Pecple: When did you first learn to draw and what did you first draw?
    Sabian: I've always drawn from the first minute that I could hold a pencil. I first drew super-heroes (some nice pecs there!). I took some art classes in college but by then I'd already developed what my teachers called a "very cosmetic style," which means I was more into the fantasy aspects of my figure drawings than the actual figure itself. I've done some volunteer work for animal rights organizations, human rights groups, local newspapers, and I even worked as a caricaturist one summer. I enjoyed the big hunks who sat in my chair smiling at me while I checked them out.

    Pecple: How did you get started on gay erotic illustration?
    Sabian: Probably in high school. While others were dreaming up jerk-off fantasies or magazines, I was drawing my own. The ones that were bigger and wilder were the most exciting. Looking back, they were probably very simple and destroyed immediately, but I enjoyed doing them.

    Pecple: Who inspire your drawings?
    Sabian: What kind of guys? Big chested, submissive, athletic, leather, clean cut. I guess I'm trying to project myself into these images at a certain age. I had my first encounter at 18 in a park in Philadelphia with two guys who loved my big chest, so I guess about half of my drawings are from incidents that really happened. At 52 years old, I remember some of those kinky sessions vividly (probably a lot kinkier than they really were).

    Pecple: With the large collection you have, tell us how do you find time to draw them?
    Sabian: Well, line drawings are pretty fast and easy. I do a few water colors and crayon pieces but mostly I do pen and ink. Originally I did them for myself and a few fellow titmen in the area, but with the arrival of the internet, I can post them out there for everyone to see. That has inspired me to do more and some of these are over ten years old. I keep all the originals in binders (but they are available if anyone wants to work out a deal).

    Pecple: How fast can you complete a drawing?
    Sabian: About two days. I find myself with a sketchbook in front of the television or out at the park. I used to do a first draft in pencil and simply ink it in. Now I find that I spend more time working on composition and may do several pencil sketches before I get all the components together in the illustration exactly the way I want.

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