About Me

Ξ March 30th, 2007 | → | ∇ Eye Candy |

Welcome!

This site is my portfolio of computer generated homoerotic art. I am a Poser artist, which means that I create images using Poser 6 and Vue 5 Infinite. My work is entirely dedicated to erotic male nudes (ok, some of them aren’t fully nude, but they do show a lot of skin), and can include overtly sexual themes.

I have a large number of images available to purchase, as posters, prints, and other items, on The Penguin Bar - Merchandise.

All income deriving from my art work (my online store and commissioned work like eBook covers) goes to the Ali Forney Center for Homeless LGBT Youth.

I currently live in Cleveland, OH… and I’m single and looking.

Read the rest of this article for a brief bio and artist statement.

Proud member of the Tom of Finland Foundation.

Fabiano Fabris - Digital Artist

An only child, born in Barbados, West Indies, of European parents: Italian father and Czech mother. I grew up with the classics in art, music, literature, and am still influenced by them, and love them. I was raised with European, yet somewhat Victorian, morals and values.

As an aside, growing up in an English speaking country, no one was able to pronounce my first name correctly, so I very quickly was given the nick name Fab. And that is what most people have called me ever since - and is the name I like to be called.

Both my parents were artists, but I found myself unable to draw at all. The only thing I was good at was technical drawing. I loved all forms of art, but was incapable of doing any of it myself. Even music was denied me, because when my voice changed with the onset of adolescence, I became tone deaf. So I could still compose, by following the principles, but I could no longer play any instruments.

As a result, I gravitated to the sciences, which stimulated me in different ways. Eventually, when the time came to select a career, I opted for the then new field of Computer Science. And so off I went to Canada.

The rest is a story of ups and downs, not unlike the story of many others. I left university and Canada after two years, and moved back with my parents, who by then had relocated to Italy, where I did a short stint in the military before starting to work as a computer programmer.

And it was while I was in Italy that I eventually discovered computer art. At last, I had found a way of creating images without being able to draw! And I instantly set to work, trying to create on my computer screen, the stuff of my fantasies: muscular, hairy men.

The computer art I discovered is also known as 3D art. It is not reworking photographs with a computer, but rather using three dimensional computer figures (also called meshes), and thus creating the entire image with a computer. These models must be posed, given a skin, an expression, lighting added to create a mood.

For several years, I experimented a great deal, trying to learn what could be done with the software I had, and how to achieve different effects. My early images were clumsy at best, and many times I would neglect one aspect as I tried to learn some new technique. So for instance, figures might be awkwardly posed, but I would have a stunning sunset in the background. And in the meantime, the software itself evolved, so there was always the challenge of discovering what new things it would allow me to do.

Gradually, however, I began to find a style that suited me. The experimentation and learning continues, always, but my images now are less cluttered. Currently, the focus of my work is entirely on the male body. I believe that the male body is a living work of art, in and of itself. It is an amazing combination of lines and curves, of smooth curving surfaces and flat planes. I strive to bring out these contrasts in my images in various ways, by showing men in different positions, from varying angles, and through the use of lighting.

Whereas once many of my images were very explicitly sexual, pornographic in fact, now they are sensual, romantic and erotic. I am far more interested to see the flow of two bodies embraced, trying to use expressions and lighting to create a mood, than to depict an overtly sexual act.

My work has always been inspired by Tom of Finland. I loved his men, with their broad shoulders and tiny waists, and of course, their huge cocks. To this day, my style is a result of his influence. Unlike many computer artists, I am not attempting to be realistic. Instead, I create fantasy men, the men of my best wet dreams… men I know do not exist in real life. By creating excessively muscular men, I can also heighten and draw more attention to the contrasts I mentioned previously: lines and curves.

As I have already said, unlike many 3D computer artists, I am not trying to recreate reality. Furthermore, unlike most, I have come to believe that the flaws which are inherent in the medium I use (computer software) should be left as part of the final image. The analogy which I always give, whenever someone takes me to task, is oil painting. By its very nature, brush strokes in oil painting make the surface of the painting irregular. Surely no one would dream of somehow trying to sand down the irregularities! Yet for some reason, most 3D artists feel that their images must be flawless, that all breaks in the mesh of the figures must be removed or hidden.

While there are times when I will try to remove or hide some of these effects, I leave most of them in. Computer art is relatively new, and I do not think that it is right to try to make it conform to the norms imposed on other forms of art. It is not photography, the images I make are not photographs. The men are not real, they are “fantasy perfect”. And for that reason too I feel it is good to leave the flaws in, to take something away from the perfection, to give it a touch of humanity… albeit in a new way.

Proud to be honored with the Bi Men Network’s 5 Star Goodwill Gold Award 2004