Leonie's Art Blog

👑🌼Princess Daisy & Elephant time!🐘 [Super Mario Bros Wonder]

By leonieyue Posted on 7 May 2024 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection, Sketches, Timelapse, Video Tagged with addictiveEscapism, blunt, ElephantDaisy, entertainmentConsumption, escapism, fanart, FinalFantasy7, FinalFantasy7Rebirth, fridgeTroubles, GhostRider2Thoughts, Illustration, internetConsumption, leonieyue, loneliness, lonely, MobilePhoneAddiction, NicolasCageMovies, parasocial relationships, personal, postingSchedule, princessDaisy, racistSlurs, selfAwareness, socialAnxiety, StellarBladeThoughts, subtlety, TwitterVentAgain, デイジー姫

In this blog post:
❧ art process & subtitled timelapse!
❧ Social anxiety vs celebrity worship
❧ Final Fantasy VII Rebirth spoiler thoughts
❧ personal update & more

Happy 32nd Birthday Kirby and more dragon friends!

By leonieyue Posted on 27 April 2024 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, Reflection Tagged with dragon, fanart, fridgeTroubles, galboros, Illustration, kirby, kirby32th, kirbyAnniversary, leonieyue, miasmoros, personal update, YearOfTheDragon, YearOfTheDragonFanart, カービィのハッピーバースデー, 星のカービィ, 星のカービィ32周年, 星のカービィ生誕祭2024

Little timelapse! Featuring sleepy Flame Galboros, 3 Galbos and a Miasmoros with Kirby! Another (unplanned) piece for the year of the dragon! No Dragon Kirby this …

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Happy Kirby anniversary x Year of the Dragon! 🐲Processing thoughts on the Barbie movie

By leonieyue Posted on 23 April 2024 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video Tagged with anxiety, anxietyFuture, anxious, BarbieMovieThoughts, comedySatireMovie, complexFeelings, corporateFeminism, dragon, DragonKirby, empathy, FakeVideoGames, fanart, fridgeTroubles, gender inequality, GhostRiderThoughts, GlazeAgainstAIScraping, houseCleaning, humanConnection, humanity, humanscomplex, Illustration, kirby, KirbyAndTheForgottenLand, kirbyAnniversary, leonieyue, motherhood, movieThoughts, NicolasCageMovies, subtitledSpeedpaint, Timelapse, toxicMasculinity, YearOfTheDragon, YearOfTheDragonFanart

In this blog post:
❧ art process & subtitled timelapse!
❧ processing thoughts on the Barbie movie
❧ personal update

🍄Toadette & Elephant time!🐘 [Super Mario Bros Wonder] On what genAI can’t do, personality tests, rejection & baby steps at cleaning

By leonieyue Posted on 16 April 2024 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video Tagged with AchyKnees, AIartDiscourse, AIgeneratedWork, ambivert, anxious, Art Anxiety, art style, ArtCareer, ArtDirection, ArtistDesperation, ArtistHustle, ArtistStandards, ArtistStruggle, artSkill, ArtStyle, autistic, autisticMasking, autisticThings, babySteps, BeingAnOutcast, BeingMisunderstood, bigmediumsmallForms, bloodTypePersonalityTest, bodyDoubling, careerDirection, CareerPredictions, character development, cleaningShowerGrout, comfort zone, comfortable, compatibility, complicatedDesign, conceptArtIndustry, ConceptArtist, contradictory, deadpan, Designers, disinfectHome, disinfectingHome, dontTalkToMeAura, ElephantToadette, EmotionallyDistant, emotionalStorytelling, EmotionalSupport, emotionalTurmoil, entertainmentIndustry, expectationsProjections, friendship, functionalDesign, FutureImpactOfAIgeneratedArt, generativeAI, gremlinPreferences, HandlingBleachEep, hermitLeonie, hermitLife, highStandards, housework, HouseworkInBabySteps, humanCollaboration, illustrationCareer, IndustrialDesign, insecurity, INTJ, introvert, invisibleExpectations, learning, leonieyue, lifeIshardwork, lowEnergy, LowSocialEndurance, masking, MBTI, MouldCleaning, MutualInterests, mutuallyInterested, NoSocialLife, passionProjects, personalityTests, personalProjects, popularArt, processing, provingOneselfExhausting, quiet, rambler, rejection, rejectionSensitiveDysphoria, rejectionSensitivity, reserved, selfAnalysisTool, ShowerCleaning, socialmediaAndArtists, socialMediaArt, SocialProximity, StreamingAnxiety, stress, strugglingForward, SuperMarioBrosWonder, survivalArtistMode, TakingItNotSeriously, Timelapse, Toadette, trust, uncomfortable, unspokenExpectations, visual storytelling, VisualConsistency, whatGenAIcannotDo

