Leonie's Art Blog

🍂🦃 Happy Long Turkey Day 🌻 [Crossy Road update]!

By leonieyue Posted on 28 November 2023 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection Tagged with art process, autumn, crossy, crossy road, CrossyFanart, CrossyTurkey, DiscordServer, fallseason, fanart, hipsterWhale, HipsterWhaleMarketingArt, Illustration, iterating, LeonieDiscordServer, leonieyue, LongTurkey, turkey

A little dedicated blog ramble on Turkeys! And note on my Crossy marketing art and fanart.

🥧🍁 Sharing some pumpkin pie together 🤎🍂 [Crossy Road Castle Thanksgiving!]

By leonieyue Posted on 24 November 2023 Posted in Commission, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video Tagged with autumn, crossy, crossyChicken, CrossyMallard, CrossyRoadCastle, CrossyUnihorse, deadleaves, digital art, digital illustration, fallseason, hipsterWhale, HipsterWhaleMarketingArt, hungry, Illustration, leonieyue, pumpkin, pumpkinpie, sunflower, thanksgiving, Timelapse, turkey, witchHat

Little blog ramble & subtitled art process video!

🍰🐔Happy 9th Crossy Road Birthday with Long Chicken!! 🎊

By leonieyue Posted on 20 November 2023 Posted in Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video Tagged with catshriek, crossy, crossy road, crossy9thBday, CrossyAnniversary, CrossyBirthday, crossyChicken, digital art, digital illustration, GlazeAgainstAIScraping, hipsterWhale, HipsterWhaleMarketingArt, Illustration, leonieyue, LongChicken, marketingArt, reflective, subtitledSpeedpaint, textcommentary, TextSpeedpaint

Little blog post & subtitled art process video!

☂️Princess Peach’s Umbrella Triple Move 💕 [Super Mario RPG] Game is out today!!

By leonieyue Posted on 17 November 2023 Posted in Animation, Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video Tagged with 1to1CatchUps, 2Danimation, 2dbasicAnimation, ableism, adultFriendship, animation, art process, autisic, autism, AutismAdulthood, AutismEgoDeath, autismfocus, autismFriendships, autismLife, complexFeelings, coworkerFriendshipsHard, eugenicsJapan, eyeContact, fanart, friendship, FriendshipBoundaries, FriendshipCapacity, gameThoughts, ghosted, ghosting, hermitLeonie, hermitLife, hikikomori, hurt, hydrationPlan, ignored, Illustration, JawClenching, jawPain, leonieyue, LiveActionZeldaMovie, livestreamingParasocialRelationships, loneliness, ManagingStress, MarioKart8Deluxe, masking, mukbang, neurodivergent, neurodivergentBrain, NeurodiversityWorkplaceAccommmodations, notgoodenoughFeelings, parasocial relationships, perceptions, physiololgicalstress, princess peach, RATtestCovid, rejected, rejection, rejectionSensitiveDysphoria, rejectionSensitivity, scapegoat, selfAwareness, selfregulation, social media, socialDistancing, socialmedia, socialmediaAndArtists, SocialScripts, stress, subtitledSpeedpaint, SuperMarioBrosWonder, textcommentary, TextSpeedpaint, TheLegendOfZeldaMovie, ThoughtSpotYoutube, twitter, Umbrella, ZeldaMovie, スーパーマリオrpg, ピーチ姫

On her left

In this blog post:
❧ art process & subtitled speedpaint!
❧ Live action Zelda movie??
❧ Hikikomori, autism & ego deaths
❧ finished Super Mario Bros Wonder!
❧ personal update & more!

🦋👑Princess Peach [Super Mario RPG remake]💐 Work update, more reflecting on autism & more!

