porn for if you’re trying to make money.
So when it comes to 3DX, I get that a lot of creators wouldn’t be into making kink or BDSM content in the first place, let alone seeing it as a wise direction for financing their art or livelihoods. Buuut I don’t see kinky sets or stories on A3D even as often as 1 in 20.
At one point I thought, “well, maybe visual porn is much more amenable to fetish than kink.” Except I was wrong. Kink.com RAKES it in, and there are oodles of kinky-sexy webcomics exploring this subset of delicious perversion. Oglaf totally gets it (and is hilarious to boot), and the expanse of sexy comics goes on and on. So are there just not many BDSM fans creating 3DX? Or is A3D just a dickgirl bubble failing to attract 3DX kinksters?
Of course, 3DX has some particular hurdles compared to live action porn. We’ve discussed before that the workload for rendered images, let alone animation, is time-consuming. While you don’t need actors, camera equipment, or a crew, a great image set or animation still takes much longer to produce than a porn shoot. And taking it to an even higher level of quality required to convey kink would demand significantly more effort. Even though our favorite creators get more efficient as their skills sharpen, that hurdle remains.
You can’t tell me this doesn’t look tasty (via erotic3dx.com)
3DX kink could easily require more time, too. Personality dynamics, story setup, and dialogue quality, all matter a lot more for nailing many areas of kink, add in character design (you know, beyond the tits and dick size) and it’s a handful. Plus, if you aren’t already familiar with or embedded in kink activities, that’s more time spent researching and getting some verisimilitude.
And then there’s assets. Premade assets shorten creation time in 3DX, but if you rely on them to create your scenes you’re also limited to what assets you can acquire. Surprise surprise, BDSM assets might be available, but not necessarily in the same quantity or quality as others.
But maybe this discussion is all for nought. If there’s no demand, then why should there be supply. And how much demand would be needed to make the effort worthwhile for our kink-friendly creators? That’s a hard question to answer. Any artists want to chime in? If this is something you’re into, drop a comment to make it known! And if you know some great kinky 3DX artists not currently represented on A3D, LINK PLZ.
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