just wanted to say thank you for asking this bc i'm seeing so many inspos i've never seen before. sometimes it's hard to find new inspirations when ur busy w/ making art!
to give my own inspo, i just adore many of gil elvgren's works, along with the artists of that cheesecake-pinup era he was in
Btw I'm asking about porn/horny inspo. Hence contrasting with hentai. But hey I love that we have multiple sources of visual inspo that informs us all 🙏
Also disclaimer: If you've been here a while you know I've mentioned that some hentai titles but mostly yaoi are my 2d porn bg. Very big influence on me! I just wanna see what every else got up to.
@alimony.bsky.social's art has such a nice overarching vibe to it - Good if you're looking for comics!
@swanbornbyleda.bsky.social has some absolutely Beautiful work.
@seductighoul.bsky.social's rendering is to die for, & @fidisart.bsky.social has always been a treat to see :)
Masamune Shirow, Paolo Serpieri, Frank Frazetta, gym photography from the 90's in particular, always loved the way the skin is lit in those ones, I think in general 90's aesthetics when it came to lighting, later in life I started grabbing inspo from horror films rather than erotica
Yoshitaka Amano, Charlie Bowater, Mucha, Frank Frazetta, Adam Hughes, Milt Kahl, Chris Sanders, Banksy, John William Waterhouse, Rembrandt, Leyendecker, Gil Elvgren, John Singer Sergent, H.R Giger, Tite Kubo, Tatsuki Fujimoto, every environment concept artist and so many more
big reason for me to start adult human art(previously furry only) was definatly incase and his comic alfie like I dont know what to say but incase really has this certain style that is so???
Other than a lot of the artists I follow who are on the more cartoony side of nsfw, I take partial noticeable inspo from some of the horny stuff from western stuff that manages to squeeze through the cracks.
i’d have to say coeykuhn, joe dáire (saint-vagrant), hamletmachine, bxxxnie, deceased-bunny, coffeesoda, crom, godivaghoul, YOU lollll
there are honestly more peeps I could think to include as well but I’d say these artists have been foundational for me 💙💙💙
Frank Frazetta, Yasushi Nirasawa, and the Heavy Metal Magazine artists are big influences for myself and my friends (who introduced to all but Frazetta)
As far fine art goes, Egon Schiele’s works are among my favorite.
I am also very inspired by your work, along with works from MariSketch, Syllaxdraws, Beckymastery, Jeganzero, Arcadianpeach, clowntein, eldsmuts, dovegraveyard…my list goes on and on honestly 🌷
I love Melkor work ! Meesh ! InCase ! Your work… i guess the rest is yaois and danmeis… I sometimes look at 4chan’s /hm/ and /s/ to see real people posing… i love wholesome moments so i search for these in the hentais i read too… but i guess that all ;3
gengoroh tagame, jiraiya (the bara artist, not to be confused with the naruto character), tom of finland, hajime sorayama, i'm sure i'm forgetting others 😔
The way you say this reflects your grudge against hentai and assumes the readers feel the same.
I did not understood you meant hentai as a regional(? genre. so to me it really read as "Other people doing porn who never really like porn, what do you think of this..."
it read as self deprecating
I'm someone who is influenced by hentai and talk about it openly. My question is to understand what influences ppl have and what there is to learn. Do not follow me and then assume such negative intent.
Uh I didn’t get that impression at all. Hentai is its own distinct style with variations in how proportions, perspective, anatomy, gestures, etc are emphasized. No one is throwing shade at it, this is a conversation about other artistic styles that can be inspirational for artists to view as well.
The biggie was "Madwoman of the Sacred Heart" by Jodorowsky & Moebius. That was the first comic I saw that had full on sex scenes, but in service to the story. It felt thrilling & honest in a way that less explicit work just doesn't. From there, European comics seem freer in that regard than US work
While I do have hentai as an influence now, before that one of my biggest inspirations was Adam Warren! He was definitely my introduction to erotic artwork and stylistically was a huge influence on me. Now tho I use fanfic mostly for inspo.
aaa so many, My friend shushsiggy, rednoonsun, realbadjasper, ripushko, incase, gaydotgov. I lost a lot of the people I followed in the time I moved over here but theres still a lot I'm finding every day, including yourself!