Also in this blog post:
❧ art process & subtitled timelapse!
❧ personal update

🥰 Kung fu Peach Part 2 [Princess Peach: Showtime fanart] Anxiety as an artist, social media, relevancy, GenAi, twitter, networking & what am I even doing

By leonieyue Posted on 9 April 2024 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate Tagged with anxiety, AnxietyFromNewsPolitics, anxietyFuture, AprilFools, Art Anxiety, ArtCareer, ArtistDesperation, artistSocialThings, ArtistStruggle, burnout, careerDirection, CareerRelevancy, careerthoughts, changeIsConstant, changing career, contentCreators, creative, creativeFulfillment, doomSpiraling, emotionalStorytelling, existential, existentialDread, fanart, FoamstarsEthics, forcingIntoThingsYouDontFit, freetochangeourmind, generativeAI, GlazeAgainstAIScraping, HustleCulture, hustlingExhausting, Illustration, innerPurpose, joyAndMeaning, leonieyue, lifeSkills, lowkeystress, ManagingStress, megadroughtFear, plagiarism, PokemonMiku, princess peach, princesspeach, PrincessPeachShowtime, purpose, sensitive, SensitiveSnowflake, sketchbookThoughts, slow, slowingdown, social media, socialmedia, socialmediaAndArtists, socialmediaBoundaries, socialmediaIsASlotMachine, socialmediaIsRigged, SocialMediaMetrics, SocialMediaVoid, StreamingAnxiety, stress, StruggleAdapt, sustainableArtCareer, twitter, TwitterVentAgain, volatileIndustry, wariowareMoveIt, youtubers

In this blog post:
❧ the art ramble!
❧ trying not to spiral with anxiety and fear as an artist – relevancy, GenAI, social media is frustrating, twitter & not knowing what I’m doing
❧ reflecting on artist networking
❧ personal feelings, update & more!

🪺🐇🎀Bunny time with Big Baby Chicken 🐤🐔🦆 [Fanart for the Crossy Road Easter character update]! Social media, health assessment tool, stress & anxiety

By leonieyue Posted on 29 March 2024 Posted in Collaboration, Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection Tagged with anxiety, breastCancerCheckUp, breastCancerRiskAssessment, crossy, crossy road, CrossyChick, crossyChicken, CrossyMallard, crossyroad, crossyroadBigBabyChicken, CrossyRoadUpdate, dentist, easterBreak, fanart, focus, grindingTeeth, headspace, hipsterWhale, Illustration, intrusiveBadMemories, juggling, keepingBusy, leonieyue, lowkeystress, ManagingStress, OnPodcasting, personal update, physiololgicalstress, podcastMaking, spiraling, stress, teethShenanigans, tenseBody, toxicStress

In this blog post:
❧ the art ramble & subtitled timelapse!
❧ personal update, breast cancer risk assessment tool & more!

🤛 Kung Fu Peach [Princess Peach: Showtime is out!] Autistic feelings, “authentic content” & Nimona movie thoughts

By leonieyue Posted on 22 March 2024 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection Tagged with 1to1CatchUps, acquaintanceBoundaries, ActuallyAutistic, adultFriendship, algorithms, antisocial, anxiety, authenticity, autisic, autism, AutismAdulthood, AutismEmployment, autismfocus, autismFriendships, autismLife, AutismTrauma, autistic, booktok, ContentCreationProblems, ContentHustle, contentVoid, creativity, deadpan, envy, fanart, fastfoodcontent, fightFlightFreezeSurvivalMode, FriendshipBoundaries, friendshipc, FriendshipCapacity, friendshipCompatibility, FriendshipMileage, FriendshipReciprocity, FriendshipsAreHard, grassisGreenerOtherside, grumpy, hermitLeonie, hermitLife, historyofbooks, IdealSocialSituation, Illustration, intrusiveBadMemories, KungFuPanda, leonieyue, lowEnergy, LowSocialEndurance, masking, MinimallyVerbal, movieThoughts, niche, NimonaMovieThoughts, OnlineContentConsistency, overstimulated, overwhelm, personalBranding, rejectionSensitivity, resentement, reserved, sensitive, SensitiveSnowflake, sensitivity, sensoryOverload, socialAnxiety, socialEnergy, socialEvents, solitary, solitude, zoningOut, プリンセスピーチショータイムPrincessPeachShowtime

In this blog post:
❧ the art ramble!
❧ reflecting on autistic feelings
❧ thoughts on the Nimona movie & not watching Kung Fu Panda 4
❧ reflecting on “authentic video content” & what do I do ahhh
❧ personal feelings & more!

