Bob Ziering is an American illustrator from New York who studied at The High School of Music & Art, and the New York University. His influences include J.M.W. Turner and Francis Bacon. Prior to beginning his career in illustration, he enlisted in the US Air Force, moving through the ranks as a lieutenant, and training instructor before becoming base artist, illustrating training aids, books, and painting portraits of senior officers. In 2004, Ziering exhibited "Secret Sex: The Unknown Erotic Drawings of Bob Ziering," compiled of thirty-five years of personal, gay, erotic art.