So you want to be an alternative model . . .

spikyme just posted the most awesome advice for aspiring models in his journal:

"Just to follow up on my previous post about girls aspiring to be a "fetish" or "goth" model.

You don't need a committee to tell you if you're good or not.


Here's a few things that will help if you want to "be successful!"
This isn't aimed at anybody in particular and isn't a rant, it's more like an observation.

Be good looking
Be willing to show your cooch
Be easy to work with
Run your own website/learn html so you can update it regularly
Have your pictures taken by someone who's work looks professional
Sport a cool wardrobe
Communicate with people in "the biz" regularly

Ok the cooch part isn't extremely necessary.

I'm just mentioning this because it's become so silly how serious people are about small stuff like belonging to a clique or some sort of elite community. It's not like mainstream modeling anyway."


I know we've got some "friends" in common, but I thought anyone on my list who had not seen his post yet should. I had the following to add:


Know what your goals and reasons are. Do you want to get paid? Do you want to be famous? Do you want something you do besides modeling to get promoted? Do you want to piss off your ex? Do you want to help friends promote their bands, designs, clubs, whatever? Do you want someone to make you a site? Do you want to be in magazines? Do you just want to have a good time creating something with friends that will last after you and your friends are wrinkled and gray?

The number one thing that will make me skip shooting someone is if I think he or she is fuzzy on why he or she wants to do it and is likely to come back later with a "Why didn't I get blah blah blah too?" sort of issue.