By leonieyue Posted on 7 November 2023 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video Tagged with abandonment, abandonmentIssues, ableism, ActuallyAutistic, autisic, autism, AutismAdulthood, AutismEmployment, autismfocus, autismFriendships, autismLife, AutismTrauma, autistic, autisticallySocial, autisticBurnout, AutisticFidgeting, AutisticMeltdown, autisticShutdown, AutisticStereotypes, autisticThings, backPains, badShortTermMemory, BeingMisunderstood, butterfly, chasingFriends, chronicPain, communication, Cramps, crossy, crossy road, CrossyRoadCastle, CrossyRoadCastleWindup, CrossyRoadCharacter, CrossyRoadUpdate, EmotionalPermanence, empathy, eyeContact, fanart, fightFlightFreezeSurvivalMode, friendsComeAndGo, GenderExpression, hipsterWhale, Illustration, kneeInjuries, kneeInjury, leonieyue, mario, marioRPG, masking, misunderstandings, neurodivergent, NotAbleToRelax, notlookingautistic, openOfficeEnvironments, overanalysing, overstimulated, princess peach, sensitive, SensitiveSnowflake, sensitivity, ShoujoManga, social patterns, socialAnxiety, socialCues, socialDeficits, socialEnergy, socialHierarchy, socialising, sociallyAcceptable, stereotypes, stimming, SuperMarioRPG, supermariorpglegendofthesevenstars, SuperMarioRPGRemake, textcommentary, Timelapse, TMJinjury, twitter, unsaidTruths, YattaSongGreenLeaves, スーパーマリオrpg, ピーチ姫

In this blog post:
❧ art process & subtitled speedpaint!
❧ belated update on my work shenanigans
❧ reflecting on autism continues (meltdowns, social patterns, ableism, stereotypes, abandonment, etc)
❧ personal update & more!

👑🌸🩷 Super Princess Time with Princess Peach and Princess Daisy! 🧡🌼 [Super Mario Bros Wonder] + “content” creating and Blade Runner 2049 thoughts

By leonieyue Posted on 24 October 2023 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video Tagged with AnxiousAvoidantAttachmentStyle, BladeRunner2049, CommunityBuilding, ContentCreationProblems, contentCreators, curatingInternetUse, dentistUpdate, dystopianStories, emotionalIntimacy, fanart, friendship, FriendshipCapacity, FriendshipEffort, friendshipExpectations, FriendshipMileage, ghosting, hermitLife, Illustration, internetConsumption, JawClenching, jawPain, killingCinema, leonieyue, loneliness, movieThoughts, NotTheChosenOne, OnlineContentConsistency, overalls, personal update, power naps, princess peach, princessDaisy, relationships, RelationshipsAreNotEndurance, singledom, sleepDeprived, SleepSchedule, sleepy, speedpaintcommentary, SuperMarioBrosWonder, textcommentary, TextSpeedpaint, Timelapse, TMJinjury, TrueIntimacy, twitter, デイジー姫, ピーチ姫

In this blog post:
❧ art process & subtitled speedpaint!
❧ making “content” as an artist on the internet
❧ 1st time Blade Runner 2049 movie thoughts
❧ personal update & more!

🌸🌼 Super Drill Princesses Peach & Daisy 🔩[Super Mario Bros Wonder] + reflecting how friendships & intimacy are hard.

By leonieyue Posted on 17 October 2023 Posted in Fanart, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video Tagged with adultFriendship, AnimeMovie, AnxiousAvoidantAttachmentStyle, art process, autism, autismfocus, autismFriendships, autismLife, BadFriends, BeyondTheDesperationOfSeekingFriends, boundaries, casualConnections, communication, complexFeelings, CreativeBlock, creativeRut, DetachmentLettingGo, DistancerPursuers, doubtful, EmotionallyAvoidant, EnergyDraining, EnergyImbalanceDynamics, energyLevels, fanart, fickle, freetochangeourmind, friends, friendsComeAndGo, friendship, FriendshipActivitiesCosts, FriendshipAttentiveness, FriendshipBoundaries, FriendshipCapacity, friendshipCompatibility, FriendshipEndedMeme, friendshipExpectations, friendshipGuilt, FriendshipMileage, friendshipMistakes, FriendshipReciprocity, friendships, FriendshipsAreHard, FriendshipStability, GoodFriendsWithoutExpectingIt, growingPains, humanscomplex, Illustration, insecurity, leonieyue, LevelsOfFriendships, limitedPublicSpaces, lowEnergy, ManagingEnergy, mario, MarioDrillAbility, MilkyWay, MillenniumActressMovie, ModernGamesGrinding, movieThoughts, mutuallyInterested, onlineFriendship, OutgrowingFriends, OutsideActivities, platonicFriends, preemptiveDistancing, princess peach, princessDaisy, PrioritisationWheel, pushpullconnections, PushPullStrategy, ReciprocityFriendshipCheck, SafeSupportiveAccepting, ScarcityFriendships, selfRespect, socialAnxiety, socialOutsider, socialreassurance, speedpaint, speedpaintcommentary\, SuperMarioBrosWonder, TextSpeedpaint, Timelapse, touchingGrassAdvice, toxicFriendships, true', TrueIntimacy, TwitterRecap, unhealthyAttachment, WheelOfLife, WrongFriends, youthBeauty, デイジー姫, ピーチ姫