⭐Happy Mar10 day 2024!! 🍄👑 On being a hermit

By leonieyue Posted on 10 March 2024 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection Tagged with BeingAnOutcast, bummed, creative, creativeControl, creativeFulfillment, creativity, cute, DesireToProveSelfConstantlyExhausting, disappointed, disappointment, envious, envy, expectations, feelings, hermitLeonie, hermitLife, hurt, Illustration, Kimo, leftbehind, leonieyue, luigi, Mar10day, mario, Mario bros, missedKimo, mixedFeelings, movingForward, nintendo, personal, princess peach, princesspeach, protectArtCreativeProcess, reassurance, resentment, SelfReassurance, spiraling, unaware, ピーチ姫, ルイージ

Little personal blog post and ramble!

Leonie’s mixed feelings / my 15th twitter anniversary oof / I’m not keeping twitter up to date anymore, GenAI & creative control

By leonieyue Posted on 6 March 2024 Posted in Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection Tagged with acceptance, art blog mission, ArtCollaboration, ArtistBrand, ArtistHustle, ArtistStruggle, ArtJourney, ArtWorkerBee, askingForHelp, blogging, burnout, ChronicallyOnline, comfortZone, communicationIssues, ContentCreationProblems, contentCreators, ContentHustle, contentVoid, creativeControl, disappointment, fightForMyselfHow, frustration, generativeAI, HavingACry, hermitLeonie, hermitLife, hope, hopelessness, Illustration, internet, internetConsumption, intrusiveBadMemories, jaded, learningJourney, leftbehind, leftinthedark, leonieyue, ManagingStress, memeing, mixedFeelings, mosquito, neglect, noenergytochase, notvalued, personal, personalBranding, pettiness, petty, reflection, reflective, rejection, rejectionSensitiveDysphoria, rejectionSensitivity, resentment, self portrait, selfAcceptance, socialmediaAndArtists, spamEmail, speakingUp, struggle, supportArtist, TerminallyOnline, tolerate, trustIssues, twitter, twitterAnniversary, venting, wariness

Also in this little blog post about personal feelings, creative control, personal update & more.

🫧👑 Bubble Princess Daisy & Peach!✨☁️ [Super Mario Bros Wonder] + on social media/”content” creation

By leonieyue Posted on 27 February 2024 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video Tagged with 3DMariogames, ActuallyAutistic, addictiveEscapism, AIethicsLegality, AIgeneratedWork, AIimageGeneratorsSteal, algorithms, ArtistStruggle, authenticity, autisic, autism, beginnerMindset, bubblePrincesses, chasingTrends, CleaningFollowerAccounts, ContentCreationProblems, contentCreators, ContentHustle, contentSlop, contentVoid, creativity, CreativityIncEdCatmull, fanart, fastfoodcontent, generativeAI, Illustration, InternetTrends, leonieyue, mario, nintendo, notgoodenoughFeelings, OnlineContentConsistency, onlinePersona, OnlinePopularity, OnvideoEssays, overstimulated, princess, princess peach, princessDaisy, sleepDeprived, social media, socialmedia, SocialMediaAddiction, socialmediaAndArtists, socialmediaBoundaries, socialMediaEngagement, socialmediaIsASlotMachine, socialmediaIsRigged, SocialMediaMetrics, socialmediaoverwhelm, SocialMediaReach, SocialMediaVoid, SuperMarioBrosWonder, Timelapse, YoutubeAlgorithm, デイジー姫, ピーチ姫

In this blog post:
❧ the art
❧ indefinite break from making small subtitled timelapses / youtube videos
❧ manually removing 475 twitter followers & 30 instagram ones
❧ vent about social media & how its falling apart
❧ exhaustion and ethics of consuming and making “content” & more!

🧺🌳Banner art for the new official Crossy Road Central Discord (with art boss’s help)! 🍕🦄🐔🐈‍⬛🦆🐖🐎📖 Blender learning & anxiety with recording & streaming

By leonieyue Posted on 20 February 2024 Posted in Collaboration, Commission, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, ThreeDart, VoxelIllustration Tagged with 3Dart, AliceWalsh, anxiety, ArtCollaboration, BlenderThoughts, contentSlop, contentVoid, creativeFlow, crossy, crossy road, CrossyRoadCastle, discord, flow, hipsterWhale, HipsterWhaleMarketingArt, Illustration, intenseWorkRest, learningJourney, leonieyue, magicaVoxel, PerformanceAnxiety, protectArtCreativeProcess, RealTimeRecording, scoutrager, slowingdown, StreamingAnxiety, voxelArt, voxelIllustration

In this blog post:
❧ ramble a bit about the thoughts and process behind this!
❧ shall learn Blender another time
❧ the official Crossy Road Central discord
❧ reflecting on my anxiety with real time recordings/streaming

❤️🧸 Drawing Lovely Teddy Bears 🐔💛 [Fanart for the Crossy Road Valentine’s Day character update]!

