He’s cultivated a striking brand of edgy erotica, his own heavily-tattooed torso centrestage. He treats his films as art, collaborating with a professional makeup artist, filmmaker and producer for every shoot Sun takes on the script, costume design and props. Since quitting his full-time job as a graphic designer in Taipei in January, most of Sun’s income has come from highly-produced porn videos and behind-the-scenes photos posted to OnlyFans. “After you keep hearing this, you start feeling insecure and frustrated,” he says, pledging to focus on building his own site even after OnlyFans changed course. After more than a year as an adult content creator on the subscription platform, the 31-year-old Taiwanese filmmaker, gay porn performer and fitness model had been aware of rumours for months. When OnlyFans announced it would ban adult content from October 1, Neville Sun wasn’t surprised.
