Palanca needs your help!

Palanca is one of our greatest living erotica artists. Unfortunately he's enduring some bad times and could use our support. Buy a Palanca drawing today and you'll get a hot and unique picture, plus the warm feeling of making someone else's life a little easier. This from Palanca's website:

PALANCA THE ARTIST NEEDS YOUR HELP. HE WAS DIAGNOSED HIV/HEPATITIS B AND HIS HEALTH CONDITION IS VERY DELICATE. HE LOST WEIGHT AND BODY MASS IN A SEVERE WAY AND HE NEEDS TO START HIS RETROVIRAL TREATMENT. UNFORTUNATELY SINCE HE LIVES IN SOUTH AMERICA SOME DRUGS ARE UNAVAILABLE SO IF PALANCA WILL NEED TO TAKE THE PRESCRIBED DRUG UNAVAILABLE IN HIS COUNTRY, HE MIGHT DIE.
PALANCA IS ONE OF TOM OF FINLAND'S EXCLUSIVE ARTIST, HE WAS HONOURED IN 2007 AND SOME OF HIS PIECES ARE HANGING IN THEIR PERMANENT COLLECTION. HIS DRAWINGS REMARKING HANDSOME MASCULINE FACES AND BIG SEXY FEET ARE WELL KNOWN FOR GAY ART COLLECTORS. ARTIST LIKE HIM ARE ALWAYS PROMOTING GAY CULTURE AND EROTIC ART, VITAL ELEMENTS IN OUR FREE SOCIETY. PLEASE DON'T IGNORE THIS TALENTED, YOUNG ARTIST (40) AND CONTRIBUTE BUYING SOME OF HIS WORK OR DONATING AT LEAST WITH A TIP FOR HIS MEDICAL EXPENSES.

Palanca Baseball Batsman

This is a drawing I made in 2004. It was influenced by an awesome artist called Palanca, so I emailed it to him. We've been in touch ever since, and this is his interpretation of my original drawing, rendered in his own inimitable style.

To see more of his artwork, check out Palanca's website. It's very popular and often excedes its bandwidth, but if you can't get on there then try again later - it's worth the wait.

UPDATE: 24-Feb-09
Seems like the guy from the drawings actually exists in real life, and has his picture posted on a popular UK profile site...