By leonieyue Posted on 14 February 2024 Posted in CharacterDesign, Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video Tagged with AcrossTheSpiderverseMovieThoughts, animeIndustry, Chores, CommunistOther, crossy, crossy road, crossyChicken, CrossyFanart, CrossyLovelyTeddyBear, CrossyRoadCharacter, CrossyRoadUpdate, fanart, GenderedJapanese, HappySingleTime, hearts, Illustration, intenseWorkRest, JapanWorkCrunchCulture, leonieyue, LoveDay, LuxuryObsession, rest, singledom, timeManagement, ValentinesDay, ZoryAppInteractiveRomance

In this blog post:
❧ the art & subtitled timelapse!
❧ love day, anime industry, Across the Spiderverse thoughts
❧ personal update and more!

🏮🐲 Happy Lunar New Year with Jade Dragon 💚🐔🦆🌸 [Fanart for the Crossy Road LNY update]!

By leonieyue Posted on 11 February 2024 Posted in CharacterDesign, Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches, Timelapse, Video Tagged with AliceWalsh, BrendonT, crossy, crossy road, crossyChicken, CrossyFanart, crossyJadeDragon, crossyLNYdragon, CrossyMallard, CrossyRoadCastle, CrossyRoadCharacter, CrossyRoadUpdate, fanart, GlazeAgainstAIScraping, Illustration, KevynStott, lantern, leonieyue, lny2024, Lunar New Year, SaraFonseca, subtitledSpeedpaint, textcommentary, TextSpeedpaint, Timelapse, YearOfTheDragon, YearOfTheDragonFanart

In this little blog post:
❧ the art & subtitled timelapse!
❧ about the update and kudos to HW artists & peeps!

🧧🐉Happy (actual) Lunar New Year of the Dragon today ft. cute Rejuvenation God Yomigami! 🏮🌠 [大神 / Ōkami Lunar New Year Project] Bummed about metrics & Zodiac predictions

By leonieyue Posted on 10 February 2024 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video Tagged with CareerAdvice, Chinese, ChineseSuperstitions, dragon, EarthDragon, fanart, health, Illustration, lackOfClout, leonieyue, Lunar New Year, MentalHealth, MoonFestival, okami, OkamiLunarNewYear, physicalHealth, romance, subtitledSpeedpaint, superstitions, textcommentary, TextSpeedpaint, Timelapse, YearOfTheDragon, YearOfTheDragonFanart, Yomigami, zodiacAnimals, zodiacPredictions

In this blog post:
❧ the art & subtitled timelapse!
❧ bummed from metrics again
❧ let’s get superstitious! Predictions for the Year of the Dragon and personal update!

📜🐉Happy Lunar New Year of the Dragon 2024 with Rejuvenation God Yomigami / 蘇神 & baby seahorses!🔮🏮 [大神 / Ōkami Lunar New Year Project] Trusting self, ghosting, stress resilience & more

By leonieyue Posted on 6 February 2024 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video Tagged with ActuallyAutistic, anxiety, art process, autisic, autism, AutismAdulthood, BeingAnOutcast, BeingMisunderstood, BeingPresent, beingTrueToYourself, bloodTest, Bruxism, Celestial Brush God, Chinese New Year, DetachmentLettingGo, dragon, emotionalDetachment, EmotionallyDetach, emotionallyMutual, emotionalMaturity, faceMask, fanart, friendsComeAndGo, friendship, ghosting, hermitLeonie, hermitLife, LeonieUpdate, leonieyue, lifedirection, loneliness, Lunar New Year, ManagingStress, okami, OkamiLunarNewYear, openOfficeEnvironments, PerformanceAnxiety, petty, rejectionSensitiveDysphoria, rejectionSensitivity, resentment, resilience, seahorse, self compassion, selftrust, stress, subtitledSpeedpaint, textcommentary, TextSpeedpaint, thirdPlaces, tiger, Timelapse, transactionalRelationships, YearOfTheDragon, YearOfTheDragonFanart, YearOfTheTiger, Yomigami, youtubevideo, 大神, 蘇神

In this blog post:
❧ the art & subtitled timelapse is back!
❧ doing dragon fanart this year!
❧ on trusting yourself, ghosting and resilience with stress
❧ personal update, the year of the dragon & more!