theCT's Lex Ave

Anonymous asked: Will you marry me?

Anon, first of all—who is you?

iartboxx asked: So tell us, when will you release another youtube video? I enjoy watching you draw while ur music playing in the background.

I actually recorded the process of my latest Annie Mei piece to help show off the songs I’ll be releasing in the beginning of May!

Anonymous asked: Your artwork is so amazing and I fell in live with it (as I'm sure many people did) when I first saw 'Honor'. Would it be possible to maybe in the future video your process as you do it and post it somewhere? If it's possible for me to love you more I probably would xx

Did you know I have a youtube channel?

Anonymous asked: Hey CT! What's your dream job? Is it inhouse or freelancing?

My dream job has to do with something that benefits others.  I don’t know what I want it to be yet though.

Anonymous asked: In your opinion, what are the best how-to-draw books?

I can’t really say— A KLUTZ: Draw the Marvel Comics Super Heroes book I’ve had since I was a kid is still a really useful drawing book for me…

Anonymous asked: So is that what you want to do when you "grow up,", live of your art? Cause I know the feeling I've hated every job I have ever had

I don’t know if I want to live off of my art.  I have no idea what my focus is but drawing is just something I like to do and sure it would be nice if I made money off of it lol

Anonymous asked: About the other anon thinking you were female, I always seem to think that people online are female for some reason, haha. Maybe its because I am, I really have no idea why.

Yea, I don’t know what it is but maybe guys just have less of an internet presence

Anonymous asked: I LOVE your drawings ,your ocs,your animations. I think you are amazing and awesome!!! I always wonder how you made it...well ya know not everyone accepte oc things, but people enjoyed your ocs, any tips of it ??

There needs to be human recognition in relatability and credibility through expression.

How you draw your OC’s really determines a lot.  Body language and facial expressions especially—basically, there just has to be something believable that a human can look at, recognize and relate to so they can make an emotional connection.

This doesn’t apply to just human characters.  Look at Spongebob or Wall-E.  Especially Wall-E, a robot in which a viewer can tell when it’s being scared or sad or curious because of it’s recognizable human-like expressions in the way it moves and looks.

To put it simply, your characters need to be able to connect on an emotional level so work towards that.

My tip would have to be practice gesture drawing and facial expression and get better at conveying credible emotions.  Familiarize yourself with body language because even if your character doesn’t have a face, you can still express happiness without smiling.

I can’t really say why people enjoy my OC’s but this is my guestimatted opinion on what makes an enjoyable OC lol and sorry the response is so long

Anonymous asked: i guess this is a bit embarrassing, but i wanted to let you know that three designs you made a while ago, of two boys, one was a redhead, and a girl, were extremely inspiring for me. the designs and the way you had drawn their sheets or sketches, everything around them made me fall in love with your style almost immediately. the first uploads of them are still my favorite art pieces of yours. keep up the good work!

oh really?  Thats nice to know you like those designs so much!  Actually thats a REALLY good thing for me to hear haha

Anonymous asked: I LOVE YOU SO MUCH

…Are you sure?

Anonymous asked: it's probably because a) you draw really good anatomically-correct females and b) you're on deviantart-- a large percentage of the rp community on dA is female! although if it makes you feel better i think you're SUPER MANLY ct

I have noticed a lot of the female dA users in the rp community lol I don’t complain about it but they’re much harder for a guy like me to connect with.

and I don’t mind what you view me as, as long as its based upon your assumptions.  There’s no way you could tell if I was a guy or not if I didn’t say so myself but thanks for trying to make me feel better ha