Leith's About Page
Hey! Welcome to my About Me post, this is where I will share my other socials and everything I'm all about.
So I'll start with saying that my name is Leith and I'm now a fan artist, specifically for the ROTTMNT fandom. I'm 22 years old, I'm from South Africa, my pronouns are they/them, and I am bisexual, on the ace spectrum. I like to create art, and read and write fanfic! I've been a fan of the TMNT franchise since I was eight but I haven't been brave enough, or motivated enough, to contribute to the fandom. Any fandom, ever. I loved writing and drawing for myself but I was too scared to share any of it, and terrified of being judged and rejected. Being queer, neurodivergent and depressed really made me feel like my self-expression was limited, and taking art in high school put a lot of pressure on my shoulders, and because of that I hated everything I've done. I could no longer do a lot of the things I used to love.
Now that I'm older and I've learned to manage my insecurities, I've started to enjoy fandom again. But things in the world have become too horrible for me to handle by just being a fandom consumer/lurker, so I want to both distract myself from it and to reach out for connection. I started writing and drawing again and now that I'm as old as I am, I'm not as afraid of being judged like I once was- and I love that I've met so many cool people already and get to see them create amazing things. Through the new lens I have now as a beginner artist again, I appreciate art a lot more.
I keep up with politics and the world has been going to shit so these are my beliefs:
Free Palestine
Free Congo
Free Sudan
Black Lives Matter
LGBT+ Rights
Feminism
Pro-GBV movement, especially since it's horrific in my country
FUCK ICE
FUCK AI AND PEOPLE WHO CLAIM TO BE AI ARTISTS
FUCK REPUBLICANS THEY ARE ALL JUST TOO CALM WITH CERTAIN GROUPS NOT HAVING ANY RIGHTS
FUCK POLITICIANS AND CERTAIN CELEBRITIES IN GENERAL, EXCEPT MAYBE MAMDANI HE SEEMS TO BE DOING PRETTY WELL SO FAR but my hope is stretched thin with the people in power
Here are my other socials:
Tiktok
IG
Threads
AO3
Thank you for reading my post and if you liked it, I hope that we can be friends! 💙
