For the last 36 years, Drub’s goal in creating erotic art has been nothing short of bringing joy. He has achieved this end through various subcultures and mythology, unflinching candid use of fetishes, playful masculinity, and an accessible comic book style.
Philosophy and influences
If everyone is having a good time in my work, there is no shame in creating it, nor is there any for the viewer. In fact, I think an honest, healthy, humorous approach is best when dealing with sex and kink. I started creating work at age 15 in retaliation for all the plucked, tanned, overly worked out porn that was out there. I combined influences of post-WWII pinups, homosocial subcultures, love of mythology, punk rock attitude, personal experiences, and a heavy dose of fetishes, done with comic book flair.
The tactile aspects of pen and ink drawing are how I solidify my compositions over a pencil rough. I eschew traditional painting and opt for a full digital painting experience. The results are a Technicolor riot of homosexual joy in action, produced in short-run, limited edition art prints or one-of-a-kind paintings.
It’s not all just penis
Erotic art is often looked at as low-brow or something you hide when your relatives come over. My work ranges from action pinups, focusing solely on the fetish act to narrative, editorial pieces with rich backgrounds aiming to tell a layered story.
We hear so much about “toxic masculinity” nowadays and I’d like to think my work is an antidote to that. I want to provoke a response in every viewer to do some simple self-examination of what turns them on and why – and to celebrate it!
We hear so much about “toxic masculinity” nowadays and I’d like to think my work is an antidote to that.
Punk shows, sex, and becoming the artist I am today
I used to scribble ideas and filthy drawings down in a sketchbook I hid from everyone. I was a hormonal 15 year-old and everything got me excited. I’d masturbate furiously over the erotic art drawings I’d create not having a clue about sex. I wish I still had those sketchbooks. I threw them away because my parents would have flipped if they found them. I started up another one at art school as I was on my own.
Coming out, having sex and going to punk shows was interesting for me and I drew guys I thought were attractive in the same subculture. I mistakenly shared it with some classmates at art school and I got chastised. “Nobody is going to want to see that!” I never let the negativity discourage me, mostly because of what my drawings did to me. They made me so ecstatically happy! I’d throw in all my filthy, burgeoning kinks in these sexual situations, people I’d observed, memories of exploits, things I wanted to try…
The internet and bateworld.com
When the internet became a thing right after college, I put some of it out on a GeoCities website and people went crazy for it. It only encouraged me to keep doing it. Next thing I knew, I was doing a column on a porn site called Nightcharm where my pseudonym was created, because my writing style was like beating or thrashing something I suppose.
Soon after I bought my domain, had many erotic art shows, made comics, have been published many times, and continue to watch people bicker over my Wikipedia page.
Finding BateWorld (Drub has been a bateworld.com member since 2020) and going to The Cock Summit has been an adventure in exploring the self through the male mysteries. I continue to explore my sexuality and spirituality, as it informs my work. It makes me happy and grateful. The rest is history.
With much gratitude,
Drub
Sick paintings! They would look so good in my den!