In this blog post:
❧ the art & subtitled speedpaint!
❧ friendships are a disaster
❧ attachment, intimacy & friendship lessons
❧ first time watching Millennium Actress
❧ personal update & more!

💐💖 Happy Laur day [giftart], more GCAP reflections, first time watching Blade Runner & more! 🦄🌧️

By leonieyue Posted on 10 October 2023 Posted in Fanart, GiftArt, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches, Timelapse, Video Tagged with artprocess, autisticallySocial, birthdayBurpdoodles, BladeRunner, character illustration, digital illustration, dissociation, Enpoopfication, fanart, game industry, gameindustry, games industry, gamesConference, gamesEvents, gamesWeek, GCAP, GCAP2023, GCAP23, giftart, hermitLeonie, hermitLife, Illustration, insecurity, isolationlife, KinderWorldGame, LaurenClinnick, leonieyue, loneWolf, masking, MelbourneInternationalGamesWeek, movieThoughts, PatreonIssues, process, rejectionSensitiveDysphoria, rejectionSensitivity, sexualharassment, social media, socialAnxiety, socialEnergy, socialEvents, socialGroups, socialising, socialmediaAndArtists, Timelapse, twitter

In this little blog post:
❧ process rambling at my speedpaint!
❧ my first time watching Blade Runner (Final Cut 2007) + thoughts!
❧ reflecting & resting up from GCAP as an isolated, lonely homebody
❧ Patreon why?? And more!

Fanart/Giftart for MiyaGalactic / ミーヤ! ✩

By leonieyue Posted on 9 October 2023 Posted in Fanart, GiftArt, Illustration, LeonieYue, progressupdate, Reflection, Sketches, Timelapse, Video Tagged with artprocess, character illustration, digital illustration, ENVtuber, fanart, giftart, Illustration, leonieyue, MiyaGalactic, Miyastrations, Timelapse, Vtuber, VtuberEN, Vtubers, ミーヤ

A little blog post on the art process struggle & tiny speedpaint!

LeonieWrites about GCAP2023 (Days 1 & 2) – vlog & blog ramble!

By leonieyue Posted on 4 October 2023 Posted in LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Photos, Reflection, Video Tagged with antisocial, ArtCareer, autisticallySocial, careerthoughts, complexFeelings, conflicting, crowdedEventsNoMasksScary, crowds, feelings, gamedev, gameindustry, games, games industry, gamesConference, gamesEvents, gamesWeek, GCAP, GCAP2023, hermitLeonie, hermitLife, homebody, homebodylife, hurt, LeonieRambles, LeonieWrites, leonieyue, MelbourneInternationalGamesWeek, MIGW, MIGW2023, mixedFeelings, notgoodenoughFeelings, reflective, rejectionSensitiveDysphoria, rejectionSensitivity, sittingwithfeelings, social, socialAnxiety, socialEnergy, socialEvents, socialGroups, socialising, sociallyAcceptable, vlog

My 4.5 minute LeonieWrites vlog, recap and reflecting a bit more at the blog.

