In the first week of Jan. 2007 at the young age of 37, the pinup/comic book art community sadly lost a great talent. Andrew "Drew" Posada passed away due to complications brought on by Pancreatitis. Drew had also suffered for a long period of time with Diabetes.

Sensual Pleasures has been honored to work with many artists and Mr. Posada was one of the nicest. He usually asked that you respected three things, don't tube out the background that is part of my artwork, link to my official site, and to others, don't mess with my fans. He encouraged examples of how his art was used to be sent to him.

As anyone who had the pleasure to communicate or be granted permission to use his artwork can attest he was one of the really nice guys out there. Sadly his official site is now gone, and with it goes a showcase for his great talent.

Drew was best known as one of the pioneering digital colorists, he was one of the frontier colorists that brought digital coloring to the comic book community. Drew helped create a new standard when it came to what a colorist could do on and for a book. With his photo-realistic rendering style, Drew brought a true artistic touch to every book that he worked on. His coloring style has graced almost every major comic publisher. He has done work for many publishers and many independent labels during his 10+ year career in comics.

He later left comic books to pursue a career as a pin-up artist. He received high praised and sold his work through the Robert and Tamara Bane Gallery. His art sold along side such world-renown artists such as Olivia and Soriyama. We are so glad he reached the fame he deserved during his life time as one of the great pin-up artists.

Drew was an individual that spoke his mind and stood by what he believed. He was sure of his talent and his knowledge and he was always willing to put his money where is mouth was. During his life he freely taught others everything he knew never asking for anything in return. He dedicated a part of his time to be a "Big Brother" and took great joy in helping those who were not as fortunate as some.

In his personal bio Drew said of himself:

"I was born in 1969, as Andrew Posada, with my identical twin brother, Alex Posada. We were raised in a very poor household with our mother and half brother. Alex and I were extremely competitive with each other. We started competing at a very early age and one of the things that were a part of our competitions was drawing. Who could make the best drawing and get the recognition and attention? We didn't have money to buy sporting equipment and video games, etc. but we always had pencils and paper. If it weren't for these facts I don't believe that I would even be an artist.

I graduated high school in West Seattle in 1987 where I received my only art instruction from an art teacher named Phillip Bradshaw. He didn't teach me technique or art history, he taught me "to see".

I became a professional freelance artist in 1985. After graduating high school I freelanced as an artist and worked as a picture framer. I became a very well known and highly regarded picture framer, but I did not want to spend the rest of my life framing pictures. I did gain a lot of experience working in galleries for 7 years. This is where I first saw Olivia's work and realized that you could make a very good living doing pin-up work. It became a dream of mine and a goal to someday work for Robert Bane. I first saw Sorayama's work in 1994 and found out that he too, like Olivia, was at Robert Bane's gallery. When I first saw Sorayama's work my jaw hit the floor, the benchmark just got raised way out of my sign, he became my enemy and my mentor, I envied him, and he inspired me and discouraged me. In my mind I tried not to "know" that I would never be that good. I read where Sorayama said "…you have to have that hunger..." and I know I have that. I don't want to be "the next Sorayama" or even try to emulate him; I just want the same success, to do what I love to do, like he does. However, I won't deny that he is the biggest influence in my work. I've been working on my technique ever since I saw his work and I'll never stop. Sorayama has been a big insecurity in self-doubt that I try to overcome, it's an ongoing battle. Sorayama will always be the King to me… bastard.

In 1994 I was flown down from Seattle to San Diego to try out for a job as an illustrator at Image Comics. They hired me immediately and I worked for quite a few studios within Image; Top Cow, Wildstorm and Extreme. This is where I learned how to paint in Photoshop. It worked exactly like a real airbrush and was a lot easier to make changes to my pin-ups.

I started showing submissions to the Tamara Bane Gallery in 1996, but I still needed to raise the caliber on my work. I kept trying until I finally thought I had it down, and the rest is history."