Time ago I watched a Lot of hent... Now looks cringe for me haha, buuut. When I started to do naughty art I found some awesome artist calm for exmaple also artnip, on the epic art I love guanjiang huang and ruan jia
I personally don't like hentai but I've been really into the erotica works of Moebius as of late, in particular his book he made with Alejandro Jodorowsky "Angel Claws" - it's so strange and makes me go "what the hell, sure, I want my stuff to get weird like this"
Porn artist and I've never liked hentai... Tried to get into it many times but it's just not my thing ! I was a big yaoi/fanfic consumer back in the time tho, especially on Tumblr. 3D porn is a big inspiration as well ! But I'm also a 3D artist.
Mostly yaoi, tho there was (and still is) so little transmasc porn in the world that im mostly visualizing what really gets me going and trying to draw it into the world
Since a bunch of the artists I love were already mentions, I’ll just point out that most of my personal inspiration stems from written erotica, photography and even erotic video games. I think it’s also about finding things that generally appeal to me and putting them in an erotic context.
Adam Hughes, Disney animation, Jab, JMoz, Gil Evgren, @markbrooksart.bsky.social . Not all of these are erotic artists per se, but I tend to like artists who put a lot of expressiveness/facial acting into their work as well as having a firm grasp on the idealized female form.
The way I draw bodies is largely informed by my love of amateur live-action porn - cam girls, OnlyFans models, etc. In terms of stylization, I really like artists like @peeppepi.bsky.social or @PinkMeal on Twitter - particularly the semi-flat shape language that just grabs your attention.
YOU ofc, perplexingly back when she was drawing nsfw, DoveGraveyard, OldStupidTemplar, tendermiasma, GoldenTar, Keemz, rednoonsun........ and a lot more! That names I don't remember now u_u
Take bits and pieces of what you like from all different forms of media, brainstorm a bit, and smash it into something you can make that you think is hot. I don’t try to make NSFW art for anyone but me first and foremost. If I’m passionate about it, I hope others can be, too!
@katamak.bsky.social , @aszabla.bsky.social , @tabuley.bsky.social and @caezhel.bsky.social were my gateway artists (who I’m absolutely supporting on Patreon the *second* I can afford it)
erich sokol's oldschool playboy paintings are (generally) fantastic, also LeRoy Neiman's "Femlins" in the same vein. Bernard Montorgueil's BDSM illustrations.
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to give my own inspo, i just adore many of gil elvgren's works, along with the artists of that cheesecake-pinup era he was in
@alimony.bsky.social's art has such a nice overarching vibe to it - Good if you're looking for comics!
@swanbornbyleda.bsky.social has some absolutely Beautiful work.
@seductighoul.bsky.social's rendering is to die for, & @fidisart.bsky.social has always been a treat to see :)
Yoshitaka Amano, Charlie Bowater, Mucha, Frank Frazetta, Adam Hughes, Milt Kahl, Chris Sanders, Banksy, John William Waterhouse, Rembrandt, Leyendecker, Gil Elvgren, John Singer Sergent, H.R Giger, Tite Kubo, Tatsuki Fujimoto, every environment concept artist and so many more
there are honestly more peeps I could think to include as well but I’d say these artists have been foundational for me 💙💙💙
I am also very inspired by your work, along with works from MariSketch, Syllaxdraws, Beckymastery, Jeganzero, Arcadianpeach, clowntein, eldsmuts, dovegraveyard…my list goes on and on honestly 🌷
I hope you do draw some enjoyment out of this genre you are a part of.
I did not understood you meant hentai as a regional(? genre. so to me it really read as "Other people doing porn who never really like porn, what do you think of this..."
it read as self deprecating
(i only recently got into hentai in the last year but those have been older influences.)
Any NSFW artist I follow here is an inspiration. A few names, I love coeykuhn, seductighoul, meanboss, kukumomo, angle, and many many others
Photography is good for refs and lighting or scenes in film