🥮 Goddess of the Moon for 中秋節/ Mid-Autumn Festival! 🌙 [Character design & illustration] + managing loneliness and isolation

By leonieyue Posted on 26 September 2023 Posted in CharacterDesign, Illustration, LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection, Timelapse, Video Tagged with AceAttorney, achievements, Art Anxiety, BlueSkySocial, CharacterDesign, characterIllustration, crossy, crossy road, CrossyRoadFluffySheep, crowdedEventsNoMasksScary, CultOfTheLamb, curatingInternetUse, DigitalMinimalism, fanartTooMuch, gameTrailers, housekeeping, Illustration, kneeInjuries, kneeInjury, leonieyue, lifedirection, midAutumnFestival, moon cakes, Moon god, moon goddess, parasocial relationships, social media, socialmedia, socialmediaAndArtists, socialmediaoverwhelm, SocialMediaVoid, stress, stylised, TypeApeoplehuh, 中秋節

In this blog post:
❧ speedpaint & managing loneliness and isolation
❧ struggling with Glaze
❧ will streaming make it less lonely & overstimulating (sensory)?
❧ character designing the Moon Goddess
❧ curating how I do social media
❧ I finally got BlueSky?? And personal update & knee concerns!

Ah mooncake and tea 💛

My mega Tears of the Kingdom spoiler ramble: mixed feelings with both highs/positives and lows/negatives

By leonieyue Posted on 19 September 2023 Posted in LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection Tagged with disappointment, excitement, expectations, GameReview, highsandlows, Legend of Zelda, legendofzelda, leonieyue, Link, mixedFeelings, Princess Zelda, reflection, spoilers, TearsOfTheKingdom, TearsOfTheKingdomReview, TearsOfTheKingdomSpoilers, TearsOfTheKingdomUpdate, Zelda

Please do not read if you don’t want to be spoiled. You have been warned.

Full game spoilers!!

Leonie Ramble: Yo! The Nintendo Direct!

By leonieyue Posted on 15 September 2023 Posted in LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate Tagged with artRepost, games, leonieyue, mariokart8, MarioKart8Deluxe, NintendoDirect, PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor, princess peach, PrincessPeachShowtime, splatoon3SideOrder, StrayChildrenOnionGames, SuperMarioRPG, wariowareMoveIt

I ramble about the Nintendo Direct that happened :0

Leonie Ramble: My fortune cookie message last week & I’m going to GCAP2023 (Games Connect Asia Pacific)

By leonieyue Posted on 14 September 2023 Posted in LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection Tagged with ActuallyAutistic, autisic, autism, autisticBurnout, bodypain, bodyPains, careerDirection, careerthoughts, changeIsConstant, ChronicallyOnline, chronicPain, concept art, ConceptArtist, connections, deadpan, depressed, depression, drained, faceMask, gamesConference, gloomy, GoalsPhilosophy, kneeInjuries, LeonieBlob, leonieyue, lifedirection, lowEnergy, lowkeystress, MountainsStudio, NotMakingGoals, overstimulated, PeopleMakeGames, personal update, physiotherapist, social media, socialAnxiety, socialEnergy, socialEvents, socialmedia, socialmediaAndArtists, SocialMediaVoid, tired, tomCardyMusic, uncertainty, venting, zoneOut

In this blog post:
– my regular self worth and social media vent
– reflecting about Mountains, concept art and art direction
– managing my negative feelings, life & goals philosophy
– my knee injuries and update with the physio
– I’m going to GCAP 2023 (Australian game developer conference) this year & preparing myself mentally eep

I’m back! Web hosting, social media, my discord server & doing text blog updates!

By leonieyue Posted on 5 September 2023 Posted in LeonieYue, PersonalUpdate, Reflection Tagged with artdiscordserver, artstation, baldursgate3, bodypain, bodyPains, ChronicallyOnline, cohost, discord, healthUpdate, hermitLeonie, hermitLife, instagram, LeonieAttemptsToSelfPromote, LeonieDiscordServer, LeonieUpdate, leonieyue, linkedin, lowkeystress, ManagingEnergy, ManagingStress, managingWorkload, physicalHealth, self portrait, siteManagement, social media, stress, TerminallyOnline, Threads, twitter, TwitterRecap, webhosting

In this blog update:
– on doing little text blog updates like this
– social media and my discord ramble + another way to get blog & youtube updates is at my tiny discord server
– switching web hosts
– using Glaze against AI scraping by social media platforms
– personal updates