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I am responsible for all this madness and my name is Madeira Desouza. I am a gay male illustrator who uses digital technology to express my inner visions of macho men. This site is unique. Few illustrators who create images for gay adult men take the time to create a centralized place online where they can share their works and interact with you, explaining the hows and whys behind the creative process. Learn more about who I am in my profile and by browsing my sexually explicit blog.

Shaped by Ancient Cultures

Most people probably would rather deny or never consider that fear, evil, violence and sex have a linkage. But, that linkage is there to be found.

If you are educated and have studied the history of the ancient world, you already know this. The Romans and Greeks taught mankind much about such things. The passage of time over the centuries has not produced more peaceful and less violent men.

The heterosexual majority certainly may choose to shun depictions of male instincts and behaviors towards other males involving fear, violence, and sexuality.

Some gay males may also may be turned off by this subject matter. But, if you are a gay adult male who has been educated about how men from ancient times to today truly behave, then you are someone who knows what’s what.

The work that I do has been influenced and informed by the established traditions of underground artists who have depicted masculine males in surrealistic ways for a gay adult male audience using exaggerated male body traits and extreme, improbable situations and misadventures, often involving danger, peril and intense crisis.

Violence as Subject Matter



I witnessed a performance intended for the entertainment of tourists near Las Vegas, Nevada that depicted a hung cowboy at the end of a noose. I was inspired to explore this violent subject with the added dimension of erotic asphyxiation in one of my illustrations.

On a related issue of violent executions of men, I also have created controversial images of men on the cross.

Five Storytelling Elements

When you look at my imagery, you typically will encounter highly masculine guys who otherwise look like they are physically strong and they seem to be men who are, or should be, in control of themselves and their fate. But, what you often find instead is the depicted male finds himself in a perilous situation where these are terrible circumstances that affect him both physically and emotionally:

• (1) He is no longer in control and he knows it.


• (2) He can neither say nor do anything to change what will happen to him next.
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(3) He is forced to listen to and obey someone from whom he would prefer to escape immediately.


• (4) He is completely naked, so he is unprotected and defenseless against physical harm.


• (5) He is physically and emotionally trapped and cannot escape.

These are the five elements of dramatic tension that I employ in my illustrations to tell stories that explore bad things happening to highly masculine men in peril.

I am pleased to present illustrations in a gallery that all exemplify the theme of masculine men in